Preparation for TEDxTauranga on July 19 is well under way, says organiser and marketing coach Sheldon Nesdale.
But, despite getting plenty of speaker suggestions from around New Zealand, the organisers are still seeking inspiring speakers who have made Tauranga their home.
"We want to hear those untold stories, discover those hidden gems, meet those legends among us, but only a few have come to our attention so far," said Mr Nesdale.
TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a non-profit organisation devoted to ideas worth spreading, which started in 1984 as a conference.
Since then, its scope had broadened to include the award-winning TED Talks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the TED Fellows and the TEDx satellite conference programmes.