28 - 29 August 2025
Claudelands
Kirikiriroa Hamilton
The College’s Biennial National Conference brings together midwives, students, women and other interested participants from around Aotearoa and overseas.
Join us to hear from a fantastic line up of keynote speakers, hear about new midwifery research, take part in educative workshops, and connect with other midwifery colleagues.
The conference provides an ideal opportunity for providers of related trade and services to increase awareness of their products to a valuable key audience.
Nau mai, haere mai
Join us for the New Zealand College of Midwives 16th Biennial Conference being held in Kirikiriroa | Hamilton
The conference will consist of keynote speakers, plenary sessions, workshops to update knowledge and skills and time for delegates to socialise and exchange ideas. It provides a valuable forum for midwives to explore professional and practice issues.
Call for abstracts open now
We invite you to submit an abstract for an oral presentation or poster, to share your research, practice knowledge and experiences and be part of the conference programme.
Closing dates of
abstract submission:
oral and poster presentation submission close: Friday 23 May 2025
workshop submissions closedFriday 14 February 2025
2025 Conference VenueClaudelands
Claudelands is located in Kirikiriroa | Hamilton, in the heart of the Waikato region, within 90 minutes’ drive of Auckland, Tauranga and Rotorua.
Many of the design elements of Claudelands derive from the culture and heritage of Te Papanui (a bird snarer’s seat). The narrative of the forest canopy inspired the Arena Veil design, the principal facade of Claudelands. The structural columns remind us of majestic trees that covered Te Papanui, and the ‘dancing spears’ recall the movement of the tao or hunting spears. The flight of the native birds is reflected in Claudelands’ distinctive exterior colours – rich kokako blue, bold kaka red, the flash of orange tieke feathers and the bright yellow hihi.
Programme overview
1
WEDNESDAY
27 AUGUST
Pre-conference workshops
New Zealand College of Midwives AGM (Early evening)
2
THURSDAY
28 AUGUST
Our conference begins at 9.45am, giving you the flexibility to travel in the morning and only requiring one night’s accommodation.
For your convenience, there is plenty of onsite parking available at Claudelands.
The exhibition will open at 8.30am, with tea and coffee available to welcome you as you arrive.
All day conferencing with a social function in the evening
3
FRIDAY
29 AUGUST
All day conferencing,
conference concluding
at 4.45pm
Who will attend
The College’s Biennial Conference attracts the largest number of midwifery professionals within New Zealand. Expected numbers to attend the 2025 Conference will be over 600 delegates, consisting of: