27 - 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 or 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.

2025 Conference Venue

Claudelands

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

Registration opens

Early evening mihi whakatau and welcome function 

AGM (evening)

2

THURSDAY
28 AUGUST

All day conferencing
with Conference Dinner
in the evening 

3

FRIDAY
29 AUGUST

All day conferencing,
conference concluding
at approx. 5.00pm

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:

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