NZ Population Conference

NZPopCon 2025

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

New Zealand’s Population Conference 2025 will be held 10-11 July at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. This year’s theme is Population, Growth and Social Cohesion. As always, the conference is organised by the Population Association of New Zealand | Te Roopu Waihanga Iwi O Aotearoa. Click here to download the conference flyer and here for the draft programme.

Our keynote speakers this year are:
Wokje Abrahamse, Associate Professor, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
Irina Grossman, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, RMIT School of Computing Technologies & Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Terry Fleming, Associate Professor, School of Health, Victoria University of
Wellington
Tracey McIntosh, MNZM, Professor, School of Māori and Pacific Studies, University
of Auckland

REGISTRATION & LOGISTICS

Early Bird registration still available – click here to book tickets on Eventbrite.

Click here for Wellington visitor info for conference delegates, including a handy downloadable brochure for conference-goers planning their visits, and a full Wellington visitor guide.

There are hotel discounts available for registered NZPopCon attendees.

SUBMISSIONS & PARTICIPATION

The call for papers has now CLOSED. Click here for the draft programme.

Submissions for the Stats NZ Jacoby Prize for best student essay and PANZ Newell Award for best student poster are now CLOSED. Winners will be notified by 6 June

KEY DATES

10 March: Early Bird Registration opens
Apr 18: Abstract submissions due
May 9: Jacoby Prize & Newell Award submissions due (student prizes).
Notification of all other paper/poster acceptance by this date.
May 23: Registration deadline for presenters
Jun 6: Early Bird Registration closes
Jacoby Prize & Newell Award winners notified by this date.
July 10-11: CONFERENCE