AANZPA Conferences

AANZPA’s annual conference is a meeting of its members. Each conference is hosted by a different AANZPA region. 

AANZPA Conference 2026

The AANZPA Conference 2026 is being held in Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

  • Dates: 14 – 18 January, 2026
  • Venue: Brentwood Hotel, 16 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand

Contact Information

Nikau Staue

Past Conferences

YearPlaceTheme
2025Ōtepoti DunedinManaakitanga – What Truly Matters
2024BrisbaneVital Groups Vital Communities
2023No Conference
2022Online EventCo-creative Human Endeavour
2021Online EventA Place for Us
2020ChristchurchBeauty and Truth Ugliness and Ignorance
2019Brisbane2019 Conference Information
2018Brisbane2018 Conference Information
2017AucklandInspired by the wide range of our Member’s applications of the psychodrama method ….
2016Sydney…. the truth is in the relationship ….
2015ChristchurchMoreno: a man of his time; a man for our times
2014MelbourneGarden of Spontaneity
2013WellingtonDaring in the ‘city of action … the world headquarters of the verb’
2012BrisbaneThe No-Frills Conference
2011AucklandTo Be and to Create, that is the Challenge
2010SydneyMeeting at the Edge
2009DunedinSocial Atom Repair in Ourselves and Social Repair in our Communities He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. It is people, it is people, it is people
2008MelbourneA Vital Presence: Contemporary Psychodrama in Love and Work
2007WellingtonPlaying with a Systemic Perspective
2006BrisbaneThere is an Oasis. Come. Enjoy.
2005AdelaideReversing Roles – Daring to Live in Shifting Light
2004ChristchurchAn Everlasting Present
2003AucklandEncounter and Association
2002SydneyThe Well of Possibility
2001MelbourneThe Tyranny of Difference
2000NelsonCall to Connection
1999PerthThe Moment of Turning
1998ChristchurchThe Magic Charter
1996BrisbaneDancing with Life
1995AdelaideCo-Creating the Future
1994AucklandPsychodrama in the World
1992CanberraThe Meeting Place
1991MelbourneUtopia
1990ChristchurchThe Spirit of Creativity
1989PerthCatching the Light
1988SydneyTapestry
1987WellingtonFestival of Four Winds
1986BrisbaneBecoming Whole
1985MelbourneAction ’85
1984AdelaideGathering
1983PerthThe Journey
1982Auckland
1981Sydney

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