AANZPA’s annual conference is a meeting of its members. Each conference is hosted by a different AANZPA region.
AANZPA Conference 2026 Whakarongo mai rā, ki te reo karanga o te ao ... kei te aha koe? ...kei te aha tātou katoa? Listen to the callow the world ... what are we doing? what are we all doing? What is our work in the world? This year's conference theme serves as both...
| Year | Place | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ōtepoti Dunedin | Manaakitanga – What Truly Matters |
| 2024 | Brisbane | Vital Groups Vital Communities |
| 2023 | No Conference | |
| 2022 | Online Event | Co-creative Human Endeavour |
| 2021 | Online Event | A Place for Us |
| 2020 | Christchurch | Beauty and Truth Ugliness and Ignorance |
| 2019 | Brisbane | 2019 Conference Information |
| 2018 | Brisbane | 2018 Conference Information |
| 2017 | Auckland | Inspired by the wide range of our Member’s applications of the psychodrama method …. |
| 2016 | Sydney | …. the truth is in the relationship …. |
| 2015 | Christchurch | Moreno: a man of his time; a man for our times |
| 2014 | Melbourne | Garden of Spontaneity |
| 2013 | Wellington | Daring in the ‘city of action … the world headquarters of the verb’ |
| 2012 | Brisbane | The No-Frills Conference |
| 2011 | Auckland | To Be and to Create, that is the Challenge |
| 2010 | Sydney | Meeting at the Edge |
| 2009 | Dunedin | Social 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 |
| 2008 | Melbourne | A Vital Presence: Contemporary Psychodrama in Love and Work |
| 2007 | Wellington | Playing with a Systemic Perspective |
| 2006 | Brisbane | There is an Oasis. Come. Enjoy. |
| 2005 | Adelaide | Reversing Roles – Daring to Live in Shifting Light |
| 2004 | Christchurch | An Everlasting Present |
| 2003 | Auckland | Encounter and Association |
| 2002 | Sydney | The Well of Possibility |
| 2001 | Melbourne | The Tyranny of Difference |
| 2000 | Nelson | Call to Connection |
| 1999 | Perth | The Moment of Turning |
| 1998 | Christchurch | The Magic Charter |
| 1996 | Brisbane | Dancing with Life |
| 1995 | Adelaide | Co-Creating the Future |
| 1994 | Auckland | Psychodrama in the World |
| 1992 | Canberra | The Meeting Place |
| 1991 | Melbourne | Utopia |
| 1990 | Christchurch | The Spirit of Creativity |
| 1989 | Perth | Catching the Light |
| 1988 | Sydney | Tapestry |
| 1987 | Wellington | Festival of Four Winds |
| 1986 | Brisbane | Becoming Whole |
| 1985 | Melbourne | Action ’85 |
| 1984 | Adelaide | Gathering |
| 1983 | Perth | The Journey |
| 1982 | Auckland | |
| 1981 | Sydney |