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
- email conference@aanzpa.org
Past Conferences
| YEAR | PLACE | THEME (LINK TO WEBSITE) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |