NZ Respiratory Conference 2025

The biennial NZ Respiratory Conference will be held at Tākina Events Centre in Wellington on the 30 and 31 October.

Eighteen speakers, all leaders in their fields, will present the latest research and clinical practice in respiratory medicine.

The 2025 NZ COPD Guidelines will be launched by the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ’s Medical Director and lead guidelines author, Professor Bob Hancox.

You will hear from Professor Richard Beasley on treatable traits/personalised medicine in asthma, and from Dr Amy Chan on oral corticosteroid use in New Zealand. 

There will be sessions on supporting safe exercise in children with bronchiectasis, as well as new educational tools to help patients and whānau manage their condition.

Professor Nevil Pierse will talk about what’s happening in the healthy homes space, Dr Kelly Burrowes will present the real science of vaping, alongside Letitia Harding (ARFNZ CE) who will talk about Aotearoa’s journey with vaping.

Dr Lucy Telfar Barnard will present the key findings from the ‘The impact of respiratory  disease in NZ’ report.  Dr Adrian Trenholme will talk about RSV vaccination in New Zealand, and Dr Rob Burrell and Simon Wright will speak on the carbon footprint of inhaled medicines. 

The conference opens with presentations from three leaders in Māori health who provide a whānau ora approach to patient care within their fields of medicine

Register on the NZRC website.

The conference has been endorsed by the Royal NZ College of General Practitioners and has been approved for up to 16 CME credits.