2025 NZ Bird Conference

The 2025 Birds New Zealand Conference and Annual General Meeting will be held in Auckland 31^st May to 2^nd June during King’s Birthday weekend. All events and meals will be at the Novotel & IBIS Auckland Ellerslie Hotel.

Conference Details

Conference Outline

A full programme with abstracts will be available soon.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.

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AOC 2025 – Call for Abstracts

BirdLife Australia and Birds New Zealand are excited to announce: the 13th Australasian Ornithological Conference (AOC) will be held from 18 to 20 November 2025 in Perth/Boorloo, with side events planned for the days before and after.

Abstract Submissions are now open and close 13 June.
Registration opens 5 May. For more details visit https://aoc.org.au/

This is the largest biennial gathering of enthusiastic amateur and professional ornithologists and avian researchers from Australasia, New Zealand and beyond!