The listed NZSA Annual Scientific Meeting in Rotorua on 1 October 2026 does not exist; the society's actual 2026 scientific congress is the Combined Scientific Congress, held jointly with the Australian Society of Anaesthetists, on 8-11 October 2026 at Rydges Resort Hunter Valley in Australia.
The listing of a "NZ Society of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific Meeting 2026" at the Energy Events Centre in Rotorua on 1 October 2026 cannot be verified against any source and does not appear on the organiser's own website. The New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists (NZSA) publishes a full upcoming-events calendar at anaesthesia.nz, and it contains no Rotorua entry, no Energy Events Centre booking and no standalone event of that name.
According to the NZSA's own site, the society's flagship scientific gathering for 2026 is the Combined Scientific Congress (CSC26), which it co-hosts with the Australian Society of Anaesthetists (ASA). The NZSA lists the congress as running 8-11 October 2026, with registration open and a dedicated congress website at csc2026.com.au.
The NZSA is the professional body representing anaesthetists in New Zealand, based at Level 6, Equinox House, 222 Lambton Quay, Wellington. For 2026 it partners with the Australian Society of Anaesthetists to deliver the trans-Tasman Combined Scientific Congress rather than a separate New Zealand ASM.
The congress is aimed at anaesthetists, trainees and allied specialists across Australia and New Zealand. The NZSA and ASA describe a programme of lectures and plenaries, masterclasses, workshops and practice evaluations led by international and Australian faculty.
The confirmed venue is Rydges Resort Hunter Valley at Pokolbin in New South Wales, Australia - a resort property that combines conference facilities with on-site accommodation and dining. Because the 2026 congress is held in the Australian Hunter Valley (roughly two hours' drive north of Sydney, the nearest major international gateway) rather than in Rotorua, any New Zealand delegate movement is outbound trans-Tasman travel; there is no New Zealand venue, accommodation block or ground-transport component associated with this event.
The correction matters because it removes a phantom Rotorua congress from the New Zealand pipeline: the NZSA's major 2026 scientific meeting is hosted across the Tasman, so it represents outbound rather than inbound business-events activity for New Zealand this year. NZSA-linked New Zealand gatherings on the calendar are smaller trainee, regional and network events, not a Rotorua ASM.
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