EMDRNZ, the governing body for EMDR therapy in New Zealand, holds its annual clinical conference across 26-28 November 2026 at Te Papa in Wellington, built around a consultants' training day, a Dr Tom Flewett workshop on developmental-trauma presentations, and a full Conference Day.
The EMDRNZ Conference 2026 is the annual gathering of New Zealand's EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) therapy community, running Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 November 2026 in Wellington, with an online live-stream option, according to EMDRNZ's official events page.
The three-day structure is a professional-development spine rather than a trade show. Thursday 26 November is a Consultants and Consultant-in-Training Training Day for case consultants only. Friday 27 November is a full-day workshop by Dr Tom Flewett, "EMDR Therapy for Complex Presentations based in Developmental Trauma," followed by an evening function from 5pm to 8pm celebrating Dr Flewett's contribution to EMDR in New Zealand. Saturday 28 November is the main Conference Day, running 8:45am to 5:30pm (per the official Humanitix registration listing). The Saturday programme requires completion of EMDR Basic Training Part 1 as a prerequisite.
The conference is run by EMDRNZ, the New Zealand Association for EMDR Therapists, which describes itself on its own site as "the governing body for EMDR therapy in Aotearoa/New Zealand." EMDRNZ is a membership association of registered mental-health clinicians and trained EMDR therapists that promotes the modality, sets professional standards, accredits training, and hosts the annual conference and workshops. It does not deliver training directly but works with accredited trainers around the country. The listed contact is info@emdr.org.nz.
The audience is clinical: registered mental-health practitioners and EMDR-trained therapists at various stages of accreditation. The programme is tiered by experience, from a day reserved for case consultants and consultants-in-training, through an advanced developmental-trauma workshop, to the general Conference Day open to practitioners who have completed EMDR Basic Training Part 1. This is a specialist psychotherapy congress rather than a public-facing event.
The conference is held at Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, at 55 Cable Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, as named on the event's official Humanitix registration listing (the same venue used for the 2025 edition). Te Papa sits on Wellington's central waterfront, a short walk from the Courtenay Place and Cuba Street hospitality and accommodation districts and roughly a 10-minute drive from Wellington Airport, which makes it convenient for delegates flying in from around New Zealand and across the Tasman. Its central-city position means most delegate movement between hotels, the venue and evening functions can be done on foot, and the surrounding CBD offers a dense band of hotels and serviced apartments suited to a multi-day professional congress.
The EMDRNZ Conference is a recurring, nationally significant medical/scientific congress anchored in Wellington, drawing clinical delegates from across the country for a multi-day residential-style programme with keynote workshops and an evening function. Its repeat booking of Te Papa signals a stable, venue-loyal association event of the kind that underpins mid-sized business-events demand in the capital, combining conference-day footfall with ancillary training days and social functions that extend delegate nights and local spend.
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