A confirmed two-day combined scientific meeting of the NZ Society for Surgery of the Hand and hand therapists at Tākina in Wellington on 17–18 October 2026, themed 'Innovation and Collaboration'.
The NZ Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting 2026 is confirmed for Saturday 17 – Sunday 18 October 2026 at Tākina (Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre). The live event portal frames it as a two-day combined scientific meeting under the theme Innovation and Collaboration, bringing hand surgeons and hand therapists together on one academic and social programme. Note the correction to the single listed date of 17 October: the organiser confirms it spans two days.
The meeting is hosted by the New Zealand Society for Surgery of the Hand (NZSSH), the national body for surgeons practising hand and upper-limb surgery in New Zealand. The 2026 edition is convened by Justin Chou and run as a combined meeting with the hand therapy community, with the programme, speaker line-up, registration and call for abstracts managed through the society's EventsAir portal. The New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons is promoting the meeting to its members, reflecting the cross-disciplinary organising base.
The audience is deliberately multidisciplinary: hand and upper-extremity surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, and hand therapists. The organiser explicitly invites plastic surgeons and hand therapists to join, positioning the event as a forum spanning everyday clinical practice through to subspecialty innovation. Confirmed guest faculty are Prof Eugene Ek and A/Prof David McCombe (both Melbourne) and Certified Hand Therapist Alison Taylor, alongside national and international speakers.
Tākina is Wellington's purpose-built convention and exhibition centre on the CBD waterfront, directly opposite Te Papa and a short walk from the harbour, Courtenay Place and central hotels. Wellington Airport sits roughly a 15–20 minute drive from the CBD, making the venue readily accessible for domestic delegates flying in for a weekend meeting. The organiser has negotiated accommodation rates with nearby hotels, listed on the conference portal, which suits a compact two-day residential-style congress.
This is a textbook mid-scale medical/scientific congress for the New Zealand business-events calendar: a recurring national society meeting, a combined-discipline format that widens the delegate pool, confirmed trans-Tasman faculty, and a marquee Wellington waterfront venue. Its October 2026 slot and multi-college draw make it a solid reference point for medical congress activity at Tākina.
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