The EMPA New Zealand Committee is pleased to announce that EMPA New Zealand 2025 will be held at Te Papa Tongerewa on Thursday 13 & Friday 14 November 2025!
Registrations will open in June 2025.
The committee is busy planning another high-quality line-up of speakers, panels and workshops, so ensure you are on the mailing list to receive program announcements!
EMPA New Zealand is the meeting of the voices of emergency management in New Zealand
Effective public information and connection with communities is critical to building safer and more resilient communities. The need for constant improvement in warnings, information and engagement is always a major component of Royal commissions and inquiries into natural disasters.
It is critical that we focus on improving the capability and capacity of our public information and communications staff byexposing them to research and experience of their local, interstate and overseas peers.
EMPA’s are the only EM conferences which occur in this region that provide the intense focus on communications and engagement that Australasia’s EM professionals require.
Organiser
The initials EMPA stands for Emergency Media and Public Affairs – Australasia’s Disaster and Communications Hub working in worldwide partnership with community representatives and those who professionally practise and work in research in the sector.
Our people come from government agencies, local councils, municipal organisations, research organisations, business and industry, not-for-profits and media entities around the world.
We come together to share experiences, knowledge, and a passion for ensuring our communities are safe and can respond to and recover from what nature and human-made disasters throw at them.
We hold events, knowledge-sharing and friendship activities across the year online and face-to-face in Australia, New Zealand and North America.
Everything we do is guided by the EMPA Principles, our moral and practical guide to working with communities in emergency management.
Venue
