NZIIA conference 2025
The following event is organized by NZIIA. Click here for more details: www.nziiaconference.nz.
The NZIIA national conference 2025 aspires to be the premier public event for international affairs in Aotearoa New Zealand. It provides a platform for experts from Government, business, academia, and non-Government organisations both from New Zealand and overseas to discuss the most important international affairs issues of our times.
The conference theme focuses on a global shift in which economic relationships are reassessed in light of increased geopolitical competition in a more security-conscious, fragmented and less stable world. This was one of the three key strategic shifts in international affairs identified by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in its 2023 Strategic Assessment, and it is a key driver for New Zealand foreign and trade policy formulation. Through keynote addresses and a series of discussion panels, the conference will address the above overarching theme and a series of sub-themes, including the effects of a shift from economics to security on:
- Direction of New Zealand foreign policy
- Reshaping the international system
- International trade and investment
- Sustainability and climate change
- Defence and national security
- Engaging with the Pacific region
- Applying matauranga Māori to foreign and trade policies
- New Zealand’s perceptions of Asia
- Rapid technological change and its effects on international relations
- New Zealand in World Affairs – trends over the past two decades and solutions for the future.
The conference will build upon the Institute’s reputation for fostering expert discussion and understanding of international affairs, especially as they relate to New Zealand. It aims to meet the high professional standards of previous NZIIA conferences, which have contributed significantly to public discourse on international affairs through keynote addresses from senior New Zealand and international ministers, officials, business leaders, academics, and more.This is a hybrid event – join in person in Wellington, at Tākina OR online/virtually on Tuesday 17 June 2025!
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