The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network is excited to announce its next conference for 6–9 October 2024, at Forum North, 7 Rust Avenue, Whangārei 0110. We will be reflecting on the past, present and future of plant conservation in Aotearoa New Zealand with our theme “Ka mua, ka muri – walking backwards into the future”. With this we will be able to celebrate 21 years of NZPCN, and hundreds of years of plant conservation in Aotearoa, and reflect on how all that has happened informs the future. The conference will run from Sunday to Wednesday, with workshops and a welcome event on Sunday, symposia on Monday and Tuesday, and field trips on Wednesday. Our field trips and workshops will make the most of the incredible flora of Whangārei, with the city also being the gateway to wider Te Tai Tokerau/Northland and all the amazing botanising it presents.
Registrations have opened here and more information about the conference will be forthcoming in our newsletter Trilepidea, and on our Facebook page. We have five free registrations available for students making a presentation at the conference. These are available on a first in basis and if you require more information you should contact Taylor at the email address below.
If you or your business would like to support the conference, we are looking for conference sponsors, as well as donations to our auction raising funds towards the David Given Threatened Plant Scholarship and the John Sawyer Threatened Plant Endowment Fund. Please get in touch with conference organising committee lead Taylor Davies-Colley at [Enable JavaScript to view protected content] with any enquiries or offers of support. We look forward to seeing you all in Whāngarei in October.