EMPA New Zealand 2026
The EMPA New Zealand Committee is pleased to announce that EMPA New Zealand 2026 will be held at Te Papa Tongarewa on Thursday 5 & Friday 6 November 2026!
Entries for the 2026 EMPA Awards for Excellence in Emergency Communications will open later in the year.
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.
Conference Programme
To be announced later in the year.
Delegates’ highlights and key take-aways from 2025
Register
Registrations will open later in the year.
Programme
The 2025 programme can be downloaded here.
EMPA Awards
The EMPA awards recognise excellence in emergency communications in Australia over the past year. Entries for the 2025 awards will open later in the year.
Venue
Te Papa Tongarewa | 55 Cable Street | Wellington.
Over 160 delegates attended EMPA New Zealand in 2025. Delegates came from a broad range of emergency services agencies, national government & government agencies, local & regional government, NGOs and industry groups. The EMPA Australia conference has become an important professional development and engagement event for communications specialists within the emergency management community.
