Registrations are now open. Click the below link to register online and secure your place:
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Delegates: https://gilpinevents.eventsair.com/tangata-matatau-conference-2025/tm25
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The Conference Information Booklet and Programme are now available
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Management of Fire in Our Forest and Rural Landscape Conference 2025
Dates: 9th – 11th July 2025, Christchurch
Location: HAERE-ROA, University of Canterbury
Theme: "Rebuilding the Connections with a Focus on Improving the Outcomes"
This conference will have a focus similar to the annual Forest and Rural Fires Association NZ (FRFANZ) Conference. With the FRANZ Conference last held in 2016, it’s timely that nine years later, those members working and managing the different activities relating to the management of fire in our forest and rural landscape can return to an annual forum for up-to-date information, learning new knowledge, and networking with their peers once again.
This Management of Fire in Our Forest and Rural Landscape Conference 2025 will provide an independent platform showcasing new and emerging insights and challenges at a political level along with keynote speakers and sector leaders on topics including:
As well as learning about the latest thinking, it is also an opportunity to catch up and network with your colleagues and industry peers.
A conference committee is working hard to confirm that a conference programme meets the above objectives.
Email [email protected] for more information or click here to register your interest and be notified when registrations open.
Dates: 9th – 11th July 2025, Christchurch
Location: HAERE-ROA, University of Canterbury
Theme: "Rebuilding the Connections with a Focus on Improving the Outcomes"
This conference will have a focus similar to the annual Forest and Rural Fires Association NZ (FRFANZ) Conference. With the FRANZ Conference last held in 2016, it’s timely that nine years later, those members working and managing the different activities relating to the management of fire in our forest and rural landscape can return to an annual forum for up-to-date information, learning new knowledge, and networking with their peers once again.
This Management of Fire in Our Forest and Rural Landscape Conference 2025 will provide an independent platform showcasing new and emerging insights and challenges at a political level along with keynote speakers and sector leaders on topics including:
- sharing international and New Zealand forest fire case studies,
- an introduction to the FAO Global Forest Fire Management Hub,
- forest fire protection challenges,
- role of contractors,
- training,
- climate,
- the contribution of volunteer firefighters,
- aviation management,
- fire services funding,
- key performance measures, and
- stakeholder engagement.
As well as learning about the latest thinking, it is also an opportunity to catch up and network with your colleagues and industry peers.
A conference committee is working hard to confirm that a conference programme meets the above objectives.
Email [email protected] for more information or click here to register your interest and be notified when registrations open.
Interested in being an exhibitor or sponsor for the 2025 Conference? Click here for more information
Latest update: 9 June 2025
With just one month to go …
The Conference Steering Committee held a meeting last week to finalise the conference programme. Along with confirmation of the final conference programme we have received great support from ten funding sponsors, and eleven conference exhibit booths have been confirmed. We currently have just over one hundred registrations and are looking to increase this number in the next couple of weeks.
Conference Registrations
Registrations are open for the Management of Fire in the Forest and Rural Landscape Fire Conference, taking place from July 9 to 11, 2025, in Christchurch at the HAERE-ROA Centre.
• The standard conference fee is $400 plus GST.
• For credit card transactions, an additional 3% will be charged to the payer at the time of booking.
Once registered participants will receive further details relating to the conference.
Accommodation
Each attendee is responsible for booking their own accommodation. A variety of accommodation is available on Riccarton Road. For those without transportation, it is a ten-minute walk from the conference venue, the HAERE-ROA Centre, located at 90 Ilam Road, Ilam, Christchurch.
Conference Programme
A third edition of the conference program will soon be available.
Four international speakers are confirmed for this conference, along with several engaging panel sessions. Additional information about the speakers are included in the eBooklet on the conference website.
The conference participants will also participate in a workshop at the end of the event to consider and identify the critical future Tangata Matatau actions needed to effectively protect our forest and rural landscape from unwanted fires.
This is your chance to catch up and network with your colleagues and industry peers while learning about the latest insights.
Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or need assistance booking your place(s).
Thanks & kind regards,
Murray Dudfield
Chair
Conference Committee
With just one month to go …
The Conference Steering Committee held a meeting last week to finalise the conference programme. Along with confirmation of the final conference programme we have received great support from ten funding sponsors, and eleven conference exhibit booths have been confirmed. We currently have just over one hundred registrations and are looking to increase this number in the next couple of weeks.
Conference Registrations
Registrations are open for the Management of Fire in the Forest and Rural Landscape Fire Conference, taking place from July 9 to 11, 2025, in Christchurch at the HAERE-ROA Centre.
• The standard conference fee is $400 plus GST.
• For credit card transactions, an additional 3% will be charged to the payer at the time of booking.
Once registered participants will receive further details relating to the conference.
Accommodation
Each attendee is responsible for booking their own accommodation. A variety of accommodation is available on Riccarton Road. For those without transportation, it is a ten-minute walk from the conference venue, the HAERE-ROA Centre, located at 90 Ilam Road, Ilam, Christchurch.
Conference Programme
A third edition of the conference program will soon be available.
Four international speakers are confirmed for this conference, along with several engaging panel sessions. Additional information about the speakers are included in the eBooklet on the conference website.
The conference participants will also participate in a workshop at the end of the event to consider and identify the critical future Tangata Matatau actions needed to effectively protect our forest and rural landscape from unwanted fires.
This is your chance to catch up and network with your colleagues and industry peers while learning about the latest insights.
Don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or need assistance booking your place(s).
Thanks & kind regards,
Murray Dudfield
Chair
Conference Committee