Saturday 22 March 2025

      7.00am-8.30am NZPS Council Breakfast Meeting

8.00am-8.30am Registration, Exhibition Open & Arrival Tea & Coffee

Day Three Welcome
8.30am-8.40am Whakawhanaungatanga

8.40am-9.00am  NZPS Life Member Award Presentations

Medications in Pain Care
9.00am-9.20am The Role of Opioids (Or Not) in Pain Management
David Prior & Sue Anderson 

9.20am-9.45am Opioid & Benzo Prescriptions - PHARMAC Data
Dr Chris Turnbull 

9.45am-10.05am Exploring Medicinal Cannabis Research for Pain Management
Professor Chris Eccleston 

10.05am-10.30am Māori Whānau Perspectives of Opioid Tapering with Chronic Pain
Dr Hemakumar Devan, Lecturer & Pain Management Physiotherapist, University of Otago & Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley, NZ

10.30am-10.45am Panel Discussion
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10.45am-11.15am Morning Tea & Industry Exhibition

Supported Self-Management - Pain Kete

11.15am-11.45am Words Matter: Shifting to a Contemporary Pain-Science Informed Narrative of Osteoarthritis 
Associate Professor Tasha Stanton, Clinical Pain Neuroscience UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

11.45am-12.10pm Contemporary Evidence on Overactivity / Life Participation
Dr Nicole Andrews, RECOVER Injury Research Centre, University of Queensland, Australia (virtual)

12.10pm-12.30pm Integrating Peer Support in Pain Care - Lived Experience Expertise
Julian Louis Avisenis, iSelf-Help Peer Support Facilitator, Lower Hutt Hospital Pain Service, Wellington, NZ

12.30pm-12.45pm Helen Roome, South Africa (pre-recorded presentation​)

12.45pm-1.00pm Panel Discussion

1.00pm-2.00pm Lunch & Industry Exhibition

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Supported Self-Management - Pain Kete Management

2.00pm-2.20pm Role of Music Therapy in Supporting Pain Self-Management

2.20pm-2.45pm HIPs & Health Coaches in Pain Management
Iris Humm, Pain Coach, University of Otago Wellington
Jo Rothbaum, Health Improvement Practitioner (HIP), Wellington

2.45pm-3.05pm ACC Update on New Pain Contracts
Launa Steel Clinical Advisor & Health Partner, ACC (TBC)

3.05pm-3.35pm
Hi-5 Service Innovation Presentations

3.35pm-3.45pm Poroporoaki - Summary & Reflections
                              Conference 2026, Industry Awards, Abstract Prize Giving 
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3.45pm-4.00pm Afternoon Tea & Industry Exhibition

      4.00pm-6.15pm Nurses Special Interest Group Meeting & AGM