Saturday 22 March 2025

      7.00am-8.15am NZPS Council Breakfast Meeting

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

Day Three Welcome
8.30am-8.40am Whakawhanaungatanga ~ Facilitators: Hemakumar Devan & Dagmar Hempel

8.40am-9.00am  NZPS Life Member Award Presentations

Medications in Pain Care                                                                                                                                                               Chair: Louise Lynch

9.00am-9.20am Dopesick - An Audit
David Prior, Anaesthetic SMO, Health NZ - Hutt Valley, Wellington, NZ 
Sue Anderson, Nurse Practitioner, Acute Pain Management Service, Health NZ Te Whatu Ora - Capital Coast & Hutt Valley, NZ 

9.20am-9.40am Opioid and Benzodiazepine Dispensing Patterns in New Zealand 2011-2019
Dr Chris Turnbull, Chronic Pain Team, Health NZ Te Whatu Ora - Capital Coast & Hutt Valley, Wellington, NZ 

9.40am-10.00am Pain Research Integrity
Professor Chris Eccleston, Medical Psychology and Pain Science, University of Bath, UK (virtual) 

10.00am-10.20am Māori Whānau Perspectives of Opioid Tapering with Chronic Pain
Cheryl Davies, Manager, Tū Kotahi Māori Asthma and Research Trust, Lower Hutt, NZ
Dr Hemakumar Devan, Senior​ Lecturer & Pain Management Physiotherapist, University of Otago & Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley, NZ
Maraea te Waitoatoa Te Whaiti-Golias, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa, Kāi Tahu, Rangitāne
Quinn Straker, Kāi Tahu
Rongomaiwahine Higgins-Herewini, Kaihāpai Matua, Senior Administrator, Te Puni Kōkiri 
Eva Morunga, Health Psychologist, Cancer Support Service & Pou, Āwhinatia Te Tāngata Service, Te Toka Tumai, Auckland City Hospital, NZ

10.20am-10.45am Panel Discussion
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10.45am-11.15am Morning Tea & Industry Exhibition

Supported Self-Management - Pain Kete                                                                                                                                         Chair: Iris Humm

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-12.05pm Overactivity in Chronic Pain: What Is It, Why Does It Matter and How Can We Help People to Adapt?
Dr Nicole Andrews, RECOVER Injury Research Centre, University of Queensland, Australia

12.05pm-12.25pm Integrating Peer Support in Pain Care - Lived Experience Expertise
Julian Louis Avisenis, iSelf-Help Peer Support Facilitator, Lower Hutt Hospital Pain Service, Wellington, NZ

12.25pm-12.35pm ​The Art and Science of Integrating Clinician Support for Pain Self-Management
Helen Roome, Occupational Therapy Clinician, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa (virtual​)

12.35pm-1.00pm Panel Discussion

1.00pm-2.00pm Lunch & Industry Exhibition

    1.30pm-2.00pm Pelvic Pain SIG Meeting                                                                                                                               Chair: Karen Joseph

​​Supported Self-Management - Pain Kete Management                                                                                                           Chair: Janet Whelan

2.00pm-2.20pm Role of Music Therapy in Supporting Pain Self-Management
Professor Joke Bradt, Director, PhD Program in Creative Arts Therapies, Drexel University, USA (virtual)

2.20pm-2.40pm HIPs and Pain Coaching in Community Management
Iris Humm, Pain Coach, University of Otago, Wellington, NZ
Joanne Rothbaum, Health Improvement Practitioner, Te Awakairangi Health Network, Upper Hutt, Wellington, NZ ​
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Free Paper Presentations                                                                                                                                                               Chair: Janet Whelan

2.30pm-2.40pm Virtual Reality Rehabilitation for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: A Proof-of-Concept Trial
Dr Debbie Bean, Senior Lecturer, AUT, NZ
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2.50pm-3.00pm Facilitating Lived Experience Peer Support for People with Persistent Pain: A Scoping Review to Inform Curriculum Development
Dr Elizabeth Baker, Te Whatu Ora Southern Pain Service, NZ

3.00pm-3.10pm Using Arts-Based Approach to Gain In-Depth Understanding of the Lived Experiences of Chronic Pain With Māori
Livia Fernandes, PhD Candidate, University of Otago, Wellington, NZ
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Hi-5 Service Innovation Presentations                                                                                                                                        Chair: Janet Whelan
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3.10pm-3.15pm Delivery of the iSelf-Help Online Group-Based Pain Management Programme by the Southern Pain Service
David Williams, Te Whatu Ora Southern Pain Service, NZ

3.15pm-3.20pm The Evaluation of the Pain Avoidance and Meaning Model (PAMM)
Dr Sharryn Lydall- Smith, Senior Psychologist, Monash Health, Australia

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Closing Reflections

3.30pm-3.50pm The Use of VR for Managing Arthritis
Associate Professor Tasha Stanton, Clinical Pain Neuroscience UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

3.50pm-4.00pm Conference 2026, Industry Awards, Abstract Prize Giving
                               Poroporoaki, Conference Close

4.00pm-4.15pm Afternoon Tea & Industry Exhibition

Nurses Special Interest Group Meeting & AGM                                                                                            Facilitators: Sue Anderson & Linda Roeters

4.30pm-5.00pm Interactions with Patients in Distress
Dr Chris Turnbull, Chronic Pain Team, Health NZ Te Whatu Ora - Capital Coast & Hutt Valley, NZ

5.00pm-5.20pm Chronic Pain in Surgery – Let’s Do Better
Sue Anderson, Nurse Practitioner, Acute Pain Management Service, Health NZ Te Whatu Ora - Capital Coast & Hutt Valley, NZ
 
5.20pm-5.40pm Case Study – Novel Approach to Analgesia for Acute Pancreatitis
Linda Roeters, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Acute Pain Management Service, Health NZ Te Whatu Ora - Capital Coast & Hutt Valley, NZ
 
5.40pm-6.30pm Nursing SIG AGM