As Aotearoa's leading gathering for adaptation professionals, ASAP | RUA warmly invites you to join us for our annual conference at Te Papa Tongarewa in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington on 20–21 August 2026.

Conference theme: Whakawātea: Clearing the Way for Adaptation

Whakawātea speaks to creating space for action, innovation, and collaboration. As communities, organisations, businesses, iwi, hapū, and governments across Aotearoa respond to the realities of climate change, this conference offers an opportunity to come together, share knowledge, strengthen connections, and explore pathways for adaptation that are equitable, effective, and enduring.

Exclusive Member Registration
ASAP | RUA members have priority access to registration before non-member Early Bird registrations open on
18 June 2026.

Member Registration Rates
Early Bird: $320 - available until 21 July
Standard: $400

 

Non-Member Registration Rates

Early Bird: $470 - available until 21 July
Standard: $550

Places are limited, and with more than 200 delegates expected from across the public, private, academic, and community sectors, we encourage you to secure your place early.

Why Attend?

Build knowledge and capability

• Stay up to date with the latest thinking on climate risk, resilience, adaptation planning, finance, policy, and emerging practice. Learn from real-world case studies, successes, and failures.

Make meaningful connections

• Adaptation is inherently cross-sector. The hui will bring together councils, infrastructure providers, iwi, insurers, regulators, researchers, and practitioners, creating opportunities for collaboration that rarely happen in day-to-day work.

 

Shape the future, not just respond to it

• Adaptation is not only about managing risk. It is about influencing the kind of future we want. The hui will provide space to challenge assumptions, debate difficult choices, and help define what resilient, equitable, and prosperous communities should look like.

 

Register Today

We look forward to welcoming you to Te Papa in August.

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Ngā mihi nui,

 

ASAP | RUA