New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists

10/07/2025

An opportunity for someone interested in applying their expertise, clinical knowledge and translational skills at a strategic level within our health sector in Aotearoa.

The Ministry of Health is seeking a Clinical Chief Advisor - a systems level expert providing clinical input and strategic professional advice across the Ministry's priorities and work programmes, and across the wider health sector.
- Clinical expertise in hospital specialist services
-Permanent, 0.6 FTE position at 24 hours per week. Possibility to practice alongside the role.
- Wellington based role, applications outside Wellington will also be considered

Priority expertise areas being sought:
- Hospital specialist services, planned care, perioperative environments
- Advantageous: Quality and Safety

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09/07/2025

NZSA members are invited to our Special General Meeting: 7.30pm Weds 6 August on Zoom.
If you didn't receive the email, you can get all the details, register to attend or submit your proxy form on the website (member login required).

6 August 7.30pm on Zoom

08/07/2025

The July Issue of the AIC Journal is out now. Full members can access this latest issue via your NZSA Member Dashboard (login required).
https://anaesthesia.nz/member_resources/aic-journal/

Cover article: Survival in hostile environments: Extravehicular activity on the surface of the moon.
P Featherstone & C Ball.
"Throughout this period, the pair [Armstrong and Aldrin] would experience a force of gravity one-sixth of that on Earth, and be exposed to hazards including a hard vacuum, blinding light, solar and cosmic radiation, potential bombardment from micrometeoroids, and temperatures ranging from 121°C (in sunlight) to −157°C (in shade). Their survival in this hostile environment was dependent on an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), which comprised a pressure garment assembly (PGA), or ‘spacesuit’, and a ‘backpack’ containing a portable life support system (PLSS) and oxygen purge system (OPS)."

Access via your NZSA membership

03/07/2025

This resource offering information for patients about Epidurals for Labour is available from MyAnaesthesia.

This free to access digital resource includes who can have an epidural, when and how it’s given, and the benefits and potential risks. Available in Te reo Māori, Samoan and Tongan too.

Check it out, share it with your colleagues and patients.
https://anaesthesia.nz/patient-resources/resources/epidurals-labour/

All patient resources available from MyAnaesthesia are written in collaboration with anaesthetists in Aotearoa. They aim to help you by offering easy to access and understand information that you can share with patients and their whānau.

These resources are meant as a general guide only. They do not replace individual medical advice given by healthcare providers.

Patient education resources from the NZSA

29/06/2025

Aoteaora NZ Anaesthesia ASM 2025 Abstract Submissions are open!
Paper or poster submissions are invited from all delegates, with prestigious ANZCA and NZSA prizes on offer for eligible submissions.
🏆The John Ritchie Prize ($2,500)
🏆ANZCA Trainee Prize ($1,000)
🏆ASM Poster Prize ($500)

This is a great opportunity to share your research with colleagues across the motu.
Submissions close September 14.
Find out more: https://www.nzanaesthesia.com/abstracts/

27/06/2025

Today the NZSA and ANZCA NZNC held their annual joint meeting in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. We value the ongoing connection, the opportunity to discuss topics affecting both organisations, seek opportunities to work together and offer updates on recent work.

Thanks to NZSA President Dr Morgan Edwards and NZNC Chair Dr Graham Roper for chairing the meeting.

26/06/2025

Dinner at a Guinness World Record awarded film set? ✅
This year’s Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM dinner will be hosted at Hobbiton, crowned the world’s largest purpose-built film set by Guinness World Records!

Numbers are limited, so we recommend securing your place during registration. Dinner tickets are included in the full registration.

Earlybird registration is open: https://www.nzanaesthesia.com/
Join us in Kirikiriroa Hamilton for Aotearoa NZ Anaesthesia ASM 2025! 12-15 November

25/06/2025

Registration is open!
Register now for this popular event in Queenstown. Programme information, accommodation and registration are available on the Joint Anaesthesia Faculty Auckland (JAFA) website.

Plus workshops:
- BATS on Ice (BOI) Ultrasound for Regional Anaesthesia Workshop, Thursday 28 August.
- 2xACLS workshops, Friday 29 August, afternoon.
- POCUS Workshop, Saturday 30 August, afternoon.

All sessions are held in the mornings, leaving afternoons free to make the most of the workshops available, or to enjoy Queenstown—whether that means hitting the slopes (with buses running directly from the Heritage Hotel).

https://events.jafa.co.nz/aqua/

19/06/2025

Mānawatia a Matariki!

Introducing the NZSA’s te reo Māori name, Ngā Ringa Tauwhiro o Aotearoa, and launching new te reo Māori resources over Matariki this week was no coincidence. Matariki represents the spirit of unity, collaboration and kotahitanga (togetherness) in what we do. As a time for remembrance, celebration, and aspiration, we are reminded that we are not alone in our journey.

As we celebrate the expansion of the Society’s name and introduction of our new te reo Māori resources, we build on the foundations of those who have come before us, and we look ahead to our future. Seizing this opportunity to deepen cultural understanding and weave our community with the heritage of the country that brings us all together.

Kia pai te whakanui i a Matariki. We hope you have an enjoyable Matariki and find the time to remember, celebrate and come together with your community.

Image credit: https://matariki.co.nz

19/06/2025

The monthly online PACS by SPANZA Paediatric Anaesthesia CME series offers two pre-recorded talks and live discussion with senior members and experts. Registration is open to everyone, with the focus being on the occasional paediatric anaesthetist.

Running Tuesday evenings (9pm NZT), each session is around 90 minutes.
Your registration will allow you to attend all seven sessions, plus access to all session recordings.

The next session on 24 June will offer a Cardiac & Vascular Access update.
Sessions have already started, but you can register anytime and will get access to recordings of previous sessions.

See the programme and register now: https://willorganise.eventsair.com/2025-pacs

17/06/2025

New member exclusive resources!

We are delighted to have shared our te reo name Ngā Ringa Tauwhiro o Aotearoa earlier this week. Having a te reo Māori name accompany our English name is a good start, but we wanted to accompany this with action. So, to begin with the NZSA has developed new high-quality, practical te reo Māori resources as a learning tool for members. To help you introduce a little more te reo in your day to day, if you wish to.

Each offers short, simple words and phrases that are easy to incorporate into conversations with colleagues, patients, whānau and friends.

Members can access the new resources via the NZSA Member Dashboard (linked in comments).

16/06/2025

This resource offering information for patients about anaesthesia and Joint Replacement Surgery is available from MyAnaesthesia.

This free to access digital resource includes what to expect before, during and after your anaesthetic and procedure, the possible risks and some FAQs.

Check it out, share it with your colleagues and patients.
https://anaesthesia.nz/patient-resources/resources/joint-replacement-surgery/

All patient resources available from MyAnaesthesia are written in collaboration with anaesthetists in Aotearoa. They aim to help you by offering easy to access and understand information that you can share with patients and their whānau.

These resources are meant as a general guide only. They do not replace individual medical advice given by healthcare providers.

Patient education resources from the NZSA