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The objectives of the society are to:

• promote the advancement of Parasitology
• maintain liaison with other scientific societies
• encourage the dissemination of information and new developments in Parasitology for education and the betterment of society

Latest Parasitology News

PAD

The Parasite Advisory Day (PAD) will be held at AgResearch, Ruakura on the 6th and 7th of June 2024.
Check out the conferences page for registration and more information.

Conference

Join us for the 2024 NZSP conference joint with the 7th International Congress of Anaerobic Protists (ICAP) & Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) between 26th - 29th August 2024 held at the Faculty of Engineering building 401, University of Auckland, New Zealand. The conference theme is "Parasites in the Pacific". Visit icap.org for more.

Previous Parasitology Conferences

Our 50th conference and PAD were held on the 31st May - 1st June 2023 at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin. Our AGM was held on 27th October 2023 online.

Here is a picture taken of all conference attendees in Dunedin 2023.

Our 49th NZSP conference, AGM and Parasite Advisory Day (PAD) were held on the 26th October 2022 at the Massey University Sport and Rugby Institute in Palmerston North.

Our 2021 AGM was held virtually due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Our 48th NZSP conference was held on the 21st/22nd October 2020 at the Distinction Hotel in Palmerston North.
PAD was held on the 20th October at Awapuni Racecourse.

The 47th NZSP conference was held in October 2019.

The 46th NZSP conference 2018 Proceedings (520KB) are now available to download.

The 45th NZSP conference took place in October 2017.

The 44th NZSP conference Proceedings 2016 (111KB) are now available to download.

The 2015 NZSP ASP proceedings (1.85MB) are now available to download.

The proceedings of the 2014 NZSP conference (221 kB) are now available to download.

The proceedings of the 2013 NZSP conference (223 kB) are available to download.

The minutes from the 2019 AGM are here.

Openness Agreement on Animal Research and Teaching in New Zealand

The New Zealand Society for Parasitology is a signatory on the ANZCCART Openness Agreement on Animal Research and Teaching in New Zealand and is working to fulfil the commitments of the Agreement as they apply to the society.

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