Just under 500 NPs, speakers and exhibitors gathered in Queenstown for the Nurse Practitioners New Zealand 2026 conference. New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa southern correspondent Fiona Cassie was there to capture the event, held at QT Queenstown, with a welcome function at Hotel St Moritz and the NPNZ26 Snowflake Gala Awards dinner at Gibbston Valley’s The Winehouse
![Nursing Council chief executive Catherine Byrne with former NPNZ chair Sandra Oster, an NP professional teaching fellow at the University of Auckland practising in aged care [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/1.CatherineByne_SandraOster_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=w79OkWq9)
![The Practice on Francis Street NP Diane Williams with Swanson Medical Centre NP Cynthia Sutcliffe [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/2.DianeWilliams_CynthiaSutcliffe_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=0b_1J-gm)
![The Village Family Medical NPs Sailau Lote-Onosemu and Angela Moananu with University of Auckland primary healthcare professor and specialist GP Bruce Arroll [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/3.SailauLoteOnesumu_AngelaMoananu_BruceArroll_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=KB83R1-N)
![Stewart Island/Rakiura Health NP Shawna Stephens, Aotea Health (Great Barrier Island) co-owner and NP Tania Kemp and Tauranga locum urgent care NP Jo Hart [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/4.ShawnaStephens_TaniaKemp_JoHart_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=L3Ce8dHQ)
![Hawke’s Bay diabetes and long-term conditions NP Eve Natusch with 5th Avenue Family Practice NP Julia Perry, both of whom are also academic mentors for the NP Training Support Scheme [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/5.EveNatusch_JuliaPerry_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=4nZertAx)
![Former NPNZ chair and mental health NP Mark Baldwin with current NPNZ chair and primary care NP Chelsea Willmott [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/6.MarkBaldwin_ChelseaWillmott_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=qv5qZ8xW)
![Contract primary care NP Akansha Sethi with Otara Family and Christian Health Centre NP and director AJ Pelayo [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/7.AkanshaSethi_AJPelayo_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=44WoUAmf)
![The Doctors Waipawa NP Leanne Hutt with G&H Cardiovascular NP Rebecca Nichols [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/8.LeanneHutt_RebeccaNichols_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=ky9ccqG6)
![Gardens Medical Centre NP Sue Ward with Tōtara Health NPs Ani Tomoana and Lisa Penberthy [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/9.SueWard_AniTomoana_LisaPenberthy_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=KMJ4NSLR)
![Queensland Health diabetes NP Gill Dicker, Family Health Matters co-owner and NP Michal Noonan, Tuuhono Hauora NP Lynette Baines and Waikato primary care locum and telehealth NP Katy Cryer [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/10.GillDicker_MichalNoonan_LynetteBaines_KatyCryer_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=PhY_0HnL)
![Auckland infectious diseases NP Michele Lowe, Musselburgh Medical Centre director and NP Emma Hyslop and Riverton Medical Centre director and NP Emma Dillon [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/11.MicheleLowe_EmmaHyslop_EmmaDillon_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=uFrwuh6c)
![Wellington specialist GP and medical educator Lucy O’Hagan with Lizzi Yates and Tom Willmott helping to “light up” the NPNZ 2026 gala awards dinner [Image: NZD]](https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/nzdoctor.files/production/public/styles/max_650x650/public/2026-06/12.LucyO%27Hagan_LizziYates_TomWillmott_NPNZ26_NZD.jpg?itok=C8fDsFea)
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