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Over 13,000 anaesthetic incidents reported and growing

WebAIRS is something every anaesthetist in Australia and New Zealand can be proud of. What began as a collaborative initiative to improve patient safe...

5 December 2025

New NZSA Life Members

Nominated by the NZSA Executive Committee and approved at the 2025 NZSA Annual General Meeting, 14 November. Congratulations, Associate Professor Paul...

23 November 2025

Signing Off — Reflections from the NZSA President

President’s Blog

I remember sitting down to write my very first blog post three years ago - filled with hope for what I might achieve in the role, buoyed by the suppor...

23 October 2025

NZSA President Dr Morgan Edwards

President’s Annual Report 2025

President's Annual Report

Ngā mihi nui kia koutou katoa, On behalf of the Executive Committee, thank you for your ongoing support of the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists –...

16 October 2025

Dr Alan Goodey boarding French Airforce plane

Leading international clinical deployments to crisis zones

Q&A with Dr Alan Goodey, Waikato anaesthetist and Clinical Director of NZMAT

The 34th Pacific Society of Anaesthetists Annual Refresher Course

Dr Chris King, NZSA GHC Trainee Representative & Trainee Grant Recipient. Nadi, Fiji. 18-22 August 2025 ‘Care for your staff and they will care fo...

10 September 2025

Mauri mahi, mauri ora

President’s Blog

This whakataukī—often heard in classrooms around Aotearoa as “Do the mahi, get the treats” (through work, we prosper)—provides a fitting lens through...

8 September 2025

NZSA Member Webinar: The Commerce Act and Anaesthetists working in private practice

Q&A webinar with Barrister Ben Hamlin 7.30pm Thursday 25 September To help you understand which parts of the Commerce Act apply to anaesthetists w...

5 September 2025

Shared challenges – My time locuming at Vaiola Hospital, Tonga

News President’s Blog

As I reflect on the past year of kōrero within our profession, much of it has centred around how we safeguard our workforce while ensuring equitable c...

It’s not about perfection

Article from NZ Anaesthesia Issue 72, August 2025. Read the full magazine here. The NZSA partnered with Manawa Māori for the development of the Societ...