Category: Conferences

ISME invite to doctoral students for feedback opportunity & invite to join ISME History of Music Education network

Dear MENZA members, The ISME History Standing Committee will be holding a 90 minute mentoring session for History of Music Education doctoral candidates at the upcoming global conference in Montreal in July. For the session, the plan is to have five research presentations with feedback given from HSC scholars. Interested doctoral students who are planning…
Conference Recap – Oct ’25
2025 MENZA Conference

7-9 July 2025 The MENZA Conference will be held at Massey University in Wellington, from Sunday 6 July – Wednesday 9 July 2025. Over the three days there will be opportunities to connect with music educators and institutions, to share knowledge and resources. And of course a conference dinner and social activities which you are welcome to attend…
Māori Principles Into our Teaching Practice

Article written by Benjamin Lau As a kaiako tauiwi, (non-Māori teacher), I am manuhiri (a visitor) to Te ao Māori. At our recent MENZA conference, I presented on the topic ‘How to Incorporate Māori Principles into Your Teaching Practice’. Some of the principles I discussed were having a deeper understanding of Whakapapa, Whanaungatanga and Manaakitanga.…
Nurturing Musical & Expressive Musicians

Article written by Edith Poon
Advocacy for Music Education in Aotearoa

Article by Jeremy Winter, Linda Webb, Helen Willberg & Catherine Gibbs We must advocate for music education because it matters. This article is an abridgement of a more comprehensive paper which gives, in greater detail, the backstory, referenced evidence and the bureaucratic roadblocks to overcome. Hopefully it provides motivation to join forces with other national…
The Remedy Project: Exploring First Nations Music

Article by: Glenn Barry Presenters Naomi Sunderland (Griffith University), Kristy Apps (Griffith University), and Glen Barry (Griffith University) are sharing about The Remedy Project: Exploring First Nations music as a cultural determinant of health. It is an Australian Research Council funded research project (2021-2024). The Remedy Project, First Nations Music as a Determinant of Health…
Arts Funding in Aotearoa – Annie Hill

As those working in the arts sector know, it’s difficult to raise money for creative projects and the small pool of funding means that sometimes very worthwhile initiatives lose out. However, ensuring you make the very best job of writing your funding application will increase your chances of success in a competitive market. I have…
Connecting Within & Across – Anita Collins

I like and hate conference themes. I think they are great anchors for me to build their thoughts around, and they can also be so broad that I struggle to find a hook into an engaging and stimulating conversation. The theme of the MENZA 2023 conference is “Connecting within and across” and initially, I was…
MENZA CONFERENCE 2023 – Overview

From 1-4 October 2023 around 130 teachers from Early Childhood up to Tertiary spent time together at the MENZA conference 2023.
Postponed: MENZA October 2022 Wānanga

Kia ora e te whanau Our October wānanga has been postponed due to the many marae renovations happening in Kirikiriroa. We will update you on our next Wānanga when a suitable date and location are available. We deeply apologise for this. We were excited to offer this opportunity to our members. However, it was not…
MENZA-TENZ conference and PSTC announcements

SAVE THE DATE ! Music and Digital Technologies: Practical ideas for the primary classroom Thursday 16 and Friday 17 July in Auckland (Location to be confirmed) A TRCC SPONSORED EVENT CO-ORGANISED BY MENZA AND TENZ This conference will empower primary teachers of any level with the tools to work with the new and revised Digital…
Submissions for Abstracts and Registrations for PSTC, 2020

New Zealand Primary School Teachers’ Conference April 16-17, 2020, St Cuthbert’s College, Auckland. Submission for Abstracts closes December 20th. https://menza.co.nz/event/primary-school-teachers-conference-2020/ Nāku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi With your basket and my basket, the people will live. This is now the second year that the New Zealand Primary School Teachers’ Conference…