Please review the following before proceeding to the conference registration.

This GEA 2026 conference is open to all GEA members. If you are not yet a member, please follow this link https://genderanded.org/join/ to join and register when you have received your registration number.

 

Registration includes access to the full programme of kauhau/presentations, including:

Monday:  Māori welcome and afternoon tea (numbers are limited, opt-in), evening reception (one drink included, cash bar available)

Tuesday: Morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea

Wednesday: Morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner (one drink included, cash bar available)

Thursday: Morning tea, lunch

 

Registration Fees

Early Bird pricing until 31 July, 2026

Full Conference Registration: NZ$680

Full Conference Concessional Registration: NZ$380

Single Day Registration: NZ$210 (per day)

 

Concessional Registration

Reduced registration rates are available if you are:

• A postgraduate student
• Unwaged or precariously employed
• Refugee/resettled
• From a low- or lower-middle-income country as classified by the World Bank (see: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups)

 

Bursaries

A limited number of bursaries for the conference are available, covering conference registration, but not including travel, lodging or any other expense. Bursaries will be granted on a needs-basis. Consider applying for a bursary if you are a contingent/insecure, unaffiliated, disabled, indigenous, refugee/resettled, or another vulnerable scholar who might not otherwise be able to attend. Only eight (8) bursaries are available, please consider our Concessional Registration rates as well.

 

To apply for a bursary, please complete this application form,  GEA Conference 2026 Bursary Application – Fill in form (best viewed in Incognito or Private mode) or email to request a doc version gea.2026@aut.ac.nz Please note, applications close on 31 May.

 

If your organisation requires invoicing in line with internal procurement or payment policies, please contact us directly before registering at geaconference2026@attend.co.nz to arrange this.

Preferred Accommodation Information

The conference will be held onsite at AUT’s City Campus, Auckland Central, mainly in the WZ Building (6 Saint Paul Street) and Ngā Wai o Horotiu Marae (Corner Saint Paul St and Wellesley Street).

There are many hotel and other accommodations options available in Auckland. The following hotels have deals for GEA Conference attendees: