Thanks to our amazing sponsors:
Raglan
Waikato, New Zealand
Venue: The Institute of Awesome, 5b Whaanga Road, Raglan
Dates: 26 -28 Nov
Message from the 2025 organisers
It's a wrap! The 2025 event was an outstanding success, with over 40 attendees in a truly idyllic Raglan lodge location. We had a diversity of outstanding talks, a fine selection of fun activities, and wonderful food and conversations:
The standard of talks was exceedingly high and it was very difficult to choose award winners:
Standard presentations: 1st (Dennis van Hulten); 2nd (Cameron McDougall); 3rd (Madeleine Ford)
Top two rapid talks: Harrison Foor, Kahu Hema
The NZ Molecular Ecology Conference is a long-standing, community-driven event dedicated to advancing molecular ecology in Australasia. In its 27th year, the 2025 meeting will continue its legacy as a grassroots, collaborative, and inclusive forum with a strong focus on early-career researcher development/exchange – bringing together MSc and PhD students, alongside postdocs, academic staff, and other stakeholders collectively working across fields such as conservation genomics, invasion genomics, environmental DNA, and broader intersections of ecology and molecular biology.
We are committed to equity and inclusion policies, and will ensure a respectful, welcoming environment for all attendees. This includes diverse speaker selection, a transparent code of conduct, and physical accessibility considerations at the venue.
