Plan Your Visit

Ōtautahi Christchurch, a revitalised city in the heart of Aotearoa New Zealand’s South Island.

This is a city in perfect balance; home to a diverse natural playground, wide open spaces, modern architecture and heritage buildings.

Ōtautahi Christchurch is the gateway to the South Island and home to spectacular experiences. Make some time to play and discover hidden gems around every corner.

This is a city with a thriving tech sector, world-class universities, and an innovation eco-system like none other. A city with a revitalised centre buzzing with energy, surrounded by the tranquillity of nature.

Buddy System

Are you interested in having a conference Buddy?

Attending a national conference may be a new environment for you, or you may be attending alone and hoping to meet other conference delegates.

We are trialling a new Buddy System for the 2024 Opening the Archives conference.

Our Buddies will be volunteer conference delegates, potentially with a ratio of 1:4 buddies. If you would be interested in having a Buddy for the conference please reach out to the ASA office via email

We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Guardians of the lands from across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific and the surrounding waters and seas. We recognise their continuing connection to land, water, culture and community. We pay our respects to the Elders past and present. We honour the local community traditions of caring for archives and culture through Country, through songs and stories.

We pay our respects to mana whenua, to our respective tūpuna, and to the people of Ōtautahi and Waitaha . The history of this land and its people is a taonga that we humbly honour by making a contribution as kaitiaki of archives and records.