With its expansion into Te Rua (Archives New Zealand), the Tiakiwai Conference Centre in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, has added a variety of new spaces to its already substantial offering.

The Tiakiwai Conference Centre is a venue woven throughout Wellington’s heritage campus, Te Kahu, Tiakiwai’s Jasmine Cameron told media at MEETINGS 2026 in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland yesterday. The conference centre comprises Te Puna (National Library of New Zealand) and the newly opened Te Rua building.

Te Puna and Te Rua together present exciting new capabilities and possibilities for events. The interconnectivity between the buildings allows greater flexibility, spread, and movement, and the ability to visit four of New Zealand’s heritage institutions on one site, Jasmine Cameron explained.

Events at the Tiakiwai Conference Centre are in close proximity to some of New Zealand’s most historic records and documents, dating back to some of the nation’s most important gatherings. These include the original Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840, the 1835 Declaration of Independence, and the Women’s Suffrage Petition, all of which are housed in the award-winning He Tohu exhibition.

Jasmine Cameron is a founding member of the Tiakiwai team, having joined in 2018 when the conference centre first launched. Having worked on a myriad of events, she is experienced, organised, and known for her manaakitanga [hospitality, kindness, generosity and support] and for delivering experiences that become stories in themselves.

As Jasmine puts it: Huakina mai te tatau (Open the door) – Discover Aotearoa New Zealand’s memory. “Your story starts here, at the Tiakiwai Conference Centre.”

 

 

By:  Peter Needham at MEETINGS 2026 in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland

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About the Author.

With more than 35 years in travel journalism, Peter Needham has filed stories from Fleet Street to Fiji, and just about everywhere in between. As Managing Editor (Australasia) for Global Travel Media, he shapes industry coverage with the steady hand of someone who’s seen fashions come and go and knows what lasts.

Since going freelance in 1993, his byline has appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, Reader’s Digest and Qantas’ inflight magazines. He edited Inside Tourism for seven years, wrote the long-running Travel Tales column for Vacations & Travel, and even crafted copy for Tourism Australia ahead of the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

A Reuters, Guardian and AAP veteran, Peter has travelled widely from South American backpacking trails to a Saudi military hospital, gathering stories the old-fashioned way: by being there.

 

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