What’s at stake? Auckland's readiness to host large international events ahead of the NZICC opening. Hotels will hit full capacity next week.
Background WIPCE 2025, the world’s largest Indigenous education gathering, runs from November 16 to 20 at Aotea Centre, hosted by AUT and iwi manaaki Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, with Auckland Council support through Tātaki Auckland Unlimited.
Main players WIPCE co-chair Professor Meihana Durie, Nick Hill (Tātaki Auckland Unlimited), Annie Dundas (Tātaki Auckland Unlimited), Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Oyster and Moon, Indigenous Global Chefs Collective.
This weekend, 3800 delegates from more than 20 countries will arrive in Auckland for the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (Wipce 2025), the largest academic gathering ever held in New Zealand.
Hotels are booked out across the city. With Wipce coinciding with rock group
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What’s at stake? Auckland's readiness to host large international events ahead of the NZICC opening. Hotels will hit full capacity next week.
Background WIPCE 2025, the world’s largest Indigenous education gathering, runs from November 16 to 20 at Aotea Centre, hosted by AUT and iwi manaaki Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, with Auckland Council support through Tātaki Auckland Unlimited.
Main players WIPCE co-chair Professor Meihana Durie, Nick Hill (Tātaki Auckland Unlimited), Annie Dundas (Tātaki Auckland Unlimited), Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, Oyster and Moon, Indigenous Global Chefs Collective.
