Join the Music Therapy community for our annual hui 2025 – nau mai haere mai
Sunday 14 September 2025
9.30am to 3.30pm, Braintree Wellness Centre, 70 Langdons Road, Papanui, Christchurch
The programme for the day includes:
- Waiata session
- MThNZ 2025 AGM – all welcome
- Update and discussion on the future direction of MThNZ
- tasty food and refreshments
- Guest speaker: Dr Graham Sattler CEO, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
- Music Therapy panel discussion with Kim Wade, Hazel Barrett, Liz Wallace, Katie Pureti, Sophie Sabri, May Clulee吳美珠
- Musicking together
Tickets available here: https://events.
Registration options:
- all-day ticket includes refreshments and lunch from $50 (plus booking fee)
- afternoon only attendance (not catered) from $10 (plus booking fee)
Afternoon sessions – starting 1pm
Dr Graham Sattler – We are thrilled that our guest speaker is Dr Graham Sattler, CEO of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Adjunct Senior Fellow in the School of Creative and Digital Arts at the University of Canterbury. Graham brings a wealth of knowledge, expertise and experience as a musician and facilitator of transformative experiences through music in community settings. Graham says, “I have a particular interest in the differentiation between, and collaborative power/potential of, music activity and (clinical) music therapy. My PhD (and subsequent academic activity and practice) focus on the sociocultural impact of group music activity, particularly in marginalised cohorts.”
Music Therapist panel discussion – Reflecting on professional boundaries and collaborations in music therapy and community music with Katie Pureti, Hazel Barrett, Sophie Sabri, Liz Wallace, May Clulee 吳美珠 and facilitated by Kimberley Wade. In this session Music Therapists will share their experiences of collaboration and partnering with the communities they work with in a variety of contexts.
Musicking Together – Music Therapists, Community Musicians, Allied Health worke
For further information, please email the Executive Officer.
