Events | ASPIRE Aotearoa

ASPIRE Aotearoa 2026 Symposium

Symposium
Thu 2 Jul 2026
We are pleased to announce that the ASPIRE Aotearoa 2026 Symposium will be held on the 2nd of July 2026. Please save the date and check back soon for further detail.
Rethinking tobacco: New approaches to ending smoking

Course
Thu 5 Feb 2026
Are you puzzling over what we could do to reduce smoking prevalence rapidly and equitably?
4th Smokefree 2025 Research Symposium

Symposium
Thu 19 Nov 2020
ASPIRE 2025 and the National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI) are delighted to announce our 4th tobacco control research symposium.
Youth smoking and vaping in Aotearoa: No room for complacency

Webinar
Thu 1 Oct 2020
Registrations are now closed

The third webinar of the series follows on from Dave Hammond’s presentation on vaping in Canada, but brings the focus back to Aotearoa New Zealand.
Vaping in Canada: What can New Zealand learn from Canada’s evolving nicotine and cannabis regulations?

Webinar
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Please note registrations close at midnight, Wednesday 29 July.
Webinar Series - Celebration of World Smokefree Day

Webinar
Thu 28 May 2020
Join us for this first event in our new webinar series. Hear Dr Lindsay Robertson and Dr Becky Freeman present new evidence on how the tobacco industry is developing and marketing new nicotine products that attract and addict young people.
Modifying tobacco products to realise the Smokefree2025 goal?

Course
Wed 26 Feb 2020
Join advocates, researchers, retailers, cessation practitioners and more for this 1-day Public Health Summer School course, to hear the latest evidence around regulating tobacco products to make them less appealing and addictive, and have less impact on the environment.
Tobacco-Free Generation: What, Why and How?

Seminar
Fri 27 Nov 2015
ASPIRE2025 is delighted to bring you this opportunity to hear from Professor Jon Berrick, of the National University of Singapore.
Tobacco taxation: How can it best be used to help achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa?

Seminar
Fri 9 Oct 2015
Register now for our next ASPIRE2025 seminar, presented by Professor Frank Chaloupka.
Constraining Government Regulatory Authority: Tobacco Industry Trade Threats and Tobacco Plain Packaging

Seminar
Mon 15 Jun 2015
Update 16 June: Thank you to everyone who joined us for Eric’s presentation. To view the seminar presentation slides or web-conference recording, please click here.