Kia Ora / Welcome

Nau mai, haere mai / Greetings to all.  

Welcome to the website of the 48th World Conference of the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance.

We greatly look forward to welcoming all returning ICTMD members and new participants to an exciting and memorable World Conference. Situated in the southwest Pacific, New Zealand is called Aotearoa in the Indigenous Māori language. The host city will be Wellington, the vibrant capital city of the country, which holds the Indigenous name,
Te Whanganui-a-Tara (The Great Harbour of Tara). This will be the first world conference held in New Zealand, and regionally only the third world conference within Oceania in the council’s history.     

The host for 2025 will be Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington, and Te Kōkī The New Zealand School of Music. In collaboration with Tourism New Zealand and Business Events Wellington, the venue for the conference will be Tākina, the new Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre.  

With sincere manaakitanga (hospitality) the local arrangements committee looks forward to warmly welcoming all ICTMD members to Wellington in 2025. This conference website will be updated with information on travel and accommodation in Wellington, as well as options for excursions and post conference tours. If members have early questions about Wellington and the conference, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me as chair of local arrangements.   

Ngā Mihi,

Brian Diettrich,
Chair of Local Arrangements