Management of Pain – About the NZPS

The New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) was formed in 1984 as the New Zealand Chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain. The first meeting as a chapter was held in Seattle on September 3rd, 1984.

The NZPS is an organization representing a wide range of disciplines interested in the management and understanding of pain.

The inaugural Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) was held in Wellington in 1983 when there were just 60 members. Currently there are over 500 members from a variety of medical specialties:

• Doctors (anaesthesia, palliative care, rehabilitation medicine, musculo-skeletal medicine, psychiatry, neurosurgery)
• Nurses (specialist pain management nurses and others from different specialty areas)
• Physiotherapists
• Psychologists
• Dentists
• Social workers
• Occupational therapists
• Osteopaths
• Others with a special interest in pain

The NZPS promotes education, training, research and development in all areas of pain. If you are a health professional interested in the management of pain, find out more about the benefits of membership.

The NZPS website provides information and advice for pain sufferers, including chronic pain, acute pain, back pain and pain management techniques.

The New Zealand Pain Society provides expert resources on the management of pain.