Welcome to the New Zealand Pain Society website! We hope you'll enjoy browsing our new site and learning more about the New Zealand Pain Society, and managing pain in New Zealand.  If you're a health professional, a person with pain, a funder or purchaser of services for people with pain, or a researcher, you'll find the following on the site:

• Information on the New Zealand Pain Society, the local Chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain
• Information about the value of being a member of the largest interdisciplinary group of health professionals working in the field of pain and pain management in New Zealand
• The Events calendar for nationwide and overseas pain and pain management events (including our Annual Scientific Meeting - next scheduled for 2012 in Wellington)
• Regular articles on our blog on topics of interest to members and others
• Links to national and international pain resources - for clinicians and people with pain
• Opportunities for collaborating on research projects and programmes within New Zealand