Chaplaincy NZ Conference 2026

Restoration. We live on a broken planet. That means we, as broken people, are called to reach out to others in their brokenness. The powerful message of restoration must touch our lives in order for us to restore others. How can we navigate this process in our daily ministry lives?

Pastor Ray Moxham from Freedom Church Hamilton is our guest speaker. See the PROGRAMME below for more details.

This conference is aimed at chaplains, spiritual carers and all who work with broken people.

All are welcome.

Early bird rates are available until 20th February 2026.

• CNZ members $100 early bird, $120 after 20th February

• Non-CNZ members $120 early bird, $140 after 20th February

Lunch and dinner are provided on Friday, as well as morning and afternoon teas.

PROGRAMME
This conference is targeted towards Chaplains, but ALL are welcome to attend, and EVERYONE who attends will find this conference a life-giving experience.

FRIDAY 13th MARCH
8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Worship
9:30 a.m. Session 1: Ps. Peter Tate “Restoration”
10:30 a.m. Morning Tea
11:00 a.m. Session 2: Ps. Ray Moxham “Forgetting and Remembering”
12:00 Noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Session 3: Ps. Ray Moxham “Oxygen Mask Theology”
2:00 p.m. Session 4: Group interaction 
3:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea
3:30 p.m. Session 5: Ps. Ray Moxham “Being Whole”
4:30 p.m. Partner presentations
5:00 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Worship followed by Session 6: Ps. Ray Moxham “The Fields are white”

SATURDAY 14th MARCH
9:00 a.m. Worship
9:15 a.m. Session 7: Chaplaincy in Context … stories from our Chaplains
10:30 a.m. Morning Tea
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon Final Session

SPEAKERS
Ray Moxham is a Pastor at Freedom Christian Church, a multicultural church in Hamilton. One wife, four children, one dog, one Jeep, one hundred stage lights, and only two grandchildren. Ray has served as a School Chaplain, a Bible School lecturer, and continues to teach on subjects such as longevity in ministry and dealing with stress at AG Probationary Symposiums. He holds a Master's degree in Theology from the University of Otago. He has 35 years of experience in Pastoral Care and Pastoral Ministry.

Ps. Peter Tate is the current Director of Chaplaincy New Zealand. He has served as Senior Pastor of 3 Assemblies of God  Churches over the last 35 years. He is a lecturer at Alphacrucis College NZ, a professional supervisor, involved in trauma response, and facilitating professional development with Vitae. He is passionate about seeing leaders trained and released throughout Aotearoa and the Church rise up to be all God intended.