Waiheke2026
The 29th Annual New Zealand Phylogenomics Meeting
Noon, Tuesday 10 Feb — Noon, Friday 13 Feb 2026.
Conference venue:
Onetangi Community Hall, Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Conference co-organisers:
David Welch, Walter Xie
The Centre for Computational Evolution, University of Auckland
Contact David Welch david.welch@auckland.ac.nz with any enquiries.
Overview:
The 29th Annual New Zealand Phylogenomics Meeting is a conference at the interface of mathematics, computer science, statistics, and biology in the study of phylogenetics, genome analysis and molecular evolution. In 2026, the meeting will again be held on Waiheke Island, a short ferry trip away from Auckland City. We will be at a new venue in Onetangi. The programme will be finalised later but talks will start after lunch on Tuesday (10th) and we will finish by lunch on Friday (13th).
Talks
Anyone who is attending is encouraged (but not obligated) to give a 20 min talk. When you register at the link below, indicate whether you wish to talk or not. We’ll follow up with another form soon to get talk titles and abstracts.
Registration and cost:
The cost is $220 for students and $330 for all others. Please register and pay here. You can pay with a debit or credit card, or via paypal.
Accommodation:
We recommend that you book early since February is a busy time for Waiheke Island. For accommodation, consider Onetangi Beach Apartments which is comfortable and offers some good sharing options or nice units if you are well-funded, or the Waiheke Backpackers Hostel which is good value. Both are close to the meeting venue. Alternatively, websites such as Bookabach and Airbnb offer a variety of holiday houses for rent.
Ferry to Waiheke
Sponsorship:
We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Centre for Computational Evolution at the University of Auckland.