Monthly General Meetings and Speaker evenings

General meetings are usually held on the last Friday of every month. Notice of an upcoming meeting and the proposed speaker presentation will be emailed to you. You can also view the schedule and details on this website. Please note: the venue does change.

The general format of each meeting is an informal gathering of drinks from 6.30pm-7.00pm, Dinner 7.00pm-8.00pm, Guest Speaker 8.00pm-9.00pm, General Branch Meeting 9.00pm-9.30pm. Quality food and wine is served prior to the guest speaker. Members are encouraged to advise the Executive Committee of items they would like to discuss in General Business before the meeting, rather than on the night.

The next Branch General Meeting will be held on Friday 25th September 2026 at The Boatshed in Karapiro. At this meeting there will be five local Dental Practitioner's presenting on a case study and sharing something personal. These speakers and their topics are:

  • Jess Buchanan  – The Trouble with Trismus
  • Jono Martin  – The Long Game
  • Ben Sorensen  – Mene Mai Anō – Wairoa Locum Dental Service
  • Keet Ananth  – (topic to be confirmed)
  • Bernie Pollard  – Türkiye Teeth: A cautionary tale about managing dental tourism cases safely when they turn up on your doorstep

Click here to view the Notice of Meeting

Our Annual General Meeting is the last meeting of the year and includes the Executive changeover. The 2026 Branch AGM will be held on Friday 13th November 2026 at The Mount Maunganui Golf Course.

Annual Day Courses

The Branch runs a Day Course usually held in May. Any profit from the Day Course is used to subsidise our General Branch Meetings so that members can enjoy listening to quality speakers at appealing venues. In recent years we have also had a Day Course in November.

The 2026 May Day Course was held at The Hub, Hobbiton, in Matamata on Friday 15th May 2026 The title of the event was Prevention and Preservation - Preventive approaches across multiple areas of dentistry. Click here to view the flyer.

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