AUCKLAND • FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2026
BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY • LUNCH, MORNING & AFTERNOON TEA PROVIDED • NORTH SHORE REFORMED CHURCH, 72 TRIAS ROAD, 9AM–4PM
Whether you’re someone who is passionate about pro-life issues like abortion and euthanasia, or you’re someone who is new to all of this and you just want to know how you can start making a difference, you need to be at the first-ever National Pro-Life Conference!
Featuring highly regarded pro-life speakers Simon O'Connor from Family First, Ellie Whitaker from Focus on the Family, and Maryanne Spurdle from Maxim Institute on topics including conscience matters for health and legal professionals, how to have good conversations on pro-life issues, the current situation with euthanasia, practical ways to help and much more! Tickets available now.
Hear from and talk with the experts, meet and connect with like-minded individuals, bring the whole family. This special one-day conference will empower you with knowledge and equip you with practical resources you can use to engage more effectively on pro-life issues in your local community.
Top 5 Reasons to Register:
Lunch, morning tea and afternoon tea are provided!
This is an important event that all pro-lifers need to be at!
Listen to engaging keynote speakers!
You can bring the whole family – kids and teens welcome!
Make a weekend of it with the National March For Life the next day in Auckland on Saturday 7th March!
Engaging Sessions include:
Conscience matters for health and legal professionals
How to have good conversations on pro-life issues
The current situation with euthanasia
Practical ways to help
And much more
About our Speakers
Simon O’Connor
Simon O'Connor is a conservative commentator at Family First New Zealand, hosts a show on RCR (Reality Check Radio), and writes the Substack column 'On Point'. Previously the National Party MP for Tāmaki from 2011 to 2023, he consistently championed pro-life issues, voting against all three readings of the Abortion Legislation Bill and opposing the End of Life Choice Bill at every stage. A man of deep Christian faith who trained as a priest, Simon has never hidden his pro-life convictions.
Ellie Whitaker
Ellie Whitaker serves as Sanctity of Life Coordinator with Focus on the Family New Zealand, championing the value of every human life. Through this work, she's involved with ACTIV8, New Zealand's premier pro-life training programme. Ellie also leads frontline activism at End the Killing (NZCBR), conducting street outreach, displays, and door-knocking campaigns. As NZCBR spokeswoman, she brings passion and courage to changing hearts on life issues, representing the energy of young New Zealanders determined to build a culture of life.
Maryanne Spurdle
Maryanne Spurdle is a researcher at Maxim Institute with a Master of Public Policy from the University of Auckland. At Maxim, she's become a leading voice on end-of-life issues, authoring 'Interrogating Choice: Euthanasia and the Illusion of Autonomy', which examines how weak safeguards and poor choices undermine patient autonomy in New Zealand's euthanasia law. She has raised serious concerns about implementation failures, arguing that if the law cannot protect our most vulnerable, it is not fit for purpose. Maryanne's research demonstrates that true compassion requires protecting the vulnerable, not offering them death.
Registration
Get tickets for yourself and your family today!
Tickets are available for individuals, married couples, students with ID, school aged kids and preschool aged kids. Head over to our online shop to purchase.
