2025 New Zealand Religious Liberty Conference

About this event

Eight BYU–Hawaii students and four faculty members will attend this conference to gain insights from informative speeches, participate in engaging panel discussions, and connect with leading experts in religious liberty.

The Religious Freedom and Human Dignity Initiative proudly collaborates with the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University Law School (USA), Te Piringa – Faculty of Law at the University of Waikato (New Zealand), and the J. Reuben Clark Law Society (New Zealand) to sponsor the upcoming conference, “Freedom to Do, to Be, and to Become: Enhancing Individuals’ Opportunities to Believe and Live as They Choose Within the Framework of the Law.”

The conference will be held on Friday, February 21, from 5:00 – 9:00 pm, and Saturday, February 22, from 8:00 am – 6:30 pm, at the JW Marriott, 22-26 Albert Street, Auckland.

The goal of the conference is to provide an opportunity for religious clergy, governmental officials, academic scholars, and civil society leaders to expand our understanding of freedom of religion or belief in New Zealand and the broader South Pacific region, in conjunction with the opening of the new Auckland, New Zealand temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.