| 2013 | Waikato | Held in Tauranga |
| 2012 | Massey | |
| 2011 | Auckland | |
| 2010 | Otago | |
| 2009 | Massey | |
| 2008 | Canterbury | Joint with the Australian Mathematical Society |
| 2007 | Victoria | Joint with the American Mathematical Society |
| 2006 | Waikato | |
| 2005 | Massey | |
| 2004 | Otago | |
| 2003 | Sydney | Joint with the Australian Mathematical Society |
| 2002 | Auckland | |
| 2001 | Massey | |
| 2000 | Waikato | |
| 1999 | Canterbury | |
| 1998 | Victoria | |
| 1997 | Auckland | Joint with the Australian Mathematical Society |
| 1996 | Massey | |
| 1995 | Otago | A C Aitken Centenary Conference (also incorporating the 3rd Pacific Statistical Congress and the Annual Meeting of the New Zealand Statistical Association) |
| 1994 | Waikato | |
| 1993 | Canterbury | |
| 1992 | Victoria | |
| 1991 | Otago | |
| 1990 | Auckland | |
| 1989 | Massey | |
| 1988 | Canberra | Joint with the Australian Mathematical Society |
| 1987 | Waikato | |
| 1986 | Canterbury | |
| 1985 | Sydney | Joint with the Australian Mathematical Society |
| 1984 | Victoria | |
| 1983 | Massey | |
| 1982 | Otago | |
| 1981 | Sydney | Joint with the Australian Mathematical Society |
| 1980 | Auckland | |
| 1979 | Waikato | |
| 1978 | Canterbury | Joint with the Australian Mathematical Society |
| 1977 | Victoria | |
| 1976 | Massey | |
| 1975 | Otago | |
| 1974 | Auckland | Foundation of the NZMS |
| 1973 | Waikato | |
| 1972 | Canterbury | |
| 1971 | Victoria | |
| 1970 | | |
| 1969 | | |
| 1968 | | |
| 1967 | | |
| 1966 | Victoria | The first meeting |
