Thursday, 2 January
| From 2:00 pm | Arrival and set up. No official programme |
Friday, 3 January
| 6:00 pm | Sausage sizzle – Gold coin donation |
| 7:00 pm | Official opening and housekeeping matters – Rachel Palmer (HBAS) |
| 7:10 pm | Weather forecast for the weekend – Paul Mallinson |
| 7:30 pm | Smelly Bodies – Remco Mensert |
| 8:15 pm | Webb’s Mysteries – Bethany Jones |
| 9:00 pm | Supper & Telescope set up time |
| 9:30 pm | Movie: Good Night Oppy – US Consulate |
Saturday, 4 January
| 10:30 am | Introduction to ASTRONZ – Andrew Buckingham |
| 10:35 am | Astrophotography Equipment Menu – Andrew Buckingham |
| 11:30 am | Deep Sky Workshop – Andrew Buckingham |
| Noon | Sausage sizzle – Gold coin donation |
| 1:00 pm | Buy, Sell and Swap table (also Sunday) |
| 1:30 pm | A Photographic Review of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan/ATLAS) – Ian Cooper |
| 2:00 pm | The Great January Comet of 1910 (C/1910 A1) – John Drummond |
| 2:30 pm | Solar Maximum and Phenomena of the Sun – Otto Gruebl |
| 3:00 pm | Afternoon tea |
| 3:30 pm | Genius, the life of Richard Feynman – Michael Mackrill |
| 4:15 pm | Strings, Loops & Illusions – Antony Gomez |
| 5:30 pm | Dinner (fish and chips) |
| 7:00 pm | Group photo (Meet in the hall) – Graham Palmer |
| 7:15 pm | Astro-Quiz – Graham Palmer |
| 8:15 pm | Raffle Draw |
| 8:30 pm | Mars – a planet for life? – Chris Monigatti |
| 9:30 pm | Supper & Telescope set up time |
| 9:45 pm | Movie: Flight to Mars (1951) |
Sunday, 5 January
| 10:00 am | Post-processing with DeepSkyStacker and PixInsight– Jean Fabian Barrois |
| Noon | Sausage sizzle – Gold coin donation |
| 1:00 pm | Buy, Sell and Swap table (also Saturday) |
| 1:30 pm | Songs in the Key of Astronomy – Olga Brochner |
| 2:00 pm | Owls do Cry: A story about how Owls took over Astronomers backyard in Urban Auckland – Kevin Barker |
| 2:30 pm | Texas Solar Eclipse Tour – Bruce Ngataeirua |
| 3:00 pm | Closing Central Star Party – Bruce Ngataeirua (HBAS) |
| 3:15 pm | Afternoon tea |