NZPF Business Partners Team:

Gavin Beere (Convenor), Leanne Otene, Jason Miles, Karen Brisco, Shane Buckner

In 1994, NZPF formed its first business partnership with Konica Minolta (now FujiFilm Business Innovation).  That is almost 30 years ago. Since then many more companies have joined us in business partnership to advance our mutual interests, share our values and above all advance education success for the ākonga of Aotearoa New Zealand.  

One value that shone brightly for our business partners, through the difficult covid years, was ‘ngākau pono’ or loyalty. Every one of our partners remained with us through those challenging times, as we worked together to ease the burdens they were experiencing.

We are proud of our relationships with all our business partners, and for you, our members, the benefits are significant. Our business partners respect and support NZPF to take political, educational and strategic decisions independently, and we similarly respect their business decision making.  

That said, our business partners make a significant contribution to you, our members by:

• Reducing the cost of attending the NZPF conference
• Making the option to fight unexpected issues, such as national standards in 2010, a realistic option
• Providing NZPF with the financial ability to employ high quality staff and contractors as necessary
• Mutual sharing of leadership expertise
• Allowing NZPF the luxury of financial stability for the future

We encourage  you, our members, to acknowledge our partners for their contribution to the profession, at our Queenstown Conference in September.

Queenstown Conference Registrations Reach Capacity

The NZPF 2023 Conference Organising Committee has reported that registrations for the NZPF Queenstown conference 11 – 13 September have now reached capacity.

The committee cannot accept further registrations but please click here to be placed on a wait-list. Only principals may join the waitlist and be admitted - should there be any cancellations. The organising committee advises those on the wait-list not to book their flights and accommodation until their registration is confirmed.

Nominations open for NZPF Election 2023

Nominations are now open for the NZPF President, Vice President and 11 Executive committee members. 

Click here for the form to nominate candidates for President and Vice President for next year. 

Click here for the form to nominate candidates for the executive committee for the next two years.

Nominations close on 5 August and the electoral roll closes on 25 August. Your subscription payment must be received by this date in order to be eligible for voting.

Te Ariki Scholarship 

The Ariki Trust has been established to commemorate the leadership research and development of the late Dr David Stewart. David’s legacy is continued through a memorial scholarship which is offered annually to principals, who are studying leadership.
Te Ariki is now self-funding and administered by Te Ariki Charitable Trust. NZPF and NZEI are the Trustees.

Applications for the 2023 Te Ariki scholarship are now open. 
 
To find out more about the David Stewart Memorial Scholarship click here.