We're always building and adding to our links page, so please recommend some good sites and resources to us. We list links of use to jobseekers, policy professionals, students and recruitment professionals.

Public Sector Organisations

The Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) is a voluntary, non-profit organisation committed to promoting improvements in public policy and in administration and management in the public sector in New Zealand, and to increasing public understanding of the work undertaken in the public sector.

The New Zealand Public Service Association is a democratic union representing the interests of around 57,000 members working in government departments, local government, the health sector, crown agencies, state-owned enterprises and community and government-funded agencies.

Education and Career Development

The Victoria University of Wellington offers many courses in policy.

The Victoria University School of Government offers a range of qualifications and courses, including post-experience qualifictions such as: Master/Diploma/Certificate of Public Policy, Master/Diploma/Certificate of Public Management and Master/Diploma/Certificate of Public Administration.

The Institute of Policy Studies fosters discussion, research and publication of current issues of domestic and foreign policy. They link academic research and public policy by providing opportunities for independent and detached study, and for neutral and informed discussion of important and relevant issues.

The Leadership Development Centre is the principal delivery organisation for senior leadership management and development in the public sector, delivering the Public Sector Advanced Leadership Programme on behalf of the State Services Commissioner.

The Careers Service website is New Zealand's leading provider of independent career information, advice and guidance. They have a great section on government jobs.

Business.govt.nz can help you, as a contractor, start up your own business and contains all the resources you need to run it.

Executive Coaching. Resources is a site by Change Leaders with many links for careers, networking, getting on boards or learning about corporate governance.

Recruitment and Employment Relations

The New Zealand Institute of Management is New Zealand’s largest professional management organisation and is very representative of management and employers comprising 4,500 individual members and 1,500 corporate members.

The Equal Employment Opportunities Trust is a not-for-profit organisation tasked with providing EEO information and tools to employers and raising awareness of diversity issues in New Zealand workplaces.

Recruitment Systems provides our recruitment database system, TRIS CRM. We recommend TRIS as a great tools for effective candidate management and best-practice client relationship management.

The Society for Human Resource Management is the world’s largest professional association devoted to human resource management.

The Health and Safety website run by the Department of Labour contains information on health and safety standards in New Zealand. Their Employment Relations website provides information and support to employers, employees, unions and workplaces on employment relations matters.

The Human Resources Institute of New Zealand is the professional organisation for people who are interested or involved in the management and development of Human Resources.