Thank you for visiting our website - we hope you enjoy looking around and find it informative and helpful.  Many people are making a career in administrative roles and the breadth of demands and skills required is increasingly acknowledged by the public and employees. With our rapidly changing office environment, it is even more important these days to upskill and stay in touch with your profession through its professional organisation.

AAPNZ has 12 groups nationwide offering fantastic networking with similarly experienced professionals; access to wonderful training opportunities; and recognition of members' achievements. Members include recent newcomers to the profession through to experienced administrative professionals, both male and female. 

Our membership includes executive assistants, personal assistants, administration managers, receptionists, call centre operators, accounts staff, school secretaries/administrators, industry trainers … anyone involved either full-time or part-time in administrative professional roles, in any industry.  Click here to download an application form. SPECIAL FOR MAY ONLY: Join this month and you don't pay the one-off $30 entrance fee! 

Internationally, AAPNZ has maintained links with sister administrative/office professional organisations in many countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, England and Europe, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, South Africa Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, and USA, to name a few.  In 2009, AAPNZ was successful in securing their bid to host the 8th International Office Professionals Summit which was held in Auckland, New Zealand, 5-8 July 2011. The Local Organising Committee (LOC) coordinated a programme to meet both the personal and professional development needs of local, national and international attendees.

AAPNZ were also able to utilise this international summit to promote our very own 2011 AAPNZ Drake Administrative Professional of the Year Award, and at the Summit Gala Dinner announce the winner of this prestigious Award.  The 2011 Award winner was Kelly Brown.  Click here to read more about the APOTY Award.

Opportunities and challenges allow for personal and professional development. Goals or dreams that are made steer us towards a successful future.

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Our 2011-12 theme is ‘Keeping Together For Progress' - we would love to have you on board for the ride.

You can have a sense of professional identity and belonging through being a member of AAPNZ. 

Check to see if there is a group near you, and take advantage of networking, mentoring, sharing common experiences, listening to interesting speakers, upskilling, socialising ... and having fun. You too can have that sense of professional identity and belonging through membership of AAPNZ. For more information, please phone 0800 469 737.