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Our History
1970 - 1980 |
NZATD began life in 1974 as an interest group of NZIM with two groups in Auckland and Wellington. A constitution was developed in 1977. Other groups (not members of NZIM) were also established over this time, including one affiliated with the Vocational Training Council. By 1980 there were six groups – Auckland, Central North Island, Taranaki, Manawatu, Wellington and Canterbury. The NZIM and VTC groups in the main centres often met together. |
| 1983 |
The first training and development conference was held in Auckland supported by NZIM with 250 attendees. This conference the commitment to set up a separate national organisation was agreed, and an establishment group elected. |
1985 |
During the setup phase a group of individuals underwrote the next conference in Wellington in 1985. NZATD’s first AGM was held at this conference and constitution formally adopted. Under this constitution the individual groups maintained their own constitutions and were nationally affiliated. Profits from this conference were used to establish The NZATD Education Trust. |
1988 |
It became clear that in order to achieve its goals, a national organisation under one constitution was needed. Work commenced on creating a national organisation. |
1989 |
A new national (incorporated) organisation was launched and celebrated at the NZATD conference in Rotorua. The organisation branches included Christchurch, Wellington, Waikato/Bay of Plenty and Auckland. |
1993 |
The national newsletter Flipchart was replaced with the journal People and Performance in 1993. |
1998 |
The first Professional Membership was granted. The aim of professional membership is to recognise the skills, knowledge, abilities and professionalism of members The mentoring program was introduced. |
2011 |
People and Performance remained the official NZATD Journal until the end of 2011. |
2012 |
NZATD joined forces with the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) to make AITD’s Training & Development a joint trans-Tasman publication. Training & Development has now replaced People and Performance as the official NZATD journal. |
2017 |
The NZATD Competency Framework was released. |
2020 |
The current branches were renamed to include regional areas. The branches became Upper North Island, Lower North Island and South Island. Waikato/Bay of Plenty branch merged into the Upper North Island branch. |
2022 |
An updated mentoring program was released in conjunction with AITD. An updated Professional Membership program was released including incorporating the Competency Framework. |
Past National Presidents
Under the former NZIM structure the National Presidents were:
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