About the New Zealand Government Expertship programs

Every quarter, multiple government entities in New Zealand nominate technical subject matter experts to attend the Mastering Expertship program. Over 400 public servants have attended the program. The program gets rave reviews from attendees, including a recent participant who said it was the best program he had attended in his 12 years of public service in New Zealand.

Nominations are open to any government entity. These programs are run by Expertunity, a private provider.

Click on the link to download a two page overview of the program including a guide on how to how to select the ideal participant.

The ideal participant guide is extremely informative for managers of technical expert teams.

Schedule for programs

The next program is Cycle 12, and the details are as follows:

• Program takes place face-to-face in Wellington, in September 2025.

• Nomination deadline is 30 July 2025.

• Key dates are the two face-to-face workshops that occur as follows: Workshop #1 – 11-12 September; Workshop #2 – 17, 18, 19 September.

Further programs are as follows:

• Cycle 13: Workshops in November 2025, nomination deadline 30 September.

• Cycle 14: Workshops in March 2026, nomination deadline 1 December 2025.

There is likely to be a program running in Auckland in 2026, please contact us for details.

Nomination process

Arrangements for nomination of participants vary from department to department, depending on whether the program is centrally funded or not, and whether funds are available.

We can advise interested parties on their departments’ process , or alternatively contact your Learning & Development team internally.

Places are usually available up until the deadlines described above.

Departments that have participated in the program so far are as follows:

• Reserve Bank of New Zealand

• Treasury

• Ministry for Primary Industries

• Ministry for Environment

• Commerce Commission

• National Emergency Management Agency

• Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

• NZ Stats

• Inland Revenue

• Ministry of Social Development

• Accident Compensation Commission

• NZ Defence

Free-of-charge briefings

We are happy to brief OD teams, individual managers or potential participants on the program to ensure a good fit. Just connect with us using the form below to arrange such a catch up, free of charge or obligation.

We periodically run a Leader of Experts one day program for managers of expert teams. The next date for this program is 16 September, 2025, in Auckland.