Governance & Management
The NZPsS is governed by an elected Executive consisting of a president, president-elect, six directors and a kaumatua. The Society is managed by an executive director and supported by staff in the National Office. The NZPsS Rules (PDF) underpin the governance of the NZPsS. Click to view the Past Presidents of the New Zealand Psychological Society NZPsS Executive
President: Jack Austin
President Elect: Frank O'Connor
Director of Scientific Affairs: Assoc Professor Neville Blampied
Director of Professional Affairs: Joanne Cunningham
Director of Social Issues: Peter Coleman
Director of Professional Development & Training: Dr Kerry Gibson
Directors of Bicultural Issues: Waikaremoana Waitoki
Rose Black
Kaumatua: Huata Holmes
Executive Director
Executive Director: Dr Pamela Hyde  President: Jack AustinJack has been a member of the Society since the late '70s, and is also a member of the I.E.D.P. With the Society he was a member of the SRP from its inception; a member of the Code of Ethics Working Party, and has been an Executive member in various roles. Currently in private practice, his interests focus on educational and industrial/organizational and community matters.  President-Elect: Frank O'Connor
Frank O'Connor is a member of the Industrial and Organisational Division. He works as a consultant to many commercial, government and community organisations, in the field of making better use of the talents of people and the purposeful relationships between them. He served as Chair of the I/O Division for some years and has been a member of the NZPsS since 1986.  Director of Scientific Affairs: Associate Professor Neville Blampied
Neville has been a psychologist and member of the Society for 38 years and an academic for 39 years. He is currently Head of the Psychology Department at the University of Canterbury. He has a special interest in behavioural psychology, philosophy of science and research design. He sees his role as Director of Scientific Affairs, as focusing on the scientific aspects of the discipline. This includes advocating for academic and research psychologists and students of psychology and having responsibility for liaising between the NZPsS Excecutive and the NZ Journal of Psychology Editorial Board and the Royal Society of New Zealand. He is interested in improving access to knowledge about psychology and in engaging with policy makers in relation to Government actions which impact on human welfare and wellbeing.
 Director of Professional Affairs: Joanne Cunningham
Joanne has been a member of NZPsS since her student days. She has been active in the Society at branch level particularly in coordinating professional development and training. Joanne brings to her Executive role knowledge gained from a long work history as an educational psychologist and a private practitioner. She has also worked in family court and child protection and is active in traumatic incident team support for schools.  Director of Social Issues: Peter Coleman
Peter has worked as an educational psychologist for over 30 years (including in senior positions within the Ministry of Education but has been employed part-time in Auckland for the past 15 years) and for the Family Court for over 25 years. His professional interests include applied behaviour analysis, curriculum design, curriculum based assessment and adaptations, parenting / family assessment and programmes, family dynamics, child protection issues, cognitive behaviour therapy and the functional analysis of children's challenging behaviours. He is currently the Director of Social Issues for the NZPS and has been active in the repeal of Section 59 of the Crimes Act and more recently, collecting research data about children who have been injured or killed by their caregivers. He has a commitment to encourage members of the NZPsS to become more actively involved in issues to which psychology has a very real and largely unappreciated contribution to make. He would like to see members engaging more often with the media on such issues and psychological knowledge generally being made more accessible to the public.  Director of Professional Development and Training: Dr Kerry Gibson
Kerry is a member of the Institute of Clinical Psychology and the Institute of Counselling Psychology. She has many years of experience in academic teaching as well as hands-on experience as a clinical supervisor and a practitioner. In addition to her clinical focus , Kerry has strong interests in the fields of community psychology, organisational psychology and health psychology and contributes to these areas through her academic writing and work with community-based organisations. Kerry currently works as the Director of the Centre for Psychology at Massey University's Auckland campus. Directors of Bicultural Issues  Waikaremoana Waitoki (MSocSc, PGDipPsych(Clin) Waikato
Ko pukemokemoke te maunga, ko Waitoki te marae, ko waihou te awa, ko Ngāti Paoa te iwi. (Hamilton) Waikaremoana has been a member since 1998. Waikaremoana is the co-convenor and the Bicultural Director on the NZPsS Executive. She is completing PhD research focusing on the development of cultural competency training programmes. Waikaremoana is the deputy chair of the NZ psychologist's board, and has been a board member since 2002. She is a clinical psychologist with work and research interests in adult mental health, supervision, child and adolescent mental health, and addictions. Waikaremoana has a blended family with 6 girls and two boys. Her family speak Māori, (some speak Swedish, German, Spanish, and Portuguese) and are actively involved in either kura kaupapa Māori, whare wānanga, or kohanga reo.  Rose Black
Rose is a Community Psychologist and member of the NSCBI since 1994 when she co-authored a research report on bicultural development in the NZPsS in 1995. She is a registered psychologist and Community Psychology Programme Associate at the University of Waikato. Rose was active in setting up the Institute of Community Psychology Aotearoa and is a current member. Her current PhD research is focused on discourses that mark Pākehā culture.  Kaumatua: Huata Holmes
Huata was appointed to the position of NZPsS Kaumatua in 2006. His role within the Society is to provide the Executive with assistance in ensuring that the Society conducts itself in a manner and spirit consistent with its Rules and Code of Ethics in relation to Māori. Huata's indigenous heritage is associated with an amalgam of origins stated simply as Kaitahu Fanui from Murihiku (Southland), Mouterenui (Stewart Island), Tini Moutere ki Akau Tai Toga (myriad of islands of our Southern Coasts), Ruāmogo (Fiordland) and Tai o Potene (Westland). Huata plays an active role on many Māori committees relating to environment, health and education and advises on matters pertaining to southern protocols and language. He also holds a number of kaumatua roles. He is currently employed as adviser Māori Education for Education Support Services at the University of Otago, College of Education.
 Executive Director: Dr Pamela Hyde
Pamela joined the Society as its Executive Director in 2007 and is responsible for the management of the organisation. She has a background in education, management and consultancy in the health/education sector. She was national director of stage one and postgraduate rural general practice education for the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners for a number of years and has held positions at the University of Otago and the Central Institute of Technology. Contact Us
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