Dust off those random facts and join the local Taranaki PRINZ subcommittee for a night of trivia, laughs, and a bit of healthy competition!

In a world where everyone’s clamouring for “data-driven” insights, this course goes beyond the numbers. It’s about learning to think critically, interpret evidence wisely, and make sound, ethical decisions in your PR practice.

You’ll explore how to balance data with judgement, recognise cognitive bias (in yourself and others), and turn information from multiple sources into meaningful, defensible insights. We’ll cover practical tools for interpreting results, testing assumptions, and reporting outcomes (without losing sight of people, context, or purpose).

Podcasting is booming, with recent data showing that one in three New Zealanders listens to podcasts regularly.

Join renowned New Zealand broadcaster Mike Puru, co-host of The Breeze Drive and The House of Wellness Podcast, at a breakfast event exploring the rapid growth of podcasting, and how PR professionals can use the medium to build trust, connect with highly engaged audiences and strengthen stakeholder relationships and sentiment.

Wednesday 5th August 2026 @ 7:30am - 9:00am Overview Join us for our 2026 entry in the Learn from a Fellow series, featuring two of…

Developed in partnership with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, this practical workshop has been designed specifically for public relations and communications professionals who regularly collaborate with finance colleagues, contribute to financial or corporate reporting, or want to broaden their commercial and strategic business acumen.

As Aotearoa New Zealand continues to grow as a bicultural nation, the ability to communicate meaningfully and respectfully with Māori and Iwi stakeholders has never been more essential for communications professionals. 

This event brings together PR and communications practitioners to explore culturally grounded approaches to stakeholder engagement, moving beyond tokenism and toward genuine, trust-based relationships with Māori communities and Iwi organisations.

Central to this is an understanding of mātauranga Māori, the body of knowledge, values, and ways of knowing that are distinctly Māori.

What does it take to get your story picked up? Join us for a candid panel discussion with key editorial leaders from NZME, Stuff, TVNZ and RNZ to find out what they are really looking for. This is an opportunity to hear directly from the people making the decisions and gain practical insights to help strengthen your media strategy.

AI can become your PhD-level consultant for behaviour change—but only if you train with carefully crafted prompts. Whether you’re seeking reliable and robust research, crafting campaigns for behaviour change, or designing experiments to evaluate what works, this course shows you how to prompt AI like a behavioural designer and tackle your most pressing behaviour change challenges alongside you. In this practical course, you’ll train your favourite LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Microsoft Copilot to act like a PhD-level behavioural designer. You’ll prompt AI to help you research, design, and test evidence-based strategies for behaviour change.

You were promoted because you’re a brilliant specialist. But technical credibility only opens the door, it won’t carry you through it. The next level is earned differently: through your leadership licence to operate.
From Specialist to Strategic Leader is a practical two-part online workshop for PR and communications professionals stepping up into wider responsibility. Across two interactive sessions you’ll define the leader you’re becoming, build resilience to hold pressure and leave with a focused 30-day plan to strengthen your confidence, influence and impact, without burning out or being pulled back into delivery.

Effective research, measurement and evaluation can help you make better strategic decisions and demonstrate the true value of your public relations and communication efforts.
This practical course is designed to help you build confidence in research, measurement and evaluation, whether you are starting from scratch, refreshing your knowledge, or looking to align your practice with current global standards.

If you are new to public relations, get ready to enter a profession undergoing a seismic shift.

The purpose of public relations remains the same - building and sustaining the relationships that organisations need to maintain their licence to operate. What has changed are the methods of practice. Artificial intelligence, new communication challenges and stakeholder expectations of transparency and accountability mean practitioners now need broader capabilities and stronger judgement than ever before.

Done well, internal comms is one of the most strategic levers an organisation has. It connects people to purpose, shapes culture, and helps employees connect to each other and understand how their work fits into the wider business. But too often it’s treated as a postal service – the person (or team, if you’re lucky) people call when they realise “we need to wrap some comms around that”! This course is designed for practitioners at any level who want to move beyond distribution and into a more strategic, people-centred practice.