Many not-for-profit organisations do not have the resources to develop their key staff which causes problems for them, specifically in the delivery of services to the community and in the retention of staff.

The New Zealand Payroll Practitioners Association (NZPPA) has recognised that Payroll practitioners working in the not-for-profit sector would really benefit from attending the NZPPA conference which will be held in Auckland on the 21-22 July 2011 because of the professional development and networking opportunities it will provide.

How conference gifting works is a larger or profit driven organisations (donors) can gift a registration for an employee or volunteer from an approved not-for-profit organisation (recipient) to attend the annual NZPPA conference.

For our fourth conference in July we have three places for persons from not-for-profit organisations.

Management of Gift Process

• NZPPA will collate all donor and recipient applications.
• In the case of high recipient demand, NZPPA will ballot the gifted registration/s.
• NZPPZA will manage the donor/recipient matching.
• There is no guarantee NZPPA will match all gifted registrations.

Sponsor Cost of Conference Registration Gift

• Cost to Donor - gifted registrations are charged at the lowest rate available, i.e. early bird member rate. The rate for the 2011 conference is $500 + GST.
• Cost to Recipient - the registration fee does not include travel and accommodation costs and the recipients need to source this themselves.

Applications are open from 1 June – 22 June 2011.

If you would like to find out more on how to gift a conference registration, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Application process:

Recipient Criteria

• The recipient must be working for an approved not-for-profit organisation in New Zealand.
• At least 75% of their work must be Payroll related.
• The recipient must be a member of NZPPA.
• A recipient can only ever receive one gifted registration; however, other staff members from the same organisation may be gifted a registration.
• Recipients must apply to NZPPA using the NZPPA application form by 1 June 2011.
• The recipient agrees for their name and the name of the organisation they work for to be published in relation to the conference gifting programme. They also agree for their name and the name of the organisation they work for to be available for use in this context by the Donor.
• The recipient agrees for their photograph to be used in relation to the conference gifting programme. They also agree for any photos to be available for use in this context by the Donor.

Application Process

• Recipients must complete the appropriate application form.
• Follow this link to obtain the official application form: are open from 1 Jun – 22 Jun 2011.
• NZPPA will complete the matching process during the first week of August.
• Donor/recipient matches will be notified in writing.

Please Note: - the gifted registration does not include travel and accommodation costs and the recipients need to source this themselves.

If you wish to apply click on the following link: NZPPA Conference Gifting Application.