Responsible for New Zealand payroll from Australia?

Build your knowledge and confidence with practical NZPPA training in Brisbane. Strengthen your understanding of the rules behind payroll calculations, work through common compliance issues, and prepare for changes to employment leave.

This two-day intensive brings together selected core content from Payroll Law and Termination Essentials, plus a dedicated half-day Employment Leave Act update. Practical examples and opportunities to ask questions directly of a New Zealand payroll specialist connect the legislation with decisions you face at work.

Who Should Attend

Payroll practitioners, team leaders and others already processing, supporting or overseeing New Zealand payroll. The programme is best suited to attendees with working payroll knowledge who want to strengthen their NZ expertise or refresh their understanding.

What You Will Take Away

• Identify key New Zealand payroll obligations and common compliance risks.
• Recognise the payments, deductions and checks involved in processing final pays.
• Assess payroll calculations more confidently and identify issues requiring further investigation.
• Understand the main areas of employment leave reform and identify preparation priorities for your organisation.

Payroll Law and Final Pay in Practice

Payroll Law Build a stronger understanding of New Zealand payroll law and compliance, covering new employee requirements, extra pay, KiwiSaver, ACC, Holidays Act obligations, parental leave, employment agreements and wage protection. Click here.

Termination Essentials Develop confidence in assessing final pay calculations, applying the relevant legislative requirements and checking payments when employment ends. Learn what to look for in your payroll system and how to identify potential errors before final pay is processed. Click here.

Employment Leave Act Update

Prepare for New Zealand’s upcoming employment leave reform with a dedicated half-day session covering the key changes under the Employment Leave Act 2026. Understand how the new requirements will affect payroll calculations, leave entitlements, record-keeping and system preparation, and identify practical steps your organisation can take ahead of implementation.

• Leave accrual based on hours and the role of notional rosters in recording work patterns for leave purposes.
• Changes affecting family violence, bereavement, alternative, public holiday and sick leave.
• New record-keeping requirements and preparation priorities for employment agreements, payroll processes and systems.

Resources You Can Use Back at Work

Your registration includes two comprehensive course manuals containing more than 500 pages of payroll guidance, templates, worked examples and reference material. Use them to revisit course content, support day-to-day payroll decisions and share learning with your team.

Location and Dates

Location: Brisbane CBD

Dates: 3–4 December 2026

Venue: To be confirmed

Course Fees and Early Bird Savings

Registration	Standard fee	Early bird fee	You save
NZPPA member	NZ$1,380.00	NZ$1,242.00	NZ$138.00
Non-member	NZ$1,580.00	NZ$1,422.00	NZ$158.00

All prices are in New Zealand dollars.

Bring Your Team

Book two or more attendees and receive an additional 15% discount on every attendee after the first.

For group bookings, email training@nzppa.co.nz.

Register for the Brisbane Course

Interested in training in another city? Contact training@nzppa.co.nz to discuss another location and date.