NZCourse catalogue
Twelve self-paced ethics and professionalism courses for New Zealand practitioners, each mapped to the Code of Rights, the HPCA Act and your responsible authority's standards. Filter by profession, or by whether you are planning recertification or learning after a concern.
12 courses
Honesty in records, certificates, ACC invoicing, APC declarations and conflicts of interest, mapped to the HPCA Act and your responsible authority's code.
Sexual and non-sexual boundaries, gifts, dual relationships in small communities and social media, with the zone of helpfulness and culturally safe practice.
Ethical reasoning for Aotearoa: a seven-step decision framework, the Code of Rights, Te Tiriti and cultural safety, conscientious objection and end-of-life law.
What regulators expect: scope and APCs, teamwork and leadership, conduct outside work and online, health notifications and raising concerns about colleagues.
Every course is online and self-paced, with knowledge checks, a 20-question final assessment (80%, 16 of 20), a certificate and a structured reflective account.
| Course | CPD hours | Price | New Zealand anchor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Probity and Honesty in Practice | 3 | NZ$139 | HPCA Act s 100; MCNZ Medical certification (2023) |
| Professional Boundaries with Patients, Whānau and Colleagues | 3 | NZ$139 | Code of Rights Right 2; MCNZ Sexual boundaries (2018); NCNZ Professional Boundaries guidelines (2012) |
| Ethics for New Zealand Health Practitioners | 3 | NZ$139 | Code of Rights; Te Tiriti and cultural safety; End of Life Choice Act 2019 |
| Professionalism in Practice for Health Practitioners | 3 | NZ$139 | MCNZ Good medical practice (2021); NCNZ Code principles 6 and 8 |
| Responding to a Complaint | 3 | NZ$139 | Code of Rights Right 10; HDC Act 1994; PCC process under the HPCA Act |
| Open Disclosure After Harm | 3 | NZ$139 | Right 6; HDC open disclosure guidance (2019); MCNZ Disclosure of harm (2024) |
| Informed Consent and Communication | 3 | NZ$139 | Rights 5, 6 and 7; MCNZ Informed consent (2021) |
| Health Information Privacy and Confidentiality | 3 | NZ$139 | Privacy Act 2020; HIPC 2020, including rule 3A from 1 May 2026 |
| Clinical Documentation and Record Keeping | 3 | NZ$139 | Health (Retention of Health Information) Regulations 1996 (10 years); MCNZ Patient records (2020) |
| Insight: Understanding, Developing and Demonstrating It | 3 | NZ$139 | Roberts v PCC [2012] NZHC 3354 penalty principles |
| Remediation After a Concern | 3 | NZ$139 | HPCA Act competence and recertification programmes (ss 38–41); conditions on scope |
| Reflective Practice for Health Practitioners | 2 | NZ$109 | Reflection in recertification programmes; HPCA Act s 44(4) |
Start with the gaps in your professional development plan. Consent, privacy, record keeping, open disclosure and ethics map onto standards every responsible authority expects, and Reflective Practice helps with the written reflections many programmes ask for.
Facing an HDC complaint or a Professional Conduct Committee? Responding to a Complaint, Insight and Remediation After a Concern work as a set with the matching topic course. Read our fitness to practise guide for how the process runs.
Fitness To Practice is independent and not approved by any responsible authority or the Tribunal. Where education is part of an order or condition, the body that set it decides what counts, so get its answer (or your supervisor's or lawyer's) before buying anything here.
Buying for a team or practice? Ask us about group enrolment.
Start with the biggest gap in your professional development plan. If nothing stands out, Informed Consent and Communication or Clinical Documentation and Record Keeping suit most practitioners, because consent and records come up in many HDC complaints. After a concern, choose the course matching the issue raised.
It is shorter: 2 CPD hours at NZ$109, while the other eleven courses are 3 CPD hours at NZ$139. The format is the same, with knowledge checks, a 20-question final assessment at 80% and a certificate, and it pairs well with any topic course.
Yes, where relevant. Cultural safety features in Medical Council standards, the Nursing Council pou (including kawa whakaruruhau) and Pharmacy Council recertification. Ethics and Professional Boundaries cover whānau, tikanga and culturally safe practice directly, with New Zealand scenarios you can draw on in your reflections.
All twelve. Allied practitioners work under the same Code of Rights, privacy rules and HPCA Act processes as doctors and nurses. Courses name the main allied codes where relevant, and you can record them against your own board's continuing competence or CPD programme.
Yes. Many practitioners combine Responding to a Complaint, Insight and Remediation After a Concern with the matching topic course. This cannot replace legal advice or education ordered by a regulator, and no course guarantees an outcome. Check the terms of any order with your regulator, supervisor or lawyer first.
Yes: NZ$139 for each 3-hour course and NZ$109 for the 2-hour Reflective Practice course. The checkout shows the final amount before you pay. Practices and employers wanting several places can ask about group enrolment through our contact page, and each learner gets their own certificate.
Checked October 2026. Rules and processes change, so confirm the current position with the official source. This page is general information, not legal advice.
Tell us your profession and what you need the learning for, and we will point you to the most relevant course.