New Zealand Branch

The professional, educational and political interests of clinical radiologists and radiation oncologists in New Zealand are overseen by the New Zealand Branch Committee (NZBC) and the New Zealand Radiation Oncology Executive (NZROE).

These two committees represent the College when advocating and collaborating with government, regulatory organisations, District Health Boards and other stakeholders. Both the NZBC and NZROE consist of members from around the country who work both in the public and private sectors.

New Zealand Branch Committee members

New Zealand Radiation Oncology Executive members

New Zealand Activities

The New Zealand Branch leads a number of activities to support our members in New Zealand, including:

Trainee recruitment

The New Zealand Branch runs recruitment programmes in New Zealand for first year clinical radiology and radiation oncology training positions. Each year, recruitment is advertised on this website and through the District Health Boards.

For information about careers in clinical radiology and radiation oncology, please follow this link.

Application open 29 March 2021 and will be available here.

If you are interested in applying to one of our training programmes and have any questions, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Advocacy

The College actively engages with governments, industry, consumers and other stakeholders in clinical radiology and radiation oncology to ensure consumers have access to quality services.

Some examples of advocacy specific to the New Zealand setting include:

• Liaison with the Ministry of Health’s Cancer Control Agency, in particular the College’s submission on the Cancer Action Plan.
• Participation in the Health and Disability Review:
• the respective Chairs for the New Zealand Radiology and Radiation Oncology Committees met with the Chair of the review; Ms Heather Simpson, and
• both Faculties made detailed submissions to the review.
• The establishment of an expert advisory group that meets regularly with the Accident and Compensation Corporation (ACC) to discuss issues pertinent to musculoskeletal medicine. Recent topics of discussion have included, the nationwide roll out of the HTI programme (GP MRI referrals), ethical referrals and preserving patient choice.
• Ongoing liaison and with the Ministry of Health’s Radiation Oncology Working Group and National Radiology Advisory Group.
• In the lead up to the 2020 New Zealand General Election, the College has:
• developed a document detailing the College’s election priorities
• Surveyed all political parties seeking commitments to the issues most important to our members, including patient access to safe and vital medical imaging and radiation therapy.

Our work to develop policy, professional standards, practice standards and quality projects is the foundation of our advocacy work. For some examples of our advocacy work, please refer to our position statements and submissions and media releases.

Events

The New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting is held every year, being a conjoint event between the two Faculties, as well as a number of other events. Find out what’s on in New Zealand.

Awards and Prizes

A number of awards and fellowship opportunities are available to New Zealand members, thanks to funding from the NZ Radiology Education Trust:

• NZ Radiology Education Trust Proffered Paper Prize and the NZ Radiology Education Trust Poster Prize are presented annually at the New Zealand Branch Annual Scientific Meeting. See the ASM website for further information.
• NZ Radiology Education Trust Fellowship promotes teaching and education for New Zealand radiologists and radiation oncologists, particularly those in smaller centres.
• Indigenous Scholarship aims to attract trainees who identify as being of Maori decent. See Educational Fellowship for more information.

The NZ Radiology Education Trust focuses on quality, education, research, workforce development and peer support and aims to promote and raise the profile of radiology, and to educate the wider medical and public communities on the optimal use of radiology.

New Zealand Announcements

To access the latest information and news from New Zealand, see News and Media.

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