Pricing and application forms

Become a member

The New Zealand Veterinary Association Te Pae Kīrehe (NZVA) has been supporting veterinarians and the veterinary profession since 1923.

 

Join nearly 70% of registered veterinarians in Aotearoa New Zealand to become part of our vibrant, supportive community.

New to the NZVA?

The NZVA is here to support you at every stage of your veterinary career – from your student days to retirement. We welcome applications from:

  • veterinarians registered with the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ)
  • retired veterinarians
  • students attending Massey University’s School of Veterinary Science
  • non-veterinarians working in the veterinary industry

To become a member:

  1. Log in to your NZVA account
    or create a new one
  2. Select the relevant membership category from the list below
  3. Complete the online form
  4. Sit back and wait for our membership team to contact you!

Already a member?

If you pay for your own membership, we'll send you a membership renewal invoice in November. Your membership will auto-renew on 1 January, provided we’ve received payment.

If your employer pays for your membership, we’ll contact them with membership renewal instructions.

If you're a student, retired, or life member, your membership will auto-renew on 1 January.

If you want to update your membership category, please email us at:

membership@vets.org.nz

Membership categories

Select your membership category below to join the NZVA today.

Veterinarians

Criteria
  
Pricing

Veterinarians who: 

  • are living in New Zealand
  • are registered with the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ)
  • have been qualified for more than three years
  • are working full-time, part-time, or as locums/contractors/consultants
  

Early bird: $866 +GST
Full price: $999 +GST

 

 

 

Benefits

✔ VetScript (hard copy)   ✔ NZVA member app
✔ VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
✔ New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)   ✔ Private Facebook group
✔ SciQuest (online)   ✔ Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD   ✔ NZVET Mentoring Support
✔ CPD tracking   ✔ Clinical resources and guidelines
✔ Regional Networks   ✔ Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches   ✔ Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources     Student events
✔ Business resources      

 
Join now

Criteria
  
Pricing

Veterinarians who are: 

  • registered with the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ)
  • in their first three years of practice
  • living in New Zealand
  

Early bird: 607 +GST
Full price: $699 + GST


 

 

Benefits

✔ VetScript (hard copy)   ✔ Business resources
✔ VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
✔ New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)   ✔ Private Facebook group
✔ SciQuest (online)   ✔ Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD   ✔ NZVET Mentoring Support
✔ CPD tracking   ✔ Best practice guidelines
✔ Regional Networks   ✔ Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches   ✔ Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources     Student events

 
Join now

Criteria
  
Pricing

Veterinarians living in New Zealand who: 

  • are registered with the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ) as a practising veterinarian
  • spend at least 80% of their working hours working for a tertiary institution or undertaking research work to be published
  

Early bird: $291 +GST
Full price: $339 + GST

 

 

 

Benefits

✔ VetScript (hard copy)   ✔ Business resources
✔ VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
✔ New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)   ✔ Private Facebook group
✔ SciQuest (online)   ✔ Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD   ✔ NZVET Mentoring Support
✔ CPD tracking   ✔ Best practice guidelines
✔ Regional Networks   ✔ Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches   ✔ Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources     Student events

 
Join now

Criteria
  
Pricing

Retired veterinarians who are: 

  • living in New Zealand
  • over 65 years of age
  • registered (or have been registered) with the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ)
  • no longer working
  

Free

 

 

 

 

Benefits

✔ VetScript (hard copy)   ✔ Business resources
✔ VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
✔ New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)   ✔ Private Facebook group
✔ SciQuest (online)   ✔ Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD   ✔ NZVET Mentoring Support
✔ CPD tracking   ✔ Best practice guidelines
✔ Regional Networks   ✔ Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches   ✔ Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources     Student events

 
Join now

Criteria
  
Pricing

Veterinarians who are:

  • registered with the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ) as a practising veterinarian
  • currently practising overseas
  

Early bird: $86.96 +GST
Full price: $130.43 +GST

 

 

 

Benefits

  VetScript (hard copy)     Business resources
✔ VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
✔ New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)   ✔ Private Facebook group
✔ SciQuest (online)     Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD   ✔ NZVET Mentoring Support
  CPD tracking   ✔ Best practice guidelines
✔ Regional Networks   ✔ Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches     Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources     Student events

 
Join now

Criteria
  
Pricing

Veterinarians who are:

  • living in New Zealand
  • registered with the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ) as a practising veterinarian
  • currently without a full-time job (this could include individuals on parental leave or long-term sick leave, or those who have gone into early retirement)
  

Early bird: $291 +GST
Full price: $349 +GST

 

 

 

 

Benefits

  VetScript (hard copy)   ✔ Business resources
✔ VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
✔ New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)   ✔ Private Facebook group
✔ SciQuest (online)   ✔ Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD   ✔ NZVET Mentoring Support
✔ CPD tracking   ✔ Best practice guidelines
✔ Regional Networks   ✔ Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches   ✔ Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources     Student events

 
Join now

Criteria
  
Pricing

Veterinarians who are:

  • registered with the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ) under one of the following categories: 
    • limited registration
    • non-practising (does not hold the current requirements to practise as a veterinarian)
  • currently without a full-time job in New Zealand (this could include individuals on parental leave or long-term sick leave, those who are overseas, or those who have gone into early retirement)
  

Early bird: $86.96 +GST
Full price: $130.43 +GST

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits

  VetScript (hard copy)     Business resources
✔ VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
✔ New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)     Private Facebook group
✔ SciQuest (online)     Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD     NZVET Mentoring Support
  CPD tracking     Best practice guidelines
✔ Regional Networks   ✔ Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches     Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources     Student events

 
Join now

Allied veterinary professionals

Criteria
  
Pricing

Support staff who work in the veterinary industry who are not registered with the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ). This includes veterinary nurses and administrators.

 

  

Early bird: $270 +GST
Full price: $320 +GST

When all veterinarians in your clinic become NZVA members, your support staff receive free associate membership.

 

Benefits

  VetScript (hard copy)     Business resources
  VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
  New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)     Private Facebook group
  SciQuest (online)     Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD     NZVET Mentoring Support
  CPD tracking     Best practice guidelines
✔ Regional Networks     Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches     Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources     Student events

 
Join now

Criteria
  
Pricing

Large animal veterinary technicians who have been endorsed by a practising veterinarian registered with the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ)

  

Early bird: $270 +GST
Full price: $320 +GST

 

Benefits

  VetScript (hard copy)     Business resources
✔ VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
✔ New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)     Private Facebook group
✔ SciQuest (online)     Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD     NZVET Mentoring Support
✔ CPD tracking     Best practice guidelines
✔ Regional Networks   ✔ Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches     Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources     Student events

 
Join now

Criteria
  
Pricing

Professionals who work in the veterinary industry who are not registered with the Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ). This includes: 

  • Practice managers
  • CEOs
  • General managers
  • HR managers
  • Industry partners (non-veterinarian)
  

Early bird: $270 +GST
Full price: $320 +GST

 

 

 

 

Benefits

  VetScript (hard copy)   ✔ Business resources
✔ VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
✔ New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)     Private Facebook group
✔ SciQuest (online)     Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD     NZVET Mentoring Support
  CPD tracking     Best practice guidelines
✔ Regional Networks   ✔ Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches     Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources     Student events

 
Join now

Students

Criteria
  
Pricing

Students attending Massey University's School of Veterinary Science.

  

Free

 

Benefits

  VetScript (hard copy)     Business resources
✔ VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
✔ New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)     Private Facebook group
✔ SciQuest (online)     Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD     NZVET Mentoring Support
  CPD tracking     Best practice guidelines
✔ Regional Networks   ✔ Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches   ✔ Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources   ✔ Student events

 
Join now

Life members

Criteria
  
Pricing

Individuals who have been awarded life membership by providing exemplary service to the veterinary profession or the New Zealand Veterinary Association Te Pae Kīrehe (NZVA).

  

Free

 

 

Benefits

✔ VetScript (hard copy)   ✔ Business resources
✔ VetScript (online)   ✔ VetNews (email newsletter)
✔ New Zealand Veterinary Journal (online)   ✔ Private Facebook group
✔ SciQuest (online)   ✔ Voting rights
✔ Discounted CPD   ✔ NZVET Mentoring Support
✔ CPD tracking   ✔ Best practice guidelines
✔ Regional Networks   ✔ Exclusive member discounts
✔ Special Interest Branches   ✔ Eligibility for grants and scholarships
✔ Wellbeing resources     Student events

 

Life membership is at the discretion of the NZVA Board. To apply for life membership, please email membership@vets.org.nz.

Pricing

The prices below are for the 2025 membership year. NZVA membership is valid from 1 January to 31 December each year. Early bird prices are available until 20 January 2025.

  Early bird
 Regular
Veterinarian: Practising, government or industry $866 +GST $999 +GST
Veterinarian: Recent graduate $607 +GST $699+GST
Veterinarian: Academic, researcher, postgraduate or time out (registered) $291 +GST $349 + GST
Associate $270 +GST $320 + GST
Overseas or time out (not registered) $86.96 +GST $130.43 +GST
Retired, life or student Free Free

 

Terms and conditions

Please read the NZVA Constitution for membership terms and conditions.

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