The NZ Statistical Association, founded in 1948, is New Zealand’s only association for professional statisticians. For a fuller description of the aims and activities of the NZSA, and background to this page, visit the aims and activities page. The NZSA is registered as a charitable entity.
The constitutional aims and objectives of the association are benefitting the community by promoting research into statistics, and the practice and understanding of statistics in Aotearoa New Zealand for the common good. To read the constitution in full, download the PDF file. The constitution was approved at the AGM of the society on 3 December 2024.
To maintain professional standards, the 1995 annual conference the NZSA adopted a ‘Code of Ethics’ (see the Code of Conduct page).
The NZSA is managed by an Executive, who are introduced on the Executive page, and whose roles are described on the Executive Committee page.
The association is an affiliated organisation of the International Statistical Institute, is a member body of the Royal Society of New Zealand and is part of the Mathematical Sciences Council of New Zealand.
Members of the NZSA receive the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics quarterly, and the NZSA Newsletter twice a year.
The NZSA has had YouTube channel since 2025. This is the place where we share our webinars.
The NZSA usually holds an annual conference, in a one-, two- or three-day or co-hosting format as appropriate in the context of the year’s activities.
Random Numbers Painting, Peter James Smith (1977)
Random Numbers
Peter James Smith, 1977
Crayon and acrylic on canvas.
Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection
http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3332/object/29975/Random_Numbers
The NZSA is very grateful to Peter James Smith and the Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection for granting permission to use the painting, Random Numbers (1977), on the website.