New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists
professional society in New Zealand
The New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists (NZCCP) is a professional association for clinical psychologists in New Zealand.
History
The college was established in August 1989, breaking away from the New Zealand Psychological Society. The college formed in order to promote and coordinate for the profession of Clinical Psychology. By 2004, the college had grown to 450 members.
Ethics
Members of the society are signatories to the Code of Ethics for Psychologists Working in Aotearoa/New Zealand, which was established in 2002 due to the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003. Prior to the establishment of the code, each individual professional association for psychologists in New Zealand had their own code of ethics.
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The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as professional society in New Zealand. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q45133186. VIAF identifies the subject as 167795635. The Library of Congress control number is n2011180285. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1989, 2004, 2002 and 2003.
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