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Below you can find monthly and bi-monthly updates from the Guild's Chief Executive Andrew Gaudin and President Kesh Naidoo-Rauf, along with the latest media releases from the Guild.

Nicole Rickman

Media release: Guild successfully mitigates 12-month prescription impacts

The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) is delighted that Health New Zealand (HNZ) has now agreed to funding changes to fully mitigate the financial impact of 12-month prescriptions for communit...

12-month prescriptions Funding Media release

Nov 12, 2025

Andrew Gaudin

HNZ’s application of cost pressures

Budget 2024 was the first time the government agreed to a three-year cost pressures package. Funded cost pressure increases from this package for delivering all primary, community, public and populati...

Advocacy Funding NAAR

Sep 30, 2025

Nicole Rickman

Media release: Guild celebrates World Pharmacists Day

The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) produced a video of key health sector leaders as a small token of our appreciation of the incredible work pharmacists do every day to support their patien...

Media release Workforce

Sep 24, 2025

Nicole Rickman

Media release: Guild’s work outside of NAAR delivers for community pharmacy

The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) has successfully secured improvements to the next Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement (ICPSA) voluntary variation by working outside the limi...

Advocacy Funding Media release NAAR

Sep 14, 2025

Kesh Naidoo-Rauf

Guild Constitution changes

At our annual general meeting on June18, members overwhelmingly approvedthe Guild's new constitution, with 94% of members present (including proxies) voting in favour of the proposed changes. The Guil...

Constitution

Aug 31, 2025

Andrew Gaudin

Key wins delivered by Guild's advocacy

Our advocacy approach is delivered through objectiveanalysis, expert advice and working closely withkey decision-makers. Our approach is always fair,consistent and solutions focused. Our key achieveme...

Advocacy Co-payment Funding

Aug 31, 2025

Andrew Gaudin

NAAR process challenges in 2025

The NAAR process follows the highly flawed Health New Zealand (HNZ) approach to the recognition of reasonable cost pressure adjustments for the 2024/25 process. Every year there is an ICPSA contractua...

Advocacy Funding NAAR

Jul 31, 2025

Kesh Naidoo-Rauf

Meeting with the Minister of Health

In May, we had the opportunity to meet with the Minister of Health, Hon Simeon Brown, our first meeting since his appointment in January. We aimed to continue our close, positive, trusted working rela...

Advocacy CPLF Funding NAAR Workforce

Jun 30, 2025

Andrew Gaudin

Decision to allow 12-month prescriptions

The Guild first became aware of this policy proposal in October 2024, when we provided significant feedback on the impacts for patients, community pharmacies and the broader healthcare system. Some of...

12-month prescriptions Advocacy Funding

Jun 30, 2025

Andrew Gaudin

Understanding the 2024/25 funding uplift

The ICPSA requires that, before 1 July each year, community pharmacy providers/provider representatives and HNZ acknowledge that each national annual agreement review (NAAR) round will consider reason...

Advocacy Funding NAAR

May 31, 2025

Nicole Rickman

Media release: Guild escalates concerns with HNZ’s 2024 cost pressure uplift

The Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (the Guild) wrote to Health New Zealand (HNZ) last month on behalf of members escalating our significant concerns with HNZ’s approach to the funding of reasonable cos...

Advocacy Funding Media release NAAR

May 13, 2025

Andrew Gaudin

Community Pharmacy Leaders Forum relaunch

The CPLF exists for community pharmacy organisation leaders who have a common interest in working together to support and advance community pharmacy interests across New Zealand. CPLF membership compr...

CPLF Funding Workforce

Apr 30, 2025

Updates also appear in our hardcopy publications, Contact and Australasian Pharmacy.

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