Welcome to the New Zealand Speech‑language Therapists’ Association

We are the national body representing speech-language therapists, the experts who work with and advocate for people with communication and swallowing impairments.

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The New Zealand Speech-language Therapists’ Association (NZSTA) is the national professional body of speech-language therapists in Aotearoa New Zealand.

We are committed to supporting all New Zealanders with the life essentials – effective communication and safe swallowing. These life essentials contribute to our well-being.

This site contains information for parents, clients and families on speech-language therapy and for practising speech-language therapists.

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Residential Care Facilities Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Standards (Jan 2025)

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Events & Courses

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From Assessment to Intervention: The Complete Hanen Parent Coaching Framework

The presentation is 90 minutes and will be offered during two time slots on the same date: 12:00 pm North American Eastern time and 7:30 pm North American Eastern time on December 11, 2025.

12 December, 1:30pm in New Zealand

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Treatment of Severe Speech Disorders in Children - Professor Tricia McCabe

This workshop will run across 2 ONLINE sessions from 12.00pm-3.30pm NZDT
Session 1 – Monday 9th February 2026
Session 2 – Thursday 12nd February 2026

Sessions 1 and 2 will be RECORDED and the recordings will be available for 7 days after each session.

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Practical approaches to all things fluency: Stuttering, cluttering, atypical disfluency, co-occuring diagnoses - Dr Kathleen Scaler Scott

This workshop will run across 2 “live” ONLINE sessions from 11.00am-2.30pm NZDT
Session 1 – Friday 6th March 2026
Session 2 – Friday 13th March 2026

The session will be live and will not be recorded, or available for later viewing due to case studies being used in the training

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2026 NZSTA Membership Invoices

Annual membership invoices for the 2026 year have now been issued.

NZSTA Member Disclosure & Compliance Declaration: Registered members must complete the NZSTA Member Disclosure & Compliance Declaration every year. Please log into the website. Click on the Declarations menu tab and select the tab "complete application" for the 2026 year.

To access your annual practising certificate (APC), you must pay your 2026 annual membership fees and complete your annual declaration.

If you are going on maternity leave, please complete a change in membership status application form.