AAPNZ Professional Development Ltd
AAPNZ Professional Development Ltd
AAPNZ Professional Development Ltd (“AAPNZ PD Ltd”) is managed by a Board of Directors, who can hold their position for five years, and includes the National President as an ex-officio member.
At the Annual General Meeting in 2006, a remit was passed that the AGM each year would be titled a Conference of either two or three days duration. The three day conference would happen on perhaps a three year cycle. With improved attendance at these annual conferences it was decided that all the finances each year for these events would be handled through AAPNZ PD Ltd, utilising the limited liability company as it was intended, for the protection of the Association's members' money. This means that there will now be annual activity for AAPNZ PD Ltd.
The current Board of Directors are:
Wendy Rapana
NDB, NDBA, AAPNZ (Cert)
Chairperson/Director
Wendy Rapana has worked for over 30 years in various administrative and management roles in New Zealand with a 
background in broadcasting as well as administration. Wendy worked at NZQA about 15 years ago and discovered her passion for workplace assessment at that time. She has a passion for the administrative profession and their value in the workplace, which is shown by her commitment to assisting them to gain qualifications and develop a career pathway.
Wendy is currently the Chairperson of AAPNZ Professional Development Ltd and a member of its Professional Development Sub-Committee, which has responsibility for AAPNZ’s Certification programme. She represents AAPNZ on the National Advisory Committee of Business Studies (NACBS) for NZQA, which assists with the ongoing development of the New Zealand Diploma in Business.
Wendy has national diplomas in Business Administration and Business, plus national certificates in First Line Management and Adult Education and Training. She is a practitioner in Neuro-Symantics (NS) and an endorsed Assessor in Assessment by Professional Conversation (APC)™. Wendy is a registered Workplace Assessor with a number of Industry Training Organisations and Polytechnics/Institutes of Technology throughout New Zealand and has an extensive accreditation scope.
Friday Rountree
DipBusAdmin, ANZSES, AAPNZ (Fellow, Cert)
Director
Friday Rountree has over 20 years administrative experience in the public, private and local government sectors where 
he has worked for senior management in various roles. More recently, his experience has extended to the not-for-profit sector where he is now Office Administrator for Te Runanga o NgatiRehia, a hapu of Ngapuhi whose area covers the KeriKeri and environs.
Friday was National President of AAPNZ from 2006 to 2008 and has been a Director of AAPNZ Professional Development Ltd since 2009. He was presented with a 20-year membership bar of AAPNZ by the Auckland Group 2011.
Friday holds a Diploma of Business Administration (Level 5) from Tai Poutini Polytechnic and became an Associate of the NZ Society of Executive Secretaries in 1997, a Fellow of AAPNZ in 2004 and gained Certification in 2006.
Sherie Pointon
PGDipTchg, BA, AAPNZ (Cert)
Director
Sherie Pointon is the Executive Officer of the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand, having taken up this role in 
September 2009. Sherie began her working life as a secondary school teacher, teaching English, Drama and Performing Arts, before moving into the administration field at NZQA. Sherie’s background includes event and project management, executive support to deputy chief executive level and within her current role everything from membership recruitment to managing the annual Public Sector Excellence Awards programme.
Sherie has held a number of roles both at Wellington Group level and also national level for AAPNZ. She has been a regular speaker at conferences and training events for Administrative Professionals and is passionate about the importance and relevance of the profession in today’s workplace. In particular the importance for recognition of skills and knowledge held by practitioners through professional development and gaining of qualifications.
Marie Hucker
FNZSES, AAPNZ (Life)
Director
Marie Hucker worked for over 45 years, initially as a shorthand typist in a government department, before becoming a 
legal secretary while in London and continuing this career path on her return to New Zealand. Marie then worked for one person for 37 years, mostly in a sole charge position as a personal assistant to a Queen’s Counsel. She was National President of NZSES (the forerunner of AAPNZ) from 1987 – 1989, during which time the 1stNew Zealand Secretaries Conference was held in Christchurch. She was a Director of NZSES Training Limited from 1998-99 and has been a Director of AAPNZ Professional Development Limited since 2010.
Marie became a Fellow of NZSES in May 1991 and was made a Life Member in June 1997. She recently undertook the role of Co-Convener for the 8thInternational Office Professionals Summit held in Auckland in July 2011. She was presented with her 35-year membership bar of AAPNZ at a recent event hosted by the Auckland Group, having been a founding member of the Association. She has also been presented with Gold and Platinum Awards for long service to Youth Skills New Zealand.
Marie’s other professional interests include being a long-standing member of her local Citizens Advice Bureau, in charge of the solicitors’ rosters for the weekly legal night, and since 2004, a member of a body corporate for a New Zealand timeshare complex.
Eth Lloyd
MEd, DipBusAdmin, AAPNZ (Life, Fellow, Cert)
Director
Eth Lloyd has over 30 years administrative experience in a wide variety of industry sectors both in New Zealand and 
overseas where she has worked for senior management in various roles. Eth has been running her own professional development consulting business for the past six years where her focus has mainly been on support administrative staff to gain national qualifications in the work place. She was National President of AAPNZ from 2002 to 2004 when she was the driver behind AAPNZ’s Certification process. Eth has been a Director of AAPNZ Professional Development Ltd since 2004 holding the position of Chairman and Finance Director during this time. She has also been a member of the Professional Development Sub-Committee since 2002 to the present time holding the position of Chairman and is currently Co-Chairman.
Eth holds a Masters in Education where her research topic was “Administrative professionals in New Zealand; their professional development opportunities and career pathways”. This is the first academic research into this sector of the workforce in New Zealand. She also holds a National Diploma of Business Administration (Level 5) and became an Associate of AAPNZ in 2003, a Fellow in 2008 and gained Certification in 2006. In 2011, Eth was presented with her AAPNZ Life membership at the Gala Dinner of the recent 8thInternational Office Professionals Summit in Auckland, which was combined with the AAPNZ AGM/Conference.
Angela Ambler
DipBusAdmin, AAPNZ (Associate, Cert)
Director
Angela is an Administration Coordinator, for Child Adolescent Mental Health Services, Capital & Coast District Health 
Board, and has worked for the CCDHB for 14 years. She began her working life as a typist for the Ministry of Works & Development in Dunedin in 1977. Her background is administration support and at present oversees three teams with five administration staff.
Angela has held a number of roles within the Association of Administrative Professionals New Zealand Inc, including the formation of the Porirua Sub-group in 2002, as Secretary, Vice President and President of that and then when the group dis-established in 2008 due to falling numbers joined the Wellington Group. She was on their management group in 2010/2011. She was also the Central Regional Leader on the National Executive in 2009/2010 years.
Meetings
The Board meets annually at the Annual General Meeting of AAPNZ. In addition, the Board meets on a monthly basis via Skype which has been very successful to date. It is anticipated that at least one face-to-face meeting prior to the Annual General Meeting of AAPNZ will be held.
Contact Details
Wendy Rapana
Email: wendy@huirae.co.nz