New Zealand 

Association of 

Positive Psychology

2026 Events

Watch this space for our full 2026 events calendar - coming soon! 

Upcoming events

    • March 26, 2026
    • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
    • Online
    • 66
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    About the session:

    Is building team resilience intentional or accidental? 

    Team resilience is the collective capacity of a team to absorb strain, cope with adversity, and then adapt, recover and maintain or improve performance in the face of challenges or disruptions. 

    It is not the sum of each individual team member's resilience, it is the dynamic of collective psychosocial processes, the spaces between team members, shared resources, and behaviours at the team-level that enable them to support each other and stay effective under pressure. 

    What does it look like in practice?

    How can teams build it?  

    Join this highly interactive session where Helen shares a real case study on the topic. We’ll hear about the team, their struggles, their wins, and the importance of team resilience in their survival.

    About the speaker:

    Helen has significant hands-on business and leadership experience at a senior level, including leading teams through change during challenging times.  Now she supports leaders and teams to do the same.

    To reinforce her work, Helen draws from a large toolkit, including the disciplines of: coaching, team coaching, applied positive psychology, change management and other strategic tools and methodologies.

    Helen also holds many qualifications and certifications, including: Senior Practitioner Team and Individual Coach with EMCC, Advanced Certification in Team Coaching and Professional Certified Coach with ICF, MSc (Coaching Psychology), MBA, BMS (hons), and others. 

    An emerging author, Helen has published several articles about team coaching in professional magazines and contributed chapters and case studies in books.  She published her own book about working with teams in complex environments in 2023 – “Team coaching for organisational development: team, leader, organisation, coach and supervision perspectives”.

    Real-world transformation is at the heart of all Helen does - partnering with leaders and teams to discover and unlock their unique capability.

    Connect on LinkedIn Helen Zink or visit www.growtobe.co.nz/

    Cost

    The event is free for NZAPP members and a limited number of guest tickets are available for $25. The recording and slides of the event will only be available to members of NZAPP.

    Not already a member? The Association membership is $80 per annum (waged) and $40 (student). To join, click here and take advantage of our free to members annual calendar of events (eight per year).

Past events

February 17, 2026 NZAPP Learning Event: Hope in a High-Tech Future with Melissa Crawford
February 12, 2026 NZAPP Networking online event February - Looking ahead with Purpose - Cultivating Wellbeing for 2026
December 02, 2025 Festive Feelings: Finding Balance in a Season of Highs and Lows - December 2025
November 05, 2025 How Leaders Find Courage Through Connection: An Introduction to Anchor Relationships® with Kellie Cummings, MAPP
October 23, 2025 NZAPP Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2025
October 21, 2025 NZAPP Practitioner Event: Positive Psychology in Action
September 19, 2025 Volunteer information session
September 10, 2025 REST & RISE™: A Sustainable Approach to Workplace Wellbeing with Clare Martin
August 21, 2025 NZAPP Member Networking online event - August 21
July 17, 2025 Practitioner Event: Positive Psychology in Action
May 22, 2025 NZAPP Member Networking online event - May 22nd
April 08, 2025 Positive Provocation in Positive Psychology with Dr Robert Biswas-Diener
February 27, 2025 NZAPP Member Networking online event - February 27th
February 11, 2025 Crafting Well-being Environments: Systems-oriented strategies for lasting change with Dr Reuben Rusk
November 26, 2024 Mapping Wellbeing: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand and Positive Psychology with Annalise Roache
October 22, 2024 NZAPP Annual General Meeting (AGM)
October 22, 2024 Making Work Better: How leading-edge organisations are winning with people with Dr Denise Quinlan
September 10, 2024 NZAPP New Member Mixer and Networking online event - September 10th
July 05, 2024 Positive Psychology Practitioners - Showcasing the science in action
May 14, 2024 Primal World Beliefs - How understanding can unlock a better life with Sue Langley
April 09, 2024 Join us for the NZAPP April online networking event!
March 26, 2024 NZAPP Lunchtime Learning Series: “It can't take time, it can't be fluffy, and it has to work for the way we work”: meeting the post-pandemic workplace wellbeing challenge with Dr Fiona Crichton
February 13, 2024 NZAPP Lunchtime Learning Series: Pathways to enable a better future for positive psychology with Dr Aaron Jarden
December 07, 2023 Join us for the NZAPP December online networking event!
November 07, 2023 NZAPP Lunchtime Learning Series: Stranger than we can imagine - The possibility and potential significance of non-human forms of consciousness and wellbeing with Dr Tim Lomas
October 31, 2023 NZAPP Annual General Meeting (AGM)
September 12, 2023 Mental Health Awareness Week Learning Session with Dr Peggy Kern
August 03, 2023 Join us for the NZAPP August online networking event!
June 15, 2023 The Power and Science of Awe - June Learning Session
May 11, 2023 Join us for the NZAPP May networking event!
March 14, 2023 Lunctime Learning March 14th 2023 - Why do so many wellbeing programs fail to see concrete results?
February 09, 2023 NZAPP Members networking event February 9th, 2023 (online)
December 01, 2022 NZAPP Members networking event December 1st, 2022 (online)
November 08, 2022 Dr Robert Isler: Sharing inspirational insights and practical applications of Positive Psychology
September 13, 2022 Dr Denise Quinlan, Collective Resilience: Why we need it for the long haul and how to build it
August 23, 2022 NZAPP Annual General Meeting (AGM)
August 04, 2022 NZAPP Members networking event (online)
June 07, 2022 Wellbeing insights with Sue Langley
May 05, 2022 NZAPP Members networking event (online)
March 10, 2022 Positive Psychology systems and indigenous knowledge
February 10, 2022 NZAPP Members networking event (online) | February 2022
December 14, 2021 Executive Committee Meeting
November 27, 2021 Executive Committee Quarterly Strategic Meeting
September 01, 2021 Prioritising Positivity in Positive Psychology Coaching with Dr Suzy Green
July 27, 2021 Lunchtime Learning: Wellbeing for parents of children with disabilities
June 01, 2021 Wellbeing Success Stories

* Check out the Members > Learning Library for recordings of some of these sessions.

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2024 Past Events
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2023 Past Events
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2022 Past Events
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