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Alinta's Approach

We caught up with Mitch Graham, National Sales Manager – Australia & New Zealand from Alinta Apparel.

Join us at the Cambridge Conference New Zealand 2025

We’re pleased to invite school leaders and educators to the Cambridge Conference New Zealand 2025.

Limit the logical and elevate the emotional: Neuroscience in school marketing

For generations we’ve been told that logic dictates our decision making. However, a growing body of research suggests that it's our emotions that drive our decisions, especially when it comes to complex purchase decisions.

How to Increase Engagement from Your Students & Parents

Student and parent engagement is the lifeblood of any successful school community. When students feel connected to their school and parents are actively involved in their children’s education, the benefits ripple far and wide.

Bus out the chaos

Managing 200 students across nine daily bus routes was a nightmare for Pinehurst School in Auckland. RollCall has tamed the chaos with its comprehensive bus management system.

Payroll made powerful: Embracing the complexity of school payroll

Payroll for independent schools in New Zealand is inherently complex, with challenges such as varied leave types, holiday calculations, term time–only staff and multiple pay rates. How can schools conquer these complexities? Here’s a quick look.

Seven Leadership Rules

Ovation Hospitality works with partners across a wide range of sectors, including school canteens, healthcare meals, senior living dining, workplace hospitality cafés and event stadiums.

5 ways leasing enhances your school’s education outcomes

Helping your students learn with modern equipment and reducing the time teachers take troubleshooting ICT are some of the ways Quadrent’s leasing solution can boost your school’s education outcomes.

Trusted Time and Again: Why Independent Schools Choose Tour Time for Educational Travel

When it comes to international school tours, confidence in your travel provider is everything. That’s why so many ISNZ member schools choose Tour Time, because we deliver on what matters most: safety, reliability, and enriching experiences.

Automation, Visibility & Control in One Platform

For many finance teams across the education sector, manual processes, paper trails, and siloed systems still dominate the day-to-day, leading to inefficiencies, compliance headaches, and vulnerability to fraud.

Alinta - The Total Uniform Solution

Alinta is a proudly 100% family-owned uniform manufacturer and retailer, offering hundreds of schools across Australia and New Zealand quality, customised academic and sports uniforms.

Mental Health Literacy as the Bedrock of School Wellbeing

Across New Zealand, schools are investing more time, energy, and resources into student wellbeing than ever before. But despite the best efforts, many schools report mixed results.

How to Host a Successful School Fundraiser

Hosting a school fundraiser is more than just raising money. It’s about creating a sense of community, empowering students, and giving parents the chance to actively support their children’s education.

Credit Card Reconciliation

Join Alii to find out more about it's Credit Card Reconciliation feature.

Warmth, care, and professionalism served with every plate

Ovation fuels busy days and brightens tough ones. Because food isn’t just nourishment – it’s comfort, connection, and the simple joy of sharing a meal with others.

The benefits of equipment leasing for your school

Financial flexibility, secure e-waste disposal, and working with your preferred brands and suppliers can enhance learning outcomes for your students.

Payroll made powerful: Embracing the complexity of school payroll

How can independent schools conquer the inherent complexities of payroll? Here's a quick look.

Why Tour Time is the Smart Choice for Your School’s International Tours

When it comes to planning an international tour, selecting the right travel partner can make all the difference. Safety, educational value, financial protection, and expert support are all essential-but not all tour companies are created equal.

Addressing behavioural incidents

It is important for schools to understand the relevant legal framework and requirements they need to work within with regards to aggressive and/or unacceptable student behaviour.

Unlocking Your School’s Value: A practical framework

There is a lot happening in the modern school marketing landscape. It seems that every time you open a new browser tab there is a new tool or app that is going to “make your life” easier and solve your enrolment problems.

Leading Through Change – Managing Stress and Avoiding Burnout in School Leadership

The role of a school leader is more demanding than ever and the expectation to lead with confidence and resilience, while constantly adapting to new challenges, has placed many school leaders at risk of burnout.

Uniting your community, ‘the ‘write’ way

“The art of communication is the language of leadership,” said writer James Humes. As a speechwriter to five United States Presidents over several decades, Humes had more than a little experience with inspiring a broad, and usually divided, audience.

Celebrating New Zealand’s Outstanding Cambridge Learners

119 students across New Zealand received Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards at recent University of Auckland ceremony.

How Schools Can Improve Accounts Payable Efficiency Year-Round

Achieving AP efficiency requires ongoing improvements throughout the year. From setting up automation tools to refining approval workflows and strengthening financial oversight, each month presents an opportunity to optimise your processes.

A comprehensive policy process for independent schools

SchoolDocs offers a user-friendly, online policy platform that we customise to reflect each school’s character. Trusted by 2100 + schools,our system simplifies policy management and ensures compliance so that you can focus on what matters most.

Not all tour companies are created equal

When it comes to working with a travel company and trusting your safety and your money to them, it’s vitally important to know what you need to look out for.

AI and the future of payroll: What lies ahead?

The payroll industry is on the brink of a major transformation driven by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. So, what part will AI play in the future of payroll, a field often viewed as routine and technical?

The quiet art of feeding schools well

Warmth, care, and professionalism – plated daily. From the morning rush to the tired hush of boarder supper, Ovation serves New Zealand’s independent schools with meals that nourish, connect, and keep school life ticking.

When To Say What To Whom

Australian school Heads are increasingly forced to address contentious, complex and dynamic issues with their communities, and it seems the communication decisions just get more difficult each year.

Mastering Automatic Payment Audits: How Automation Ensures You Are Always Audit-Ready

Audit season can be a stressful time for finance teams, especially when dealing with manual processes, missing documentation, and last-minute reconciliations. But what if you could be audit-ready all year round?

King's College Continues to Partner with Cyclone

The continual training of staff on the effective use of technology in the classroom is the key to executing on a digital strategy within a school. King’s College continues to partner with Cyclone to achieve these outcomes.

The Holidays Act: Five Steps To Get Staff Leave Right

Navigating the Holidays Act can be a challenge for schools juggling the complexities of holiday pay calculations, unique leave arrangements, staff with multiple roles and more.

5 Reasons a Hosted School Management System Makes Sense for Schools

Your school management software is your school’s engine room, so choosing whether to host it on-premises or in the cloud is a significant decision.

Why Schools Trust Tour Time for Exceptional Educational Travel

When planning a school tour, choosing the right travel provider is more than just logistics—it’s about certainty, security, and creating life-changing experiences for students.

SchoolDocs updates for independent schools

SchoolDocs is working to better support independent schools with their policies and procedures. Recent changes include a smoother sign-up process and updated policy content.

The Ever Present Phishing Peril In Education

It seems like an almost monthly occurence to read in the media of a school falling victim to a cyber security incident and whilst the causes of these do vary, phishing attacks remain a very popular attack vector. Cyclone shares the significance of how lateral movement increases the impact of a breach, the importance of layers of defence and how to prepare for the inevitable.

Tackling the complexities: Independent schools and the Holidays Act

Datapay explains the complexities of the Holidays Act, payroll challenges and leave management, and highlights the need for schools to have robust payroll systems to record and calculate leave accurately, efficiently, and transparently.

Leading with Grace

Fiona Hutton, from Hutton Consulting Australia sheds light on how to navigate professional setbacks in career progression.

Tour Time Reflects on 2024 Successes

The TourTime team reflects on a successful 2024.

Chartwells: Shaping School Food Experiences 2024

2024 has been a milestone year for Chartwells. Our commitment to delivering the highest quality food experiences has set a new standard within the residential education sector and established Chartwells as the leader in modern school food services.

Schools that plan smarter, succeed faster

Recognising the need for Accounts Payable (AP) automation is just the first step, true success lies in how you implement it. Alii shares its comprehensive guide, The Business Manager’s Roadmap to Successful AP Automation Implementation in Schools to shed light on this aspect of your business.

Reputational Management - how to effectively manage employee complaints

Complaints about the conduct of staff is a reputational risk for independent schools, and it is crucial to have clear policies and procedures in place that set out how complaints will be dealt with.

Our new website and portal are GO!

In September, ISNZ launched its new website and ISNZ members' portal.

Tour Time Tips

Ensuring safety of people and funds so you can travel with confidence.

Culinary Envy

How Chartwells is Transforming the Culinary Landscape within the Residential Education Market.

Alinta appointed official retail partner at St Bede's College

Alinta Apparel is proud to announce its retail uniform shop partnership with St Bede's College.

Conference Connections

Sponsors spend valuable time with member school decision makers.

Outstanding individuals receive ISNZ Honours Awards

Independent Schools community connects at 2024 ISNZ Conference

ISNZ hosts largest conference to date in Te Pae, Christchurch.

Student ambassadors: your admissions secret weapon

When families are scoping out a new school, they need three things: authenticity, personalisation and alignment to their values. Your admissions team has the huge responsibility of catering to all this and demonstrating that your school is a great fit. In fact, this responsibility is so big, it’s almost impossible for your admissions team to complete the job alone.

How Chartwells is Transforming the Culinary Landscape within the Residential Education Market

In an era shaped by overstimulation, young people’s understanding of food has evolved significantly. With unprecedented access to diverse culinary experiences through social media, chef influencers, or popular TV shows like FX’s The Bear, today’s students have developed sophisticated tastes and a heightened awareness of food and nutrition. In response to these changing preferences, Chartwells, the leading provider of catering services within New Zealand’s education sector, has embraced the challenge by setting a new benchmark in residential catering tailored to the needs of today’s youth.

International tours – ensuring safety of people and funds

Once again, over the past couple of months there has been intense media coverage of tour companies letting schools, parents and students down when it comes to security of funds paid, and safety of groups on tour.

ISNZ Reputational Management – How to effectively manage employee complaints

Maintaining a strong reputation is paramount for independent schools to ensure the maintenance of higher-level education services that they provide.Complaints about the conduct of staff is a reputational risk for independent schools, and it is crucial to have clear policies and procedures in place that set out how complaints will be dealt with.

The Future of School Operations: How Best-of-Breed Approaches Drive Digital Transformation

Are you ready to modernise your school’s operations with a Best-of-Breed strategy? This blog delves into the effectiveness of best-of-breed approaches in driving digital transformation within educational institutions. Discover how to seamlessly integrate digital tools into your school’s operations and revolutionise your processes.

FUJIFILM Business Innovation: Shaping Future Leaders through Experience

At FUJIFILM Business Innovation, we’re passionate about nurturing the next generation of Kiwi leaders, which is why we take part in AUT’s Shadow a Leader programme each year.

FUJIFILM’S Five Things You Didn’t Know your MFD Can Do (and one that it can’t)

Your office photocopier probably doesn’t get a lot of attention. If you’re like most people, the most time you spend with it is probably to reload paper. But when was the last time you really sat down and got to know it? If you did, you might be surprised.

Policy FAQ with SchoolDocs

SchoolDocs is delighted to be attending the ISNZ conference this year in our home town of Ōtautahi. We’re looking forward to hearing about how schools are putting their policies and procedures into practice. If you’re a SchoolDocs subscriber keen to tell us how it’s working for your school, or if you’re thinking about signing up, we’d love to see you at the SchoolDocs stand.

Building strong relationships: How to use the PACE Model to connect with your students

By Ilia Lindsay, Registered Psychologist and Komodo Psychology Lead

Latest ISNZ newsletter, hot off the press!

Read about our upcoming ISNZ Conference and insightful Sponsor thought-leadership pieces. Plus, find out the latest School news.

Simpson Grierson – Health and Safety

A recent High Court decision1, challenged the widely accepted legal principle that trust is not a legal entity, and therefore cannot be subject to WorkSafe prosecution under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA).

SchoolDocs: Policy and Procedure Confidence

SchoolDocs has been providing online policies and procedures to New Zealand schools since 2006. The SchoolDocs team develops tailor-made policies for New Zealand’s dynamic educational environment. With a dedicated team of content specialists and a cohort of over 2000 schools, we work to ensure school policies stay up to date with the needs of schools and their communities.

Texthelp’s software solutions to support inclusive education

We are very excited to welcome to the local Texthelp team in Aotearoa New Zealand our new Texthelper, Aaron Overington. Aaron may be known to you already through his strategic work in education in previous roles, and we are delighted to now have him on board.

Work Smarter for Our Communities with FUJIFILM Business Innovation

Choosing FUJIFILM Business Innovation as your technology partner means more than just accessing an exciting range of products and services; it means investing in community initiatives that make a real difference.

Managing student stress: Understanding the window of tolerance

Stress is an unavoidable aspect of our everyday lives, and the challenges that arise during adolescence often lead high school students to feel more stressed than usual. Environmental and societal stressors that they encounter on a daily basis add pressure to their nervous systems, making it difficult for them to regulate their emotions.

Alinta Apparel to attend ISNZ Conference

Alinta Apparel is a quality bespoke uniform manufacturer and retailer based in Christchurch. Alinta offers independent schools across New Zealand, quality, customised, academic and sports uniforms. As one of the most trusted sources of on-campus retail solutions in the industry Alinta is pleased to be attending the ISNZ Conference in Christchurch.

View Cyclone’s Microsoft Co Pilot webinar

Cyclone hosted a successful webinar with Microsoft Copilot two weeks ago. A recording of the webinar is available here for anyone who may have missed it.

The Value of Partnership

Our sponsors provide expertise, networks, and tailored solutions, enhancing educational practices and strategic planning. They offer valuable thought leadership, sharing insights and trends that shape the future of education. These collaborations drive innovation, equip students for the future, and foster a sense of community among stakeholders.

Picture-Perfect Showcase at Fujifilm Business Innovation headquarters

Come along to this exclusive opportunity as Fujifilm unveils the impressive capabilities of its EPSON P-series and T-Series wide format printers, showcasing why they’re your leading choice for wide format solutions. This event promises an evening filled with insights, networking opportunities, and the chance to explore Fujifilm’s cutting-edge technology first-hand.

Transforming Data and Assessment Processes with digital tools by Education Perfect

The demand for personalised student learning in dynamic classrooms is at an all-time high, necessitating effective tools for teachers to identify and address individual student needs without increasing their workload.

Introducing Hutton Consulting Australia

We are delighted to welcome Hutton Consulting Australia (HCA) as a new sponsor.

Building Digital Literacy by Ilia Lindsay, Komodo

How do we find the balance when it comes to managing the increasingly pervasive presence of technology and students who are in a critical developmental period? The answer is introducing a solid digital literacy strategy in your classroom.

Digistorm – 5 ways school apps can make an impact

Did you know that the average person spends over three hours on a mobile device every day? Our smartphones are always with us — most people even sleep next to their phone — so it’s no surprise that many forward-thinking companies (including schools) are choosing to engage their customers with a mobile app.

Sebel’s mindfull mission

Mindfull’s mission is simple but significant – to create happy spaces for the next generation, however they like to learn.

Navigating the New Frontier: An AI Policy and Guidance Framework for Schools by Akotech

In an era where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the educational landscape, schools are at a critical juncture of transformation. The emergence of AI technologies, including tools like ChatGPT, brings both opportunities and challenges that necessitate a nuanced approach to policy formulation and implementation.

Digital Transformation in Accounts Payable with Alii

Case Study: How Brisbane Grammar School Unlocked efficiency and saved 20 minutes per order with Alii

Nourishing the Minds of a Digital Generation: Chartwells’ Smart Food Solutions

In an era defined by rapid technological advancements and unprecedented access to information, today’s youth are growing up in a digital landscape unlike any generation before them.

Fully immersive and sensory experiences with Tour Time

In years gone by, students could only dream of a time when technology would put the world in the palm of their hand. The digital age has brought many benefits to our students and youth during their most formative years; however, parents and teachers alike have noticed that many of our children now experience life through a screen and have diverted their attention from outwards to downwards.

Neurodiversity and Behaviour by Hanna Tevita, Simpson Grierson

The neurodiversity space is constantly changing and growing as experts in this area continue to expand their knowledge. It is important to understand the challenges that are faced for the students and the school when dealing with students who have neurodevelopmental conditions.

Changes at ISNZ

2024 has started with some exciting changes at ISNZ and Chief Executive, Guy Pascoe continues to be passionate about ISNZ’s purpose, saying ‘it is our absolute commitment to represent the interests of our schools, grow capability in the sector and champion choice in education.’