The Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand has been established to allow the medical colleges to discuss issues of common interest and to enable them to share knowledge, objectives and policies. Such discussions enable the Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand to then inform and advise Ministers, Government agencies and other relevant bodies on relevant health issues.
Its aim is the collective support of the individual colleges in their provision of an adequate, well qualified, experienced, and capable medical workforce to serve the best interests of the community. By the Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand's interaction, through its Member Colleges and on its own behalf, with the people of New Zealand and with the governmental and other organisations providing health services, it is able to be an agency for the information and advisory needs of all. The colleges themselves are educational bodies responsible for the training, examination, and subsequent recertification of medical practitioners in specific medical disciplines. They are also institutions for providing programmes for continuing medical education.
In all its purposes the Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand will act with a charitable purpose and will not undertake activities which are not of a charitable nature.
Leadership of the Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand is provided by a Board of Trustees which includes the New Zealand Chair of each medical College. The Board is chaired by Dr Jonathan Fox. The following medical colleges are members of the Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand:
- Denise Tringham; Administrative Officer
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand
- Juliette Adlam, Administration Officer
New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine
- College Office
Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- New Zealand College Office
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
- Dr Mike O'Rourke; Chair
- Alison Robertson; Branch Officer
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia




