Register via the New Zealand graduate route
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Apply for an APC in the Intern Pharmacist scope of practice.
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Complete the Intern training programme (1450 hours) and pass the Assessment Centre.
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Apply for an APC in Pharmacist scope of practice.
Intern pharmacists
How to register as an Intern Pharmacist if you’ve graduated from a Bachelor of Pharmacy programme in New Zealand or Australia.
Vacancies
Current Vacancies
Fitness for registration
If you’re applying to register with the Pharmacy Council for the first time, we must ensure you’re fit for registration. It’s a requirement of the HPCA Act 2003.
Registering as a pharmacist
Passed Assessment Centre? You may apply to register
Adverse events during assessments and exams
Have an adverse event during an exam or assessment?
Newsletter September 2026
Read this newsletter as a PDF Kia ora koutouFollowing the direction we gathered earlier in the year from the discussion document responses, our focus this quarter has been on continuing to improve the various registration pathways people can take to work as a...