NZPM established the Future Governance Programme in 2017 to foster future elected director capability from within our ordinary shareholder membership pool, through a formal training and mentoring programme.

• Eligibility: Applicants for the programme must be ordinary shareholders who have a strong desire to be involved in the future NZPM governance process and demonstrate core attributes for development and mentoring as potential future directors of the co-operative.
• Training and Mentoring: The selected candidates will attend and participate in NZPM Board meetings for an initial 12-month period from September to August. At the end of this term, the company will assess the participant's progress with the expectation that the appointment will be extended for a second 12-month term if participation and development objectives are being met.
• Selection Process: When new places on the programme become available, the company asks for written applications, then develops a shortlist and interviews candidates during June and July with the successful candidates being announced at the company’s Annual Meeting. When new places on the programme become available, the company asks for written applications, then develops a shortlist and interviews candidates during June and July with the successful candidates being announced at the company’s Annual Meeting. 
• Past Participants:
  • Ngaire Mansfield from Straight Flush Plumbing Limited, Wellington was appointed as NZPM’s first recipient of the programme in August 2017
  • Reuben Cutts from Fixed Price Limited (Auckland) and Nathan Stewart from Precision Group Limited (Wellington) were appointed in August 2018
  • Sam Tyson from Climate & Plumbing (New Plymouth) and Dave Morgan from C F Reece (Hamilton) were appointed in August 2019
  • Scot Pearce from Water to Waste (Auckland) was appointed as a sole appointee in 2020
  • Sarah Jamieson from BOP Plumbing & Gas (Rotorua) was appointed to the programme in 2021
  • Joe Calkin from FB Hall & Company Limited (Hamilton) was appointed to the programme in 2022
  • Joel Eddington from Your Local Plumber (2015) Limited (Auckland) was appointed to the programme in 2023