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Salary tables / Registrar — RDA (NZRDA) CA 2026-2028 / Category A

Registrar — category A

RDA (NZRDA) CA 2026-2028, category A: runs averaging 65+ hours a week.

Category A · 65+ hours a week · clause 8.2

Rates in effect now 3 August 2026

YearA
65+ hrs
Year 1$170,169
Year 2$178,422
Year 3$186,616
Year 4$194,856
Year 5$202,988
Year 6$213,223
Year 7$223,332
Year 8$233,629
Year 9$243,818
Year 10

Uprate, applies from 2 August 2027

YearA
65+ hrs
Year 1$175,423
Year 2$183,883
Year 3$192,282
Year 4$200,728
Year 5$209,062
Year 6$219,554
Year 7$229,915
Year 8$240,470
Year 9$250,914
Year 10

This is the category-A column of the full Registrar table under RDA (NZRDA) CA 2026-2028. Category A applies to runs with an expected average of 65+ hours a week.

Year 1$170,169Year 2Year 3Year 4$194,856Year 5Year 6Year 7$223,332Year 8Year 9$243,818

Source

Signed agreement, Health New Zealand · checked 3 September 2026

Online version published by NZRDA · checked 3 September 2026 — Salary tables agree digit-for-digit with the signed scan's OCR layer and with page images of pages 13, 14 and 16 of the signed PDF.