A simpler way to govern your society.
ClubGov is a purpose-built governance platform for New Zealand's incorporated societies, clubs, and not-for-profits. Co-designed with the people who actually run them.
$25 to attend the live online conference. Three months free platform access for every attendee.
Have you re-registered under the new Act?
If you found the constitution rebuild confusing, time-consuming, or harder than it should have been — you're in good company.
In our research with over 100 NZ clubs and societies, the new Incorporated Societies Act 2022 was the single most cited source of governance frustration. Templates were slow to arrive. National bodies were slower still. Volunteer committees were left to interpret legislation written for organisations ten times their size.
That's the part of governance we want to make easier — not by telling you to work harder, but by giving you tools that take the weight off.
Society Governance:
Tips, Tools & Essentials
A live online conference for boards and committees of incorporated societies, clubs, and not-for-profits.
Six practical sessions delivered by senior governance figures and sector leaders. Designed for the realities of volunteer-led organisations: limited time, modest budgets, real obligations.
Every session ends with concrete tools and templates you can take back to your next committee meeting.
Hon. Mark Mitchell MP · Hon. Judith Collins MP · Richard Chandler (Chandler Institute of Governance) · Terry Ray (President, Clubs New Zealand) · Angus Ogilvie (President, Governance NZ) · Daniel Kovacevic (VP, Dalmatian Cultural Society) · Dr Pete Mazany (ClubGov)
Built for the people who actually run societies.
There are tools for enterprise boards. There are tools for project teams. There is nothing built specifically for the 27,000 incorporated societies in New Zealand — most of which are run by volunteers, on weekends, with spreadsheets and personal Gmail accounts.
ClubGov is changing that. We're building the platform we wish we'd had when we were on committees ourselves: simple, modular, designed around the rhythms of a volunteer organisation, and honest about the fact that no two societies are the same.
Built with you, not for you
Every feature comes from a real conversation with a real committee. We don't assume — we ask, we listen, and we build what actually helps.
Modular by design
Use the parts you need, when you need them. Start with member records or meeting minutes, add more as you grow.
Honest about cost
Priced for volunteer organisations, not enterprises. Transparent monthly subscription. No surprises.
Six modules, designed to make committee work simpler.
Each module solves a specific, real problem. You activate the ones you need. The others stay out of your way.
Member Records
A permanent register of every member. Survives committee handovers. Replaces spreadsheets and personal laptops.
Document Library
Every constitution, policy, minute, and resolution — in one searchable place. No more "who has the latest version?"
Meetings & Minutes
Structured minutes with motions, movers, seconders, and resolutions captured properly. Search past decisions in plain English.
Officer Handover
When someone steps down, their replacement opens the platform and sees everything they need. No three-month bank account transfers.
Compliance Calendar
AGMs, annual returns, insurance renewals — automatically tracked. The platform reminds you before deadlines slip.
Disputes & HR
A structured, private way to handle warnings, complaints, and conflicts of interest. Designed with the new Act's requirements in mind.
AI-assisted where it genuinely helps.
Meeting minutes drafted automatically from a recording. Documents indexed and summarised on upload. Plain-English search across years of committee history. We use AI where it removes work for volunteers — not as a gimmick.
Built and hosted in New Zealand.
Your data stays on Auckland servers (AWS ap-southeast-6). Role-based access, full audit trail, member records never deleted. Designed to ISO 27001 principles from day one.
Help shape what we build.
Three minutes. Ten questions. Your answers directly shape what gets built first — and we'll send you a summary of what we hear from the wider community.
We're not asking for sign-up. We're asking for input. If you run a club, society, or community organisation in New Zealand, your perspective is exactly what we need to build something genuinely useful.
You'll be the first to know when we launch, you'll get an invitation to the early-access beta, and you'll receive our community report on what NZ societies actually need from a governance platform.
A small team with deep experience.
ClubGov is built and run by a four-person founding team. Between us we bring decades of experience in governance, accounting, software delivery, and committee work.
Pete Mazany
PhD Yale · Founding directorBackground in governance, education, and strategy. Has worked with organisations across New Zealand and internationally.
Peter Sumich
CA · Finance & complianceChartered Accountant and committee member of the Dalmatian Cultural Society. Brings the financial and compliance lens — and lived experience of running a society in New Zealand.
Csanad Novak
Technology leadNearly 30 years delivering software platforms for organisations of every size. Currently Head of Digital Delivery at Sky TV New Zealand.
Chris Shaw
Business analyst & project leadBackground in operating model design and customer-centred solution architecture. Has worked with over 100 NZ clubs and societies through the survey research.
The Dalmatian Cultural Society
DCS — a 700-member cultural society based in Auckland — is our first pilot client. We're co-designing the platform with their committee. Every feature is shaped by what their officers actually need to do their jobs better.
Two ways to get involved.
Whether you want to attend the conference or help us shape the platform — both move us forward.