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ChatGPT training NZ from thecolab.ai

What are the learning options? Start with the free online introduction. For guided team practice, choose a half-day, full-day or rollout programme, delivered on-site or remotely. Bring approved work examples and practise reviewing the outputs. thecolab.ai agrees the audience, course and delivery with you before a booking is made.

Bring your team’s real work. Leave with checked outputs and reusable prompts.

Get a team workshop planSee the half-day agenda

Try the free introduction — no login.

Run by Adam Holt and Simon Conroy, co-founders of thecolab.ai.

How much does ChatGPT training cost in NZ?

Team workshops start from $4,000 + GST for up to 10 people, with $200 + GST per extra person. Public sessions start from $399 + GST per person; the schedule is coming soon.

How do I choose ChatGPT training for a NZ business?

Start with the work your staff do, their current experience and the accounts they can use. Compare course topics and outcomes, then choose on-site or remote delivery. Use cleared examples and decide who will check the work.

Where can our team get ChatGPT training?

All regional and main-city hubs. We can also train your team remotely.

Courses
9introductory, practical, organisation, advanced, role-based
Formats
Half-day to rollouthalf-day, full day, or a series of sessions
Where
On-site or remotewe come to you, anywhere in New Zealand
Training hubs
28regional and main-city training

Independent training by thecolab.ai. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by OpenAI.

Prices

Team training

From $4,000 + GST for up to 10 people

+$200 + GST per extra person. Private training for your staff, with your own work as the exercises.

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Public workshops

From $399 + GST per person

Schedule coming soon. Register interest and we email you when a day is set near you.

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Prices are in New Zealand dollars and exclude GST.

9 courses, one path

Start the online introduction at your own pace, with practice lessons and quizzes. No login needed.

Start with a hands-on session, then choose team rollout or advanced training. Every course uses your own tasks and documents.

  1. 1Introductory

    ChatGPT essentials workshop

    A hands-on first session: clear prompts, files, data analysis, Projects and search, practised on tasks your team already does.

    For: Owners, office managers, coordinators, sales and admin staff. Anyone who writes, summarises or works with spreadsheets. No technical background is needed.

  2. 2Practical

    ChatGPT at work: the full-day workshop

    A full day that takes real jobs from first draft to checked result, with data analysis, Projects and a first reusable skill.

    For: People who use ChatGPT now and then and want it to carry part of their weekly workload. Team leads who will help others after the day.

  3. 3Organisation

    ChatGPT Business and Enterprise rollout

    Set up a ChatGPT workspace properly: plan choice, admin settings, an AI use policy, shared skills and Projects, and support that keeps people using it.

    For: Owners, managers, the person who will administer the workspace, and a few staff who will act as champions.

  4. 4Advanced

    Skills, plugins, workspace agents and connected apps

    For power users and technical leads: skills, plugins, Projects, ChatGPT Work, connected apps, data analysis and workspace agents.

    For: Operations power users, analysts, technical leads and developers who already use ChatGPT confidently and want it to do multi-step work.

Courses for specific roles

Who's behind this

ChatGPT Training NZ is run by thecolab.ai, the people who assist with New Zealand's Claude Community meetups. We help run the events and teach at them.

Adam Holt, co-founder of thecolab.ai

Adam Holt

Adam is a co-founder and the technical lead. He's New Zealand's first Claude Ambassador and has been building software for NZ businesses for nearly a decade: PO2Order, Rapido, PricePulse NZ. He writes the code, runs the demos and builds most of the material you'll learn from.

Simon Conroy, co-founder of thecolab.ai

Simon Conroy

Si is a co-founder and the strategy lead. He has 20+ years in data and technology strategy, with senior roles at Air New Zealand, Spark, Flight Centre and Qrious, and he's run his own analytics agency, Decisive, since 2018. He's the one who asks how it fits your business, your data and your risk settings.

The community behind us has 1,000+ members, and there have been 2,000+ registrations at the Claude Community events we help run in Auckland and Wellington. We've also spoken at Connect Waikato.

Meet the team · See thecolab.ai

What AI means for work in New Zealand

63.6% of employed New Zealanders, about 1,669,000 people, work in desk-based roles: the managers, professionals, admin and sales staff whose tasks AI assistants help with most.

That share ranges from 71.1% in Wellington to 54.2% in West Coast, and varies between towns. Regional and main-city hubs show sourced local figures and what they mean for ChatGPT training.

An indicative measure of where AI assistance applies, not a forecast of job change.

Share of employed residents in desk-based roles, by region

Desk-based share by region, 2023 Census
RegionChartShareNZ
Wellington 71.1% 63.6%
Auckland 67.0% 63.6%
Canterbury 61.4% 63.6%
Bay of Plenty 61.3% 63.6%
Waikato 61.2% 63.6%
Nelson 60.8% 63.6%
Northland 60.4% 63.6%
Otago 59.9% 63.6%
Taranaki 59.4% 63.6%
Tasman 59.3% 63.6%
Hawke's Bay 58.7% 63.6%
Manawatū-Whanganui 58.5% 63.6%
Gisborne 56.7% 63.6%
Marlborough 56.0% 63.6%
Southland 55.6% 63.6%
West Coast 54.2% 63.6%

Office, management and sales means four occupation groups: managers, professionals, admin and clerical staff, and sales. These are roles where AI assistance is most applicable. This broad proxy does not measure adoption or predict job change.

Source: Stats NZ, 2023 Census, usually resident employed people; ILO, Generative AI and jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposure (2025).

Out of every 100 working New Zealanders, 64 are in office, management or sales roles and 16 run their own business.

Office, management, sales
64
People-facing
9
Hands-on
27
654,435 business locations in February 2025, up 9.6% since 2020. Stats NZ, 2023 Census and Business Demography Statistics.

Examples from your industry

Examples for each sector, its privacy and compliance requirements, and where its jobs are in New Zealand.

How we train

  • Built on your business

    Bring real quotes, emails and questions from customers. Your team drafts a response, checks it against the source and keeps the prompt for another task.

  • Straight answers

    We are independent, so we will tell you when a cheaper plan, a different tool or no AI is the better call.

  • Check the sources

    Every number here comes from Stats NZ or a cited source. We do not invent reviews or use borrowed logos.

Illustration generated with AI.

Which plan? ChatGPT Business (formerly Team) suits most teams. It has a shared workspace with admin controls, and business data excluded from training by default. Larger organisations usually need Enterprise.

Free or Plus
Individuals trying it out. Personal accounts are hard to govern once staff use them for company work.
Business (formerly Team)
Small and medium teams. A shared workspace, admin controls, and business data excluded from training by default.
Enterprise
Larger organisations that need SSO, domain verification, compliance tooling and more control over data retention.
API and Codex
Developers building on OpenAI models or using Codex for software work.

Training is delivered by practitioners from thecolab.ai, New Zealand’s community of people building with AI. thecolab.ai also runs Claude training and Microsoft Copilot training.

Common questions

Is this official OpenAI training?

No. This is independent training from practitioners in the thecolab.ai community. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by OpenAI.

How much does team training cost?

Team training is from $4,000 + GST for up to 10 people, then $200 + GST for each extra person. Public workshops are from $399 + GST per person. Schedule coming soon. Send an enquiry and we reply by email with a suggested course and format.

Should our staff keep using personal ChatGPT accounts?

Usually not for company work. A Business or Enterprise workspace gives you admin control and keeps business data out of model training by default. We help you decide which plan fits, and how to move people across.

What about custom GPTs?

OpenAI retires custom GPTs on 11 December 2026. We help you move existing ones to skills or plugins and build new work that way.

What if we already use Microsoft 365?

Many businesses use both. We will give you a straight comparison with Copilot for your situation. The choice is yours.

Train your team

  1. Send us a few linesHow many people, where you are, and the jobs that eat your week.
  2. We reply with a planA suggested session and format, plus what to bring: real quotes, emails and questions.
  3. Your team does the workAt your place or over video. They finish with ChatGPT doing real tasks, not demos.
  • In person
  • Remote
  • Half-day workshop
  • Full-day workshop
  • Team rollout

Independent training by thecolab.ai. Not affiliated with OpenAI.

Enquire

Tell us about your team. We reply by email with a suggested course and format.

Team workshops from $4,000 + GST for up to 10 people. +$200 + GST per extra person.

Public sessions from $399 + GST per person. Schedule coming soon.

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