The Humanist Society of New Zealand (Inc) was established in Auckland in 1967, where Council meetings were first held. The 1982 Council was based in Christchurch and in 1987 it moved to Wellington where it continues to meet.
| President | Vice President | Secretary | Treasurer | Elected |
| Ray Carr [pro tem] | * | J Beadle/M Geary | D C Worsley | 30/07/67 |
| E Sikkema | Eric Grimes | W Facer/R Carr | D C Worsley | 03/05/68 |
| K C Langton | Eric Grimes | Ray Carr | D C Worsley | 30/05/69 |
| K C Langton | Eric Grimes | Ray Carr | D C Worsley | 17/07/70 |
| Eric Grimes | E Sikkema | Ray Carr | D C Worsley | 30/07/71 |
| Eric Grimes | E Sikkema | W Chase/L Southon | Ray Carr | 21/07/72 |
| Ray Carr | Eric Grimes | Barbara Miller | Lawrence Southon | 21/07/73 |
| Ray Carr | Eric Grimes | Barbara Miller | Lawrence Southon | 08/09/74 |
| Barbara Miller | Eric Grimes | Nina Barraclough | Dr Peter Taylor | 08/07/75 |
| Eric Grimes | Ray Carr | Nina Barraclough | Dr Peter Taylor | 04/07/76 |
| Des R Jennings | Ray Carr | Nina Barraclough | Dr Peter Taylor | 04/09/77 |
| Des R Jennings | Eric Grimes | Ray Carr | Dr Peter Taylor | 06/08/78 |
| Dr Jim Woolnough | Des R Jennings | Ray Carr | Dr Peter Taylor | 05/08/79 |
| Dr Jim Woolnough | Eric Grimes | Ray Carr | Dr Peter Taylor | 03/08/80 |
| Eric Grimes | George Pirie | Des R Jennings | Dr Peter Taylor | 02/08/81 |
| Bryon Mann | * | Carol Halpin | June Stroud | 01/08/82 |
| Bryon Mann | Valda Woods | Carol Halpin | June Stroud | 27/08/83 |
| Ray Carr | Bryon Mann | Carol Halpin | June Stroud | 01/09/84 |
| Bryon Mann | Ray Carr | Carol Halpin | June Stroud | 28/09/85 |
| Bryon Mann | Brien Halpin | Carol Halpin | June Stroud | 29/11/86 |
| Jim Dakin | Peggy Slater | David McLeod | Robert Perse | 20/09/87 |
| Jim Dakin | Peggy Slater | David McLeod | Robert Perse | 03/09/88 |
| Des Vize | Jim Dakin | David McLeod | T Thorpe/Mcleod | 08/09/89 |
| Des Vize | Jim Dakin | Barbara Carr | Barbara Carr | 02/09/90 |
| Jeanne van Gorkom | Eric Grimes | Jim Dakin | David McLeod | 13/09/91 |
| Jeanne van Gorkom | Eric Grimes | Maureen Hoy | Peter Offenberger | 11/09/92 |
| Des Vize | Eric Grimes | Maureen Hoy | Peter Offenberger | 10/09/93 |
| Des Vize | Clyde McClaren | Joan McCracken | Peter Offenberger | 30/09/94 |
| Geoff Palmer | Eric Grimes | Vize/McCracken | Peter Offenberger | 29/09/95 |
| Jeanne van Gorkom | Geoff Palmer | Anne Fergusson | John Siddal | 14/09/96 |