The New Zealand Institute of Chemistry  (NZIC) was founded in 1931 and is the professional membership organisation for professionals working in the field of chemistry across the education and industry sectors in New Zealand. It is organised into six geographical branches (Auckland, Waikato, Manawatu, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago) and a number of specialist groups.
In 2019 it formed the group Secondary Chemistry Educators of NZ (SCENZ) as the national chemistry teachers’ subject association.
The NZIC publishes its own quarterly journal Chemistry in New Zealand. It has been a co-owner society of Chemistry: An Asian Journal since 2008, and is a co-owner of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK).
The NZIC holds a national conference every two years with the branches taking turns to host. It is also a co-sponsor of the Pacifichem Congress which is held in Hawaii every five years.
The Council of the NZIC consists of an Executive (President, Vice President or Past President and Treasurer), Student Representative, Secretary, and delegates from each of the Branch Committees. Members of the executive are elected annually at the Annual General Meeting.