NZ Skeptics
| Formation | 1986 |
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| Founders | Bernard Howard, David Marks, Denis Dutton, Gordon Hewitt, Jim Woolnough, Kerry Chamberlain, Ray Carr |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Legal status | Incorporated Society, Registered Charity |
| Location | |
Chairperson | Bronwyn Rideout |
Main organ | Committee |
| Website | skeptics.nz |
Formerly called | New Zealand Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal |
NZ Skeptics is a New Zealand incorporated society created in 1986, with the aim of promoting critical thinking. The main areas of interest to the NZ Skeptics are claims of psychic abilities, alternative medicine, creationism and other pseudoscientific claims. At its founding in 1986, it was known as the New Zealand Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (NZCSICOP). In 2007 the name was formally changed to NZ Skeptics Incorporated.