The MPA works with and/or is a member of the following industry organisations, all of which help increase its sphere of influence:

• Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)
• Advertising Standards Complaints Board (ASCB)
• Association of New Zealand Advertisers (ANZA)
• Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)
  ** ABC Application
• Business New Zealand
• Communication Agencies Association NZ (CAANZ)
• Canadian Magazine Publishers Association (CMPA)
• International Federation of the Periodical Press (FIPP)
• Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) U.S
• Magazine Publishers of Australia (MPA)
• Publishers Australia
• Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) - UK
• New Zealand Journalists Training Board (JTO)
• New Zealand Press Council
• Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA)
• New Zealand Post
• Nielsen Media Research – New Zealand Readership Survey
• Print Media Accreditation Authority (PMAA)
  ** PMAA Application