Hey! I just sent my application to the NZ PT boards last Friday. I sent it with the old forms as the site states that if you submit the old forms by August 31 then you can still use it.
I looked on the new forms to decide if one was easier than the other but opted to stick with just completing the old form that I had already started. It truly is just a whole new approach to the competencies. The older forms assessed you as a Physiotherapist based on learning objectives from PT school. The new competencies truly assesses you as a Physiotherapist in how you function with the knowledge you already have. Its not about proving that you learnt "how to assess a musculoskeletal pathology" (which is more the approach of the first competencies), rather it is about how as a physiotherapist you can reflect, communicate, and deliver the best care in the profession you are able to provide with the assumption that you already have all the foundation knowledge.