Bruce Knox
First Degree BSc Chemistry Second Degree BA Education (double major) Third Degree BA Theology Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Management Adv. Teaching Certificate Doctor of Letters Fellow of ATEM
Experienced educationalist with lifetime of hands on practice Served as Principal-Director in Primary & Secondary Schools Served as CEO, COO, Director, Executive Director in Public and Private Tertiary Organizations
Currently Principal Consultant in Knox Educational Consultant Services. KECS is a niche consulting service with 18 active clients in Auckland, 1 in Niue and 3 in Indonesia. KECS specializes in Quality Development, Funding submissions, Academic Quality, Teacher Improvement Strategies’ and General Strategic Leadership issues.
TEC/NZQA Experience: Member of Charters and Profiles working party Member of Fees maxima working party Member of the NZQA Audit development group Contributor in numerous forum and consultations with TEC, MOE and NZQA
Jill Dunn
Programme manager – Health studies
MHSc & BHSc Complementary medicine, Dip. Naturopathy, Dip. Herbal Medicine, Reg. General & Obstetric Nurse (Non-practising).
Jill comes to us with extensive experience in the education of naturopaths and herbal medicine practitioners, clinical practice and consultation to natural health industry, a journey which began 27 years ago when Jill experienced a life changing health issue. Her aim has always been to provide highest quality education in the natural health field and to encourage and empower others to make positive changes in their lives and of course to be “unstoppable”.
Lyn Wayman
Librarian
Lyn Wayman is a Filipino licensed librarian. Before coming to New Zealand, she was employed in one of the largest banks in Asia, with main headquarters in Manila. She was the head of the Cataloguing Unit in the library, supervising four staff. At the same time, she was also teaching Library courses on Saturdays in two universities. Before she joined us here at the college, she had worked in one of the busiest public libraries, Mt Albert Library. Lyn provides a quality information centre to the students and staff of the College; maintains and develops print and electronic resources to support courses the College offers; and assists students and staff to develop research skills for their courses.
Norma Baker
Dip. Th. Massage, RMT (TMA)
Norma runs a successful practice in therapeutic and relaxation massage from her Takapuna clinic. As an experienced teacher and advocate for life-long learning, she enjoys sharing her knowledge and skills instructing certificate courses.
Trish Bartlett
Dip. Th. Massage, RMT; TMA executive member for Akld-Nthld, 2002-2004.
Trish combines many years’ experience of teaching adults, with her passion for massage, balancing a thriving massage practice in Northcote with a variety of teaching. She especially enjoys encouraging students’ enthusiasm and creativity while inspiring them to discover more of the joys of massage.
Simonne Bishop
Dip. Th. Massage, Dip. CNMT.
Simonne spent 13 years in golf course administration before qualifying here at the college with a Diploma in Massage and Neuromuscular Therapy. She assists in the full time certificate massage classes. She also has a mobile massage business in central Auckland.
Jan Cairncross
Dip Body Th. (Sports).
Jan has travelled the world with massage and worked in London for three years before returning to work in Auckland. She has an interest in working with stress and emotional tension in the body. She tutors the certificate level courses and highly recommends traveling the globe as a massage therapist
Madhu Chandra
BHS (Mass & NMT), Dip. Mass. Th., Dip CNMT
Madhu's speciality is neuromuscular therapy and she loves treating the unusual soft tissue problems such as TMJ, snoring etc . She runs her own clinic out of the ProHealth centre at the college using Neuromuscular therapy, therapeutic and relaxation massage. Madhu also teaches Clinical Therapeutics and Anatomy and Physiology.
Lesley Colman
Dip. Th. Massage N.Z.M.T.M.P., Dip. Body Th., Dip. Aromatherapy, Cert. Adult Education & Training
Lesley has a background in business (specialising in business improvement and change management), health management, kinesiology and fitness. She combines these skills with her passion for massage and quality of life. Lesley’s communication skills and enthusiasm for encouraging others add a special dimension to her teaching.
Over the past 12 years, Lesley has, in turn, been Student, Tutor and Author for some of the College’s course material – Business Skills and Facial Massage – enjoying the diversity and creating a ‘portfolio lifestyle’ for herself which allows her to follow all her passions.
Christian Cole
Dip. Th. Massage
Christian was in the initial part time NMT course in 1998 and was later asked to assist teaching it. He also teaches on various Certificate and Diploma programmes as well as being a supervisor in the student clinic. He recently took on a role in ICT (Information, Communication and Technology) at the College and is currently responsible for the website.
Barbara Fleming
Dip. Body Th.
Currently busily working at three different clinics around Auckland, Barbara left a career as a computer analyst to become a massage therapist. She has a passion for hockey and outdoor activities and loves to travel. Barbara is also one of our lead practical tutors at the college.
Rosie Gee
Dip. Th. Massage, Dip CNMT.
Rosie’s massage career has been varied, ranging from massaging people with disabilities, on-site corporate massage, and massaging for the NZ Aids Foundation. She now runs her own busy clinic in Torbay where she specialises in helping clients with chronic pain, rehabilitation and relaxation massage. Rosie also teaches in the Certificate programme, including the Surface Anatomy classes.
Kiri Haretuku
Dip. Th. Massage, Dip. Body Th. (Sports), Dip. Business.
Kiri runs a successful clinic in Sale Street in the City. It is here that she applies her massage skills to a wide range of people, from professional athletes to OOS sufferers, or those just interested in general health and fitness.
Nanci Heah
Grad. Dip. Phys. (UK), BHS (Massage & NMT), Dip. Body Th., Dip. Aroma., RMT (TMA).
An experienced physiotherapist specialising in paediatrics, massage and lymphatic work, Nanci runs a busy clinic, successfully linking bodywork and aromatherapy with traditional approaches to physical therapy. She teaches Clinical Therapuetics and Theoretical Reasoning plus special interest short courses.
Shelley Moana Hiha
Dip. Th. Massage, Dip Mass. and Clinical Sports, Reiki Master, Dip. Int. Vib Healing.
Shelley comes to us from tertiary education sector and joins the team as the Certificate Programme Leader. She also tutors on the Full time certificate programme, health psychology and Sports short courses. Her extensive clinical knowledge is a true asset to any teaching team.
Katrina Hill-Rennie
Katrina Hill-Rennie is an Internationally registered Ortho-Bionomy Instructor and Advanced Practitioner who maintains busy clinical practices in Hamilton and Thames and has over 10 years clinical experience using Ortho-Bionomy.
Wade Irvine
Dip. Body Th., RMT (TMA).
Wade’s main focus is on rehabilitation from injury or pain. He has worked professionally with Riverdance, Prada’s America’s Cup team, the Auckland Blues and NPC Rugby. He is part owner of Bodysmart at Victoria Park Market and teaches in the Sports Diploma and Degree programmes.
Andre Kleinbaum
BAppSc, MOst
Andre Kleinbaum is an Auckland based osteopath who recently graduated from Unitec, New Zealand. Originally from Mexico, he has lived around the world in the USA, Belgium and for the last 9 years, New Zealand. As well as Osteopathy, Andre's interests lie with playing classical guitar, surfing and practicing tai chi chuan.
Andre teaches research methodology at the College.
Barbara Langton
B.A., Dip Hol. Pul., Dip Disp. Res.
Barbara has many years of involvement with Holistic Pulsing as Practitioner, Teacher and a founding member of the Holistic Pulsing Guild of NZ. She brings a warmth and depth to her teaching as well as her passion for body/mind healing and unfolding. In addition to Holistic Pulsing she is an active Co-counsellor and accredited Teacher, involved in interpersonal skills trainings and a Disputes Tribunal Referee. She teaches holistic pulsing and Health Psychology.
Cathy Lawson
Dip. Th. Massage, RMT (TMA).
Cathy has had years of experience in her own clinical practice and assisting with massage teaching. Her warm, friendly approach, and ability to link with people has been appreciated by many students.
Sylvan Lockie
BHSc (Nursing), PGCert (Surgical Nursing), BAppSc(Human Biology), MOst
Sylvan brings her enthusiasm and knowledge from many spheres to the classroom. A former surgical nurse, with a keen interest in adventure sports, Sylvan completed her Master of Osteopathy degree with a research project investigating the experiences of injured snowboarders. She works in a busy osteopathic practice on the North Shore.
Sylvan teaches in the Musculoskeletal 1 course at the College.
Doug Maynard
BHS (Massage & NMT), Dip CNMT, Dip. Th. Massage
Backgrounds in rugby, martial arts & more recently mountain biking & body building, Doug owns Lifestyles Neuromuscular & Massage Therapy in West Auckland. He now specializes in the treatment of chronic pain with particular interest in Headaches/Migraines and TMJ dysfunction. Doug teaches the NMT component of the Degree, and also teaches the Certificate Surface Anatomy weekends.
Wendy McNeely
B.Sc.
Wendy heads the Aromatherapy Division of the College. Her history includes working as a biochemist for a large medical research company, for over 10 years in the UK and representing Great Britain in athletics for 14 years. She marries her medical knowledge, her experience as a sports woman and her passion for aromatherapy in her presentation of this growing healing modality.
Sue McOnie
Dip. Th. Massage, Dip Sports. NZAS accredit.
Finding her true vocation in massage, Sue works from a successful home practice, also working with BikeNZ working closely with the Track & Road National Jnr Development Squad. Sue will continue her studies with the Bachelor of Health Studies offered at NZCM.
Doreen Seagar
BHS (Massage & NMT), Dip. Th. Massage, Advanced Cert. Body Ther, Dip CNMT, RMT.
Doreen integrates principles from her martial arts knowledge and discipline on movement and wellbeing with her massage and soft tissue knowledge of healing, acknowledging that the mind, body & spirit are one. Her teaching role is in Clinical Therapeutics and Dysfunctional Breathing Patterns. She is a Certified Neuromuscular therapist, and combines her stress management strategies in the treatment of breathing dysfunction, chronic pain and overwork/burnout. She has a strong interest in health and fitness, and is herself a keen runner.
Susan Shay Penman
Shay has taught a wide range of massage classes and other therapies since 1984. She emphasises the need for each person to build on his or her own special abilities and she teaches with humour and sensitivity, assisting students to link a sound scientific base, creativity and the wonderful benefits of massage. Shay has a thorough knowledge of the massage industry. She chaired the NZQA Massage Advisory Network in New Zealand from 1993 to 2005, and currently teaches and advises at the college.
Lyn Ryan
Dip. Th. Mass., Dip. Body Th., RMT (TMA).
Lyn works in a busy clinic in Howick focusing on relaxation and therapeutic massage. She enjoys sharing her sense of humour with the wide range of people that connect with the College, to create a relaxed learning environment. Lyn teaches in the weekend practical sessions.
Matthew Stewart
BCom, Dip. Th. Mass., Dip. Body Th., BAppSci (Human Biology), MOst
Matthew has worked in New Zealand, Japan and the UK since graduating from NZCM over a decade ago. He found his NZCM training to be of an international standard while working overseas. Wishing to further his studies in manual therapies, Matthew has since become an osteopath completing a degree in human biology and a masters of osteopathy at Unitec, Auckland. Matthew is the programme leader for the musculoskeletal anatomy and research methodology courses at the College.
Alison Trethewey
Dip. Th. Massage, RMT (TMA), Dip. Early Childhood Education, Intl. Trainer- Assoc. of Infant Massage.
An experienced family counselor who teaches massage for Palliative Care, general massage and Health Psychology. Alison also supervises the Student Clinics at the College and has taken on the role of Certificate support person.
Barry Vautier
ND, DHM, Dip. Th. Massage, RMT (TMA), Massage Therapist, Naturopath and Mentor.
Barry utilises many therapeutic techniques at his busy Mt Eden practice. His considerable experience is passionately imparted to the students of the Diploma and Certificate courses. He teaches full time certificate Anatomy and Physiology, On-Site Chair Massage and now specialises in Fascial Kinetics (Bowen Technique).
Gail Wolf
Gail has a background in both education and therapeutic massage, with an overall interest in wellness and the professional role of the therapist. Key interest areas include communication skills, physiological and psychological responses to stress, and unlocking of body patterns and tension. She sees balance and the ability to enjoy life as keys to health. Her role at the college continues in teaching and advising.
Sharon Wood
BHS (Massage & NMT),Dip. Th. Massage, Dip. Body Ther, Dip CNMT, RMT.
Sharon is an experienced therapist who enjoys combining the scientific knowledge of the Neuromuscular and Myofascial fields with the intriguing principles of healing and integration of mind, body & spirit.
As director of NMT Care she works with a team of therapists who combine their skills to enhance healing, recovery & health improvement for their clients.
Sharon's teaching sees her working within the programmes of clinical therapeutics and the health psychology. She is a supervisor in the student clinic and recently taken on a role as coordinating the Community clinical programme.