Graduate Profiles

NZCM graduates are now spread far and wide around the world and in New Zealand. The therapeutic massage industry has a bright future and continues to provide many opportunities for motivated and committed learners to explore the many dimensions of both soft tissue healing and wellness.

Our graduates have achieved at a high level in the industry. They are to be found in innovative business settings, working with elite athletes, providing care in rest homes and hospices, and on-site in hotels and corporate businesses.

They make up the largest percentage of registered massage therapists with Massage New Zealand (MNZ). Our graduates are known for their professionalism in a largely unregulated industry.

Here is a list of some of our recent graduates.

Annie Turner

Annie Turner

On moving to New Zealand in 2000 I chose to study at NZCM because of both its professional reputation and warm atmosphere. I studied the Diploma in Body Therapies and Clinical Sports Therapy. The course was far more comprehensive and provided more hours of study than the courses offered in England. The teaching was excellent, much of which was inspiring in its approach. The time dedicated to and facilities available for practice are excellent. I have not experienced a course with such a high level of support or encouraging atmosphere before or since studying at NZCM.

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Sharon

Sharon Wood

I owe a great debt of thanks to my plunket nurse, for cajoling me into attending a baby massage class at Waitakere hospital in 1990. Little did I know at the time it would become one of those life-changing events. Attendance at a NZCM introductory weekend soon followed, and then in what seemed to be only a blink of an eyelid; 17 years had gone by. Alongside being a young Mum, I had somehow become a fully-fledged Massage Practitioner, Teacher / Presenter and a Company Director.

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Matthew Stewart

“I started at the college in 1996. I had previously completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Otago but my real interest at high school was science and sport. I competed in just about every sport that my high school fielded a team in! After a stint in the workforce and a back injury I sustained while snowboarding, I reassessed the direction I wanted to go. Interests in sports combined with science and human biology and a desire to be in an environment that was active, away from a desk all pointed to therapeutic massage, and sports therapy.

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Deanna

Deana Hudson

I graduated from the NZ College of Massage with a Diploma of Body Therapies specializing in sports massage in 2003. I completed the NMT post grad course immediately after that and then left for the UK, where I currently reside. My qualification was easily accepted in the UK which made moving here much simpler as I was not required to sit any UK massage exams or tests in order for me to practice here.

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Wendy Hilton

My direct association with the college started in 2000, on the Dip. Body Therapies course. The program enthralled me as it gave me the opportunity to stimulate my grey matter as an adult student. I found out how exciting learning could be if it was presented in a way which appeals to everyones' individual and unique learning styles. I feel the college does this extremely well. I went on to complete the Certificate in NMT and Dip. Clinical Sports Therapies. During which time I started developing a busy clinic.

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Moana

Moana Turner

I have a Diploma in Therapeutic Massage and Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT). I work from home and at J Marr Physiotherapy in Drury. Since graduating from NZCM I have worked with elite rugby teams such as the Auckland NPC team and the Auckland Blues Super 14 team (for the last 5 years).

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Stew Wild

Stewart Wild

I studied sports massage with the famous Sue Gillespie (NZCM Director) in 1996 at a time when you could study here and there and sit and pass the NZATMP exam when you felt it was right (1996)! I then studied the St John version of NMT as taught first by Leon Botello and then by St John certified instructor John Barerra, 1997-8 at NZCM. I was the first NMT graduate at NZCM (and therefore in NZ!) in 1999 and co-taught the introductory NMT at NZCM from 1998 to 2002.

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Emma

Emma Dowling

I've been working in Dubai since November 2008, I came over without any attested documents to find working over here in our profession was a whole lot more difficult than anticipated. I needed to go for my medical license, have a panel interview exam which thankfully went my way. To be honest having soft tissue therapists is a major plus here, as the physio's etc are not as fine tuned as us and really appreciate having us around.

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Graduate profile

Matthew Stewart