Student Activities

Massage Community

New Zealand College of Massage has a variety of working relationships with volunteer and sport groups that provide mutual benefits and learning experiences for our students.

Year One placement options include the following:

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Wellington Hospital
Relay For Life - Community Wellness and non-profit fundraising support
Les Mills - on-site Chair Massage, post event Sports massage at Quarterly Training
NZIS Sports Exchange - Sports Massage
NZIS Rugby Academy - Sports Massage
Wellington Phoenix Football Club
Mary Potter Hospice - Palliative Care
Newtown Union Health Centre: a multidisciplinary non- profit medical centre
Cigna Round the Bays - Sports Massage
CentrePort - On-site Chair Massage
Wainuiomata Marae Pasifika Community Engagement
Victory World Church - Community Wellness Initiative and Massage

Year Two placement options include the following:

Relay For Life - Community Wellness
Mary Potter Hospice - Palliative Care
Wellington Saints Basketball Team
Central Pulse Netball Team
NZIS Sports Exchange: Sports Massage
Wellington Phoenix Football Club - Sports Massage
Newtown Union Health Centre - A multi-disciplinary non-profit medical centre
Pinikilicious - Womens’ Pasifika Community Wellness Event
CentrePort - On-site chair massage
Sonography, Radiology Department at Wellington Hospital
St John of God, Karori and St John of God Residential Clinical support

Year Three placement options include the following:

Wellington Saints Basketball Team
Central Pulse Netball Team
Wellington Phoenix Professional Football Club
NZIS Sports Exchange Student Supervision
Newtown Union Health Centre
Student Clinic Supervision
Capital Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) Ultrasound (Sonography Department)
Royal New Zealand Ballet CIGNA Round the Bays Event in Wellington

Sports Exchange

Each year students come together to support athletes at the New Zealand Institute of Sport’s National Sports Exchange. NZCM students undertake massage on the competing NZIS students at the week-long event, while also receiving professional development in NZCM workshops.

This is a fiercely contested inter-campus competition, and massage plays an integral role in helping the competitors perform at their best and help to prevent injury. It is a fantastic opportunity to get together with the students from other campuses. This year Christchurch will be the host for the Sports Exchange event. Community Placements are a valuable opportunity for students to gain practical experience in a supervised environment that provides a real world application of classroom learning.

We have arranged placements in areas of palliative care, professional sports teams, working with the elderly, on-site massage, national sporting events and working alongside other health care providers. Each placement is designed to expand on your knowledge base and encourage you to undergo a range of experiences that you may not have considered for your massage practice. Your placement will relate to your level of learning and challenge you to develop more confidence and ability in your field of practice.