Programmes
Click below for comprehensive details on the following NZQA approved programmes:
Diploma in Rudolf Steiner Education This year long journey really is an amazing stepping/corner stone for teachers and students. As our students are preparing for their graduation, enrolments for next year are starting to come in. It's so heartening and reassuring to know how many wonderful beings are taking this information out into the world. ... >> read more
Certificate in Rudolf Steiner Education New for 2009 and typical of a baby! this Certificate is attracting interest!! We are grateful to be able to provide this knowledge or Waldorf Education to those working and living outside of Hawkes Bay ..>>read more
Certificate in Applied Organics and Biodynamics The world is waking up as student numbers rise on this course!! Biodynamics is a science of life-forces; recognition of the basic principles at work in nature, and an approach to agriculture which takes these principles into account to bring about balance and healing for our beautiful earth....>> read more
Certificate in Holistic Healthcare The Certificate in Holistic Healthcare is a part time, year long programme for nurses and health professionals interested in a comprehensive, dynamic holistic model of care. A range of practical and effective new skills and therapies are introduced. ..>> read more

Diploma in Holistic Healthcare (Anthroposophical Nursing) This programme is for registered nurse. By gaining a more holistic understanding of the human being, nurses are given an opportunity for greater support of positive health outcomes in the current healthcare environment. ...>> read more
Art of Health This popular foundation programme offers a rich contribution to your professional life. It is an interactive and stimulating hands-on extension to any of your previous trainings and will help build a fresh awareness of the healthy human being. .. >> read more

Short Courses coming up
Organs of the Body This course takes anatomy and physiology learnt at medical school, and with a little imagination, humour and drama offers an understanding of our human organs that can explain so much of our individuality and human-ness. ...>> read more
The Young Child
How to awaken a child's will soul forces in the first seven years of life. Discover the twelve senses and how to awaken the will. Learn about, 'down to earth' topics such as: conception, birth, crawling, standing upright hands free, speaking, thinking, and remembering. ...>>read more
Art as a Basis for Education This course will highlight the importance of art in the overall education of the child and the teacher. This is a course for non-artists as well as those who have had some experience. No prior skills are needed. As a teacher or parent you will be provided with the opportunity to discover the artist within. ... >> read more
The Tapestry of Discipline
Learn how to develop specific imaginative skills through storytelling, games, songs, rhymes, humour, etc when addressing mild to challenging behaviours in young children Come and explore ways of teaching and guiding young children through an understanding of the child’s changing consciousness. ...>> read more

Article
"Dramatic Discoveries on the Teacher's Course" - by Robyn Hewetson "Our teachers are learning to draw forth from the children their own imaginative capacities. How on earth do we do that? No matter what subject teachers are working on with their classes, their voice is their main tool." ..>>read more

 Wising you all a safe and happy Summer Christmas!! from all your friends here at Taruna
Contact us
Click on this link: info@taruna.ac.nz or phone 0064+6+877 71 74 to arrange a visit to Taruna College to see courses in action and to talk with a Programme Director about your learning prospects.
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