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• Certificate in Applied Organics and Biodynamics

  Taruna offers up to four intakes in each year catering for the numbers of students, and the different needs and requirements of seasons and work places. Class sizes are limited and places are given on a ‘first come – first served’ basis.

  Taruna reserves the right to increase or reduce the number of intakes according to demand.

   Winter 2013 Hawkes Bay 

  Seminar 1:  26 April – 3 May

  Seminar 2:  28 June – 5 July

  Seminar 3:  13 September– 20 September

  Marlborough:

  Seminar 1: 2 – 9 August

  Seminar 2: 1 -8  November

  Seminar 3: 31 January  -  7 February 2014

  Central Otago:

  Seminar 1:  23- 30 August

  Seminar 2: 22-29 November

  Seminar 3: 14-21 February 2014

  Spring/Summer 2013/14 Hawkes Bay:

  Seminar 1: 4-11 October

  Seminar 2: 10-17 January 2014

  Seminar 3: 21-28 March 2014

  All dates are subject to confirmation; please check with Taruna’s Office Coordinator when making your application. Please note that full attendance at three consecutive seminars is expected.

• New Zealand Steiner Teaching Early Childhood Certificate

  The course has an intake every two years, the next intake is 2013.  If you would like to register your interest for this course, please contact the Office at Taruna.

  During the two years of the course, there are two seminars a year at Taruna, that the teachers need to complete.

  Each year there is a seminar held towards the end of the Summer holidays with the other seminar being the choice of the teacher and his/her mentor from the range of Taruna’s short courses.

• Certificate in Holistic Health

  Certificate in Holistic Healthcare 

  The next intake of this programme will be in 2014, we are currently taking expressions of interest for people who would like to enrol.

  2013 seminar dates.

  Seminar One 22nd – 28th March

  Seminar Two 21st June – 28th June

  Seminar Three 20th September – 27th September

  All dates are subject to confirmation; please check with Taruna’s Office Coordinator when making your application.

• Diploma in Holistic Health

  The next intake for the Diploma in Holistic Healthcare is 2014

  Seminar One: April 2014. Dates TBC

  Seminar Two: October 2014. Dates TBC.

  Seminar 3 and 4 will be TBC in 2015.

  All dates are subject to confirmation; please check with Taruna’s Office Coordinator when making your application.

• Certificate in Rudolf Steiner Education

  The next intake for the Certificate in Rudolf Steiner Education is 2014, dates to be confirmed but it will run in the school holidays.  We are taking expressions of interest now for 2014.

  The 2013 Programme began on 12th April and concludes 8^th November 2013. There are three seminars during this period, each spanning 8 days and beginning at 5pm on the first Friday and finishing at 12.30pm the following Friday.

  The seminar dates for 2013 are:

  Seminar One:  Friday April 26 to Friday May 3

  Seminar Two:  Friday July 19 to Friday July 26

  Seminar Three: Friday October 4 to Friday October 11

  All dates are subject to confirmation; please check with Taruna’s Office Coordinator when making your application.

• Diploma in Rudolf Steiner Education

  We are currently taking expressions of interest for 2014, please get in touch as there are some benefits to enrolling early.  The programme will begin on 9th February 2014 and run through to 12th December.

  2013 terms dates.

  Term 1: 11 Feb – 19 April
  Term 2: 6 May – 12 July
  Term 3: 29 July – 27 Sept
  Term 4: 14 Oct – 13 Dec with Graduation on Saturday 14 December.

  All dates are subject to confirmation; please check with Taruna’s Office Coordinator when making your application.

• New Zealand Steiner Teaching Certificate

  The course has an intake every two years, the next intake is 2014.

  During the two years of the course, there are two seminars a year at Taruna, that the teachers need to complete.

  Each year there is a seminar held towards the end of the Summer holidays with the other seminar being the choice of the teacher and his/her mentor from the range of Taruna’s short courses.

• The Art of Health (Anthroposophical Studies)

  Art of Health 2013

  The course starts 8th March, two weeks before the first seminar to allow us to send out the reading material and seminar information.

  Seminar One 22nd – 29th March

  Seminar Two 21st – 28th June

  Seminar Three 20th – 27th September

  All dates are subject to confirmation; please check with Taruna’s Office Coordinator when making your application.
  The Certificate in Art of Health (Anthroposophical Studies) programme is well subscribed.  To ensure your participation, early application is encouraged.