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Overview of Programme

The programme is delivered around three eight day seminars a year, complemented by independent study undertaken at home.

At the end of the programme graduates will:

• Have learnt a range of new external treatments that can be incorporated into clinical work;
• Have a deepened relationship to healing plants and their qualities;
• Be better able to help patients explore the meaning of their illness;
• Be better able to support self-management of wellness;
• Have evolved a contemporary understanding of the human being that integrates a spiritual dimension;
• Have a theoretical framework and new skills to more effectively meet the need for holistic health (physical, psychological and spiritual).

The Certificate in Holistic Healthcare is NZQA-accredited at Level 4 (although written and delivered at Level 5-6 standard) and domiciled New Zealand residents may apply for Student Loans.

As a guide to the number of hours in studying, there are a notional 10 hours allocated to each credit, with 40 credits totalling 400 hours of study per year. Depending on your prior knowledge, skills and learning style, this may vary. The total hours include the time spent on-campus at seminars, so the suggested home-based study hours to meet the theory and clinical-based requirements associated with the programme are about 7 hours per week.

The programme takes place at Taruna’s Homestead Campus in a peaceful setting of gardens and trees on the lower slopes of Te Mata Peak, in Havelock North.