NMHNZ Member Benefits
- One year free Full Professional Membership for new graduates of Bachelor of Naturopathy degrees or higher from New Zealand accredited colleges
- Website advertising, including a full page about your practice
- Searchable database of registered members, so your local community can find you more easily
- Your clients may be able to claim for your services (healthcare-insurer dependent)
- The association provides access to support and mentoring to members via our private Facebook group
- Membership of our private Facebook group for up to date information, news of job vacancies, courses, rooms and a forum for general support from and for other practitioners
- Possibility to write posts and share information via our public Facebook page
- Move towards registration and regulation at a governmental level for the modality of naturopathy and protection of title; Progressing and protecting the profession of naturopathy in New Zealand
- Provides representation in the World Naturopathic Federation
- The only association that meets the criteria for international membership with the World Naturopathic Federation
- Discounted professional indemnity insurance
- Newsletters and member meetings
- Free access to database/s currently subscribed to by NMHNZ, currently Natural Medicine Database (subscriptions subject to change)
- Discounted attendance for our conference
- Access to an Academic Journal currently this is the Journal of Naturopathic and Herbal Medicine
- Invitation to regional networking meetings
- CPE opportunities
NMHNZ Benefits for the public
- Naturopaths & Medical Herbalists of NZ (Inc) maintain the largest register of qualified naturopathic practitioners in NZ/Aotearoa
- As membership is limited to specifically qualified practitioners you are guaranteed a qualified practitioner, which is important for your safety
- Services provided by NMHNZ-registered practitioners can be claimed on certain healthcare insurers (policy-dependant).
- We have a commitment to work towards registration and regulation at a government level for the modality of naturopathy. This means naturopathy will be recognised as a health profession, alongside current approved and regulated medical and allied health care providers.
