An annual subscription of $50 is payable, reduced to $40 if 15 or more students from the same school join at one time. No administration fee is required to be paid on initial application.

It is strongly advised that you do not perform any paid work without the necessary massage
qualification.
It is also advisable inform your clients that you are a student therapist, and not qualified, before commencing treatment.

If you train at an MNZ approved school to a Diploma or Degree level in massage therapy, you will automatically be eligible to be included on the database as a Remedial Massage Therapist or a Certified Massage Therapist after becoming a member of MNZ.

Yes. You should contact your local Council with regards to any regulations that may be in force about operating a clinic from your home.

Yes. The administration secretary will forward enquiries from the public to therapists in the relevant region when she receives them.
MNZ also has contact with organisations like the Cancer Society, and encourages them to advertise in our publications when they have vacancies for Massage Therapists.

Yes, once you have become a member of MNZ you will be required to complete Professional Development hours and maintain a current First Aid certificate to keep your membership current.

No. As a member you are, however, able to apply for insurance through a group policy at a discounted rate. Details of this are included in the documentation which will be forwarded to you in an information pack.

You can download an application form and statutory declaration from the MNZ website, www.massagenewzealand.org.nz or email the Administrative Secretary at admin@massagenewzealand.org and have the documents sent to you by mail.

You can download an application form from here (Adobe PDF format)

MNZ is the only professional association for Massage Therapists in our country; it works constantly to promote therapeutic massage as a viable healthcare profession and to support its members.
Belonging to an association helps validate your career choice as far as the public perception is concerned. The association has a Code of Ethics, a Scope of Practice and a Complaints Procedure, which set standards of professionalism, give credibility and enable clients to feel more secure about the conduct and treatment they will receive from their therapist.
You spend a lot of time and money to get the required qualifications to enable you to practice at a professional level; the association recognizes this, and offers ongoing support and continued training to enable you to stay current with ongoing developments within the industry.