Course Fees
Certificate in Herbal Medicine
New Zealand Native and Wild Plant Shamanic Herbal Apprenticeship
$3,200 (NZ Dollars)
$300 Registration Deposit
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The Certificate incorporates four stages:​
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Our Certificate is divided into four stages, this supports focussed learning and understanding.
Stage One:
Introductory
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Setting the foundation with core herbal principles and practices
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Healing Modalities
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Fundamental intuitive development and active use of all sensory perception
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Practical Applications Level 1 (introduction)
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Wild plant uses and practical knowledge
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Poulticing​
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Stage Two:
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Building on Fundamentals
Comprehensive Core Knowledge
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Body Systems
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And Herbal Support for Specific Systems
eg Nervous system, Hormonal etc
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Intermediate intuitive development
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Working with Symptoms
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Health conditions, beginning to look deeper
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Practical Applications Level 2
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NZ Native tree identification
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Stage Three:
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Practical Herbalism
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Herbal medicine making
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Practical Applications Level 3
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Seaweed species identification and uses
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Seaweed preparations
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Intermediate journey processes
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Stage Four:
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Inner State and Integration
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Working with body healing intelligence
and plant DNA pictographs
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Nervous system and liver tonifying
Native/wild plants
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Mental Wellbeing
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Final plant healing journeys
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Practical Applications Level 4
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Our Certificate also includes:
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Immersive assignments that develop understanding and experiential learning
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Suggested literature study
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Take home syllabus
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Extensive reference material including recipes, herbal treatments, identifying plants,
intuitive development, development as a healer, plant constituents etc
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Diploma of Herbal Medicine = $ 6200 (NZ Dollars)
Herbal Medicine Diploma of Biofield Therapies​
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The Diploma incorporates 2 Apprenticeship programs, multiple case studies and
one- on-one mentoring. ​
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Prerequisites: Diploma of Herbal Medicine students must have completed the full Herbal Apprenticeship for the PRHA Certificate in Herbal Medicine before beginning their Diploma studies. There is an interview process for prospective Diploma students to ensure their suitability for this next level learning and commitment to deeper training (including 30 case studies) with the aim of becoming a practicing herbalist.
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Position on NZQA
We are an independent education provider and choose to stay completely clear and separate of the NZQA system, and the inevitable strings that are attached to getting money from the government. We aim to support all levels of learning through practical work, reading widely, oral tradition etc. We are not academics who only see people in the classroom; our system is strongly influenced by the old ways of training. As such we value experiential learning, apprenticeship style teaching hands-on learning, a wide range of reading and influences, and mentoring. We recognise that what actually needs to happen is helping students develop core skills needed in real world situations with actual people to get successful results.
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Individualised student learning and practical assessments are important to meet unique needs. You cannot offer such a non-standardised course or process under NZQA, and nor would we want to. Our successful graduates will finish their Diploma on a deeper trajectory of practical learning and be ready to start the next stage of their journey into professional practice.
Prospective students should also understand that there is zero government support or any other kind of subsidy for the herbal practitioner in practice in New Zealand, or any other country in the world for that matter. The government is uninterested in funding or supporting herbalists, as such a move would be seen as going against the mainstream ‘health system / modernized medical industry.
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Students need to understand that all kinds of folks with all kinds of health concerns come to a herbalist. They are aware they will have to pay for their treatment, without financial help from government or ACC, but they come anyway because they trust it will be worth it. A herbal practitioner will succeed not because of handouts, but because they are humble, straight forward and good at what they do.