Massage New Zealand is a self regulated association and incorporated society with a constitution, a code of ethics and a complaints procedure.

Massage New Zealand's purpose and mission is to:

Promote health and wellness in New Zealand (Aotearoa) through quality massage, and advocate the successful development of the association.

We believe in and support:

Integrity, Choice, Competency, Effectiveness, Quality, Inclusiveness, Responsibility and Growth

The objectives of Massage New Zealand are to:

• Organise and promote the profession of massage therapy.
• Encourage high standards of knowledge and competency amongst the members.
• Encourage the dissemination of research in massage therapy.
• Provide Code of Conduct and standards of practice and seek to ensure that the conduct of the profession is regulated by the members.
• Seek to ensure a register is kept of members and a disciplinary mechanism is established and maintained by the profession.
• Seek to ensure the quality and delivery of massage training in New Zealand.
• Provide ongoing training and mentoring to members.
• Publish journals and other publications.
• Co-operate and become members of, or affiliate with any other incorporated or unincorporated organisation, company, educational institution, regulatory board, or any organisation, which in any way promotes the objectives of MNZ.
• Foster, support and protect the interests of the members of MNZ.
• Make arrangements with any trade, business or profession for the provision to the members of any special benefits, privileges and advantages and in particular to goods and services.
• Lobby Governments and regulators in pursuit of the objectives.
• Improve the social and economic position of members.

• Massage New Zealand Rule
• Massage New Zealand Constitution

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