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There is still time to book for this year�s Reiki Masters� Gathering. The gathering is for all Reiki Masters who are presently in NZ - either living or visiting. It is an opportunity for Reiki Masters to meet each other, make friends, to be in the group energy of Reiki, and to share information. This year it is being held at Lower Hutt and is being hosted by Reiki Masters Ann and Whiro Ratahi. So far 26 Reiki Masters plan on attending. There is room for more to come along.
Attention - Wellington Reiki Masters!Ann Ratahi and Maureen Kelly are looking at forming a group of Reiki Practitioners who will volunteer to go into Wellington area hospitals to give Reiki to nurses and patients on a regular basis. If any Reiki Masters (or any of your students of any degree/level) are interested in being part of this project please contact either: Ann and Whiro Ratahi or Maureen Kelly
Reiki Masters� Meeting - 14 October 2001Wellington Reiki Masters are invited to attend a meeting at 3pm on 14 October 2001 to discuss details for assisting with the Reiki Masters Gathering. Contact: Ann and Whiro Ratahi
The Health Professionals Competency Assurance BillThis committee has been formed and a list of its members appeared in the July edition of Healthy Options. The appointed members are:
| Prof Peggy Koopman-Boyden | Chair (Hamilton) |
| Melva Martin | Complementary/alternative health (New Plymouth) |
| David Holden | Complementary/alternative health (Auckland) |
| James McNeill | Complementary/alternative health (Napier) |
| Dr Debbie Ryan | Mainstream Clinician/Pacific health (Auckland) |
| Janine Randle | Mainstream nurse (Christchurch) |
| Dr Rhys Jones | Maori health (Auckland) |
| Marilyn Wright | Consumer (Hastings) |
This committee is seen as the first step towards integrating complementary healthcare into the existing health system. The long-term aim is for complementary health practitioners to work alongside general practitioners in hospitals and health clinics and for the public health system to have a cost-effective complementary healthcare system that both emphasises preventative health and reduces the skyrocketing health bill.
The opinions and recommendations that come from this committee will have an enormous impact on which complementary health care modalities are used in NZ�s public health service. The committee is presently gathering information about the complementary health modalities and inviting practitioners to present their modalities, ideas and information to the committee. Should anyone be invited to speak on behalf of Reiki please contact Maureen Kelly so we can arrange for support and backup to be provided if it is needed.There seems to be a lot of confusion and fear about what this Bill is all about. Presently, in NZ, there are 11 Acts of Parliament administered by the Ministry of Health. The NZ Government wants to combine all these Acts into one so that it is easier to manage. The 11 Acts are:
The term "Health Professionals" are those people who come under the above list of Acts. The people who practice massage, Reiki, homoeopathy, naturopathy, acupuncture and herbal medicine come under the term "Complementary Healthcare Workers" and they will not come under the Health Professionals Competency Assurance Bill unless someone claims to be a qualified Health Professional when they are not or if the modality can cause irreversible harm (ie: death, permanent disability or poisoning).
The Minister of Health, Annette King, has a 25-page report on her website that explains the Health Professionals� Bill. Paragraph 34 of her report states that the Bill will "allow practitioners, who do not pose a risk to the public, to practise without the need to be regulated, for example, massage therapists".
A member of the Ministry of Health's staff said the area the Bill looks like covering are things like herbalism, possibly homeopathy and structural therapies like osteopathy - but not at making registration of those practitioners compulsory. She also stated that the Bill would not cover modalities like Spiritual Healing.
NZ Reiki WebsiteThere is another website up on the Internet for NZ Reiki it is: www.geocities.com/nzreiki It lists Reiki activities for New Zealand Reiki Practitioners. Pass the address around to your students and friends. It is a way of keeping an interest in what is going on in the NZ Reiki community. If you want to add anything to this website please contact Maureen Kelly
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