The New Zealand Physiotherapy Accreditation Scheme (NZPAS) was first mooted in 1986 and following initial planning, was set up by New Zealand Private Physiotherapists’ Association (NZPPA) in 1989. Read more
The McMos (Marketing Committee Mail Order Shop) began in a small way when shirts and satchels bearing the Society logo sold well at the NZMTA conference in July 1986. Read more
What is now known as AUT began in 1895 (coincidentally the founding year of physiotherapy in England) as a school for children of poor families. Read more
Although an early training in massage was offered to nurses in Auckland in 1913, the course was to be short lived and it would be another 60 years before Auckland established a second physiotherapy training school. Read more
Published in Physio Matters magazine June 2012: looking back on the last decade, one would have to conclude that it has been one of the most turbulent, yet exciting, periods in the profession’s history. Read more