External Links

Interest Groups and Peak Bodies
Home Health Association The industry association for providers of home support services. http://www.nzhha.org.nz/		Disabled Persons Assembly Voice of people with disability in New Zealand http://www.dpa.org.nz/
New Zealand Aged Care Association (formerly Healthcare Providers New Zealand) Not-for-profit, national memberhip organisation which represents all parts of the aged-care residential sector. http://nzaca.org.nz/		Carersnetnz Supports family carers, whanau and friends. http://www.carers.net.nz/
Retirement Villages Association Represents villages which share the same aim. http://www.retirementvillages.org.nz/index.cfm		Industry Training Federation of New Zealand Represents ITO's to government. http://www.itf.org.nz/
New Zealand Society of Diversional Therapists http://www.diversionaltherapy.net.nz/		Age Concern Promotes the quality of life and well being of older people. http://www.ageconcern.org.nz/
Residential Care New Zealand Promotes interests of residential care proprietors and quality care for the aged. http://www.residentialcare.co.nz/		New Zealand Private Hospitals Association Voluntary association of private hospitals, health care facilities, and rest homes. http://www.nzpha.org.nz/index.php
INsite Newspaper New Zealand's aged care industry newspaper www.insitenewspaper.co.nz

Government
Ministry of Health Principal advisor to the government on health and disability policy http://www.moh.govt.nz/		Tertiary Education Commission Responsible for funding all post-compulsory education and training. http://www.tec.govt.nz/
Office for Disability Issues Promote and monitor implementation of the New Zealand Disability Strategy, lead cross-sector policy development, and support the Minister for Disability Issues. http://www.odi.govt.nz/		New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) Provides leadership in assessment and qualifications, quality assures qualifications and providers, and administers the National Qualifications Framework. http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/
DHBNZ This association acts in the interests of DHBs on agreed national issues. http://www.dhbnz.org.nz/

Training Providers & Educators
Amida Healthcare Training		Centre for Learning
Gracelands Insight		Links Training Limited
Health Ed Trust NZ		The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Te Runanga O Nga Maata Waka		WellCare Education
Training Providers offering the Mental Health Support Worker National Certificate and Diploma:
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (Christchurch)		Eastern Institute of Technology (Hawke’s Bay)
Manukau Institute of Technology (Auckland)		Southern Institute of Technology (Christchurch and Invercargill)
Universal College of Learning (Wairarapa and Whanganui)		Whitireia Community Polytechnic ( Porirua)


Training Providers offering the Mental Health Support Worker National Certificate:

Unitec New Zealand		Blueprint for Learning (Wellington and Auckland)
Learning State (only some unit standards)		Mahitahi Trust (Auckland and Whakatane)
Mind and Body (some unit standards)		Nector Campus (Auckland, Rotorua, and Tauranga)
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (Extramural Learning)		Otago Polytechnic (Dunedin)
Waikato Institute of Technology (Hamilton and Thames)

Unions
Service & Food Workers Union Union for age care, disability, health and community services http://www.sfwu.org/		Public Service Association Union for public service and government workers. http://www.psa.org.nz/
New Zealand Nurses Organisation Provides professional and industrial services to it's members. http://www.nzno.org.nz/


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Links referenced

http://www.nzhha.org.nz/: http://www.nzhha.org.nz/
http://www.dpa.org.nz/: http://www.dpa.org.nz/
http://nzaca.org.nz/: http://nzaca.org.nz/
http://www.carers.net.nz/: http://www.carers.net.nz/
http://www.retirementvillages.org.nz/index.cfm: http://www.retirementvillages.org.nz/index.cfm
http://www.itf.org.nz/: http://www.itf.org.nz/
http://www.diversionaltherapy.net.nz/: http://www.diversionaltherapy.net.nz/
http://www.ageconcern.org.nz/: http://www.ageconcern.org.nz/
http://www.residentialcare.co.nz/: http://www.residentialcare.co.nz/
http://www.nzpha.org.nz/index.php: http://www.nzpha.org.nz/index.php
www.insitenewspaper.co.nz: http://www.insitenewspaper.co.nz
http://www.moh.govt.nz/: http://www.moh.govt.nz/
http://www.tec.govt.nz/: http://www.tec.govt.nz/
http://www.odi.govt.nz/: http://www.odi.govt.nz/
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/
http://www.dhbnz.org.nz/: http://www.dhbnz.org.nz/
Amida Healthcare Training: http://www.amida.co.nz/
Centre for Learning: http://www.ihc.org.nz/Services/AboutIDEAServices/tabid/1122/Default.aspx
Gracelands Insight: http://www.gracelands.org.nz
Links Training Limited: http://www.links-ltd.co.nz/
Health Ed Trust NZ: http://www.healthedtrust.org.nz
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand: http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/
Te Runanga O Nga Maata Waka: http://www.muma.org.nz/alliances/all2services.htm
WellCare Education: http://www.healthcarenz.co.nz/Our-Services/Education
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology: http://www.cpit.ac.nz
Eastern Institute of Technology: http://www.eit.ac.nz
Manukau: http://www.manukau.ac.nz
Institute of Technology: http://www.manukau.ac.nz
Southern Institute of Technology: http://www.sit.ac.nz
Universal College of Learning: http://www.ucol.ac.nz
Whitireia Community Polytechnic: http://www.whitireia.ac.nz
Unitec New Zealand: http://www.unitec.ac.nz/
Blueprint for Learning: http://www.blueprint.co.nz
Learning State: http://www.learningstate.govt.nz/
Mahitahi Trust: http://www.mahitahi.co.nz
Mind and Body: http://mindandbody.ac.nz/
Nector Campus: http://www.netcor.co.nz/
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand: http://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz
Otago Polytechnic: http://www.otagopolytechnic.ac.nz
Waikato Institute of Technology: http://www.wintec.ac.nz
http://www.sfwu.org/: http://www.sfwu.org/
http://www.psa.org.nz/: http://www.psa.org.nz/
http://www.nzno.org.nz/: http://www.nzno.org.nz/
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External Links

Interest Groups and Peak Bodies

Government

Training Providers & Educators

Training Providers offering the Mental Health Support Worker National Certificate and Diploma:

Training Providers offering the Mental Health Support Worker National Certificate:

Unions

Links referenced