Friday

9:15 am

Efficient Practice in a Digital World

Marianne Fernance
1:30 pm

Taking Your Business to the Next Level

Geraldine Headley

Saturday

8:00 am

Registration, browse exhibitor marketplace

8:30 am

Welcome & Opening of the Conference

Liz McNamara
8:45 am

Keynote: The Complexity of Fibromyalgia & the Gut Connection

Sharon Erdrich
10:00 am

Tensions, Challenges & Barriers to Professionalisation

Jill Dunn
10:45 am

morning break

11:15 am

Therapeutic Applications of Yoga Nidra for Graceful Ageing

Swami Karma Karuna
12:15 pm

spot prize draws & lunch

1:15 pm

Functional Herbal Therapy (FHT) and Age-related Cognitive Decline (ARCD)

Professor Kerry Bone
2:15 pm

Q & A with Prof Kerry Bone

Professor Kerry Bone
2:30 pm

afternoon break

3:00 pm

Autism, Alzheimers (tbc)

Dr Dayan Goodenowe
3:30 pm

Key Dietary Factors to Future-Proof Childhood Health

Dr Christine Houghton
4:30 pm

Day One wrap up & Ultimate Early Bird prize drawn

5:00 pm

Networking + time to get your glad rags on!

6:00 pm

pre dinner drinks & canapes

7:00 pm

Awards Dinner

Sunday

7:30 am

Breakfast with Dr Denise Furness (sponsored by FxMed)

Dr Denise Furness
8:15 am

Registration, Browse Exhibitor Marketplace

8:45 am

Welcome and Meet our 2023 Awards Recipients

9:00 am

Keynote: Extending Our Reach

Erin Lovell Verinder
10:00 am

Q & A with Erin Lovell Verinder + an update from the Community Clinic Volunteers

Erin Lovell Verinder
Deborah Wright, Caro Uttley
10:15 am

Kaiurangi – finding our place in Te Ao Māori – a discussion

Karen Murphy & Mairie Fromont
10:30 am

Morning Break

11:00 am

The Imperitive of Treaty Based Practice

Dr Heather Came MNZM
12:00 pm

Spot Prize Draws + Lunch

1:00 pm

Understanding methylation and biological ageing: A pilot study

Dr Denise Furness
2:00 pm

The Gut-Microbiota-Bone axis

Rebecca Edwards
2:30 pm

afternoon break

3:00 pm

Discussion: How NMHNZ members can participate & be involved in Research

Skye Macfarlane
3:15 pm

Neurodegeneration in the naturopathic clinic: addressing an urgent need for early intervention

Samuel Peters
3:45 pm

Diabetes in Aotearoa – Plant medicines to help dampen the burden

Philip Rasmussen
4:30 pm

Day Two – wrap up & farewell, closing karakia