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Comment on Massage Therapist being sued for unnecessary touch by Massage Girl

Massage Girl — Thu, 13 May 2010 00:14:44 +0000

I am against such charges. Erotic Massage is one thing ordinary massage is another.

You cannot just expect to ignore breasts if they are shown fully.

Anyway an touch isn’t big thing and i think suing is just because of clients ego problems.

Comment on Massage Therapist being sued for unnecessary touch by Blair

Blair — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:05:24 +0000

In one respect I don’t like the fact that the therapist has been named before guilt has been proven. His career is basically over even if he’s only guilty of poor communication.
But I suppose if he wasn’t named this news article would only place a shadow of suspicion over other male therapists in the Auckland area.
This just goes to show that gaining informed consent and educating the client is crucial, cause if you don’t do it you can lose everything like this guy..

Comment on NZQA dropping course credits by MTC-2009-12-18 #7 Christmas is just around the corner | Massage Therapist Central

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:08:25 +0000

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Comment on NZQA dropping course credits by David McQuillan

David McQuillan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:22:25 +0000

Hi Kimberly,

Just came across your website.

What happened was that NZQA didn’t want to carry the massage-related unit standards any more, due to the relatively small size of the group who use them. They wanted them to be transferred to another body (an Industry Training Organisation). Over a period of several years the options were discussed & explored, but at some stage the massage therapy field as a whole chose an ITO. Unfortunately this move was opposed by the other users of these units (naturopathy, and one or two massage schools). The government required a consensus for any move to occur, so transferring the unit standards to an ITO was not possible.

As a result, the educational institutions have been going down another track of setting standards independently of NZQA. At this stage we’re pretty positive about the progress that we’ve made, and many of us are very happy to be free of education based on unit standards.

Keep up the good work .

Kind regards,

David McQuillan
Programme Coordinator, Otago Polytechnic
Member, Massage Educator’s Group

Comment on MTC #1 Keeping your business in check by Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:04:27 +0000

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