INTERNATIONAL
NLP in New Zealand
A personal perspective
By Suzanne Henwood
I
n September 2008, as a newly qualified NZANLP practising membership. are doing it.
trainer in NLP, I, along with my family NLP appears to be relatively well established • There is a good emphasis on healthy living,
moved to Auckland, New Zealand. This in business and the client lists of leading NLP with a broad and inclusive view of
reflection is a personal viewpoint of what I trainers here is impressive. In healthcare, my maintaining health and well being. NLP
have found in New Zealand in the field of NLP. own field, there appears to be a less obvious is quite frequently profiled in the papers and
The New Zealand Association of NLP presence of NLP and on a personal level I on TV as part of the health and well being
(NZANLP) has about 150 members and have received some interesting responses to my provision.
is working hard to establish standards to suggestion to use NLP in practice, making me And more challenging:
promote NLP in practice, to create an NLP curious as to the exposure they have already • There is a phenomenon here called ‘Tall
community and to look at the recognition of had, or the perceptions they hold of what NLP Poppy Syndrome’. Tall poppies are people
NLP qualifications. I made early contact with is. Having said that, I have already had the who stand out from the crowd, who are not
NZANLP in order to network and meet other opportunity to work with some health teams to afraid to be different; to be successful. In
NLP practitioners and I was warmly welcomed great effect and my NLP Diploma for Health New Zealand however, there is a habit
into the Auckland group. Care Professionals is being offered for the first by some of being threatened by that, with
A number of NLP trainers work across the time in September this year in Auckland. a response of cutting those people down to
country, with a visible link to INLPTA and at Some interesting observations which may size’. It is a challenge for some to support
least a historical focus on longer, face to face impact on NLP provision here: and celebrate ‘Tall Poppies’.
courses. In recent years the emergence of • Schools are proactive in talking about NLP then in New Zealand, definitely has a
shorter courses has been challenging NZANLP values and many schools publish their values presence. With only about 4 million people, the
to re look at their practitioner and course in literature and on school buildings. numbers are comparatively small, but there is a
recognition criteria to focus on the quality of Children (and presumably those who have definite openness by many to learn about new
training, instead of purely the hours recorded. grown up here) are comfortable with the tools and techniques, there is a real openness
Consequently, NZANLP are currently talking concept of values. and welcome to those coming in from abroad
to ANLP about developing ways to overcome • School children are encouraged to use goals and a real sense that NLP is alive and well,
these challenges. setting, as a regular feature of their learning with a genuine desire to learn and develop even
Trainers and the NZANLP offer numerous journey. I have not yet seen significant more. Do feel free to get in touch if you would
practice groups and CPD provision and there evidence that this continues beyond the like to know more.
is a real sense of community, with genuine school years.
sharing and learning together regardless • I have seen some great examples of where
Suzanne Henwood PhD MSc HDCR PGCE mANLP
of background. The issue of supervision Kiwis look internationally for examples of
Director: Henwood Associates
for practice, appears to be relatively well best practice to incorporate here. They
(henwoodassociates.net)
established and is certainly a requirement for employ modelling without even realising they
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