Brian Collins Dip.Ost - Hons

After graduating from the BSO Brian worked for 5 years as an associate and then has worked in his own practice ever since. He is keen to see all members of the society being successful in practice. This will enable a good work/life balance and engender the capacity for promotion of the profession.

A single focused group for Osteopathy is a goal.

We also need to promote ourselves as offering a unique method of treatment assisting those who find day to day living a difficult or painful experience. Simultaneously we can keep sight of our original reasons for choosing such a meaningful profession, and so keep the impetus going.

Marcus Ferreira BSc Osteo (Hons)

Born in Brazil in 1963, Marcus graduated from the ESO 1996. In between he grew up on the Isle of Man, spent some time in the army and played lots of sports. Marcus now has a small practice in Blenheim and an even smaller one in Kaikoura.

He has spent nearly 10 years on one or another of the Osteopathic complaints committees since moving to New Zealand in 1996.

Phil Rowe MOst, BAppSc

After a previous career in the theatre in Australia and London Phil graduated from Unitec in 2009 and immediately started practising with Jose Kunzler in Howick. Since then he has also started his own clinic in Grey Lynn.

Phil was on the Student Osteopathic Medicine Association committee whilst at Unitec and now is keen to play an active part in the OSNZ’s role in the development of Osteopathy. It appears Osteopathy is evolving rapidly at the moment; with changes to the scope of practice from the OCNZ, within Unitec and with ACC and electronic enablement. At the moment Phil is investigating all the Practice Management Systems that integrate with ACC with a view to getting better deals for OSNZ members and helping them be better prepared for “going electronic”.

Phil believes unifying the profession is important as this gives potency to an already small, diverse and often isolated collection of professionals; he also wishes to strengthen Osteopaths’ position within the primary health care profession.

Pili Munoz B.App.Sc(Osteo),Grad.Dip(Osteo.Paed)

Pili graduated from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1992. Since then she served a term as the President of the Queensland Branch of the AOA and a term on the Chiropractic & Osteopathic Registration Board in Queensland.

Pili has served on the OSNZ committee since its inception in 2004. In this time, she has assisted Sarah-Jane Attias, in bringing quality post-graduate courses for members of the OSNZ, and developed the core competencies as outlined by the Osteopathic Council of New Zealand (OCNZ). Pili has been the Director of Post Graduate studies since 2008.

She has also been involved in the post-graduate education of osteopaths in Australia and New Zealand since 1998 with the SCTF of ANZ.

She has been actively involved in the development of the OSNZ Welcome packs, formulating the OSNZ Members Directory and promoting a strong relationship with ISOP and the osteopathic students at Unitec. Pili is also the peer group leader liaison for the committee.

She has a strong vision and passion for the future of osteopathy in NZ.

Michaela Ross

Joze Kunzler BSc (Hons) DO

Jose has been in NZ for the last 12 years. He runs a private practice in Auckland and lectures at Unitec in Osteopathic techniques. He graduated as a Physiotherapist in Paris, France and studied Osteopathy in France and the UK where he completed a BSc from BCNO in London. Jose has just finished a Post Graduate Diploma in Acupuncture with AUT.

He currently lectures at workshops in Europe and Australia. Jose has an open mind and recognises the values and benefits to patients from the three main tools of osteopathy: Cranial, Visceral and Structural.

He currently integrates these different tools in order to obtain the best result in each patient‘s treatment.

VICKY TATE

Vicky qualified with a Masters of Osteopathy in 2004 from Unitec, NZ. Vicky returned to NZ in 2009, after working in Ireland for a year, to fulfil her goal of set up her own practice. She previously worked in a well-known Lower Hutt clinic for three years where she further developed her Osteopathic skills in treating a variety of conditions, under the guidance of some of Wellington's leading paediatric and cranial Osteopaths.

Vicky is currently the Osteopathic representative for the Allied Health Practitioners Association Forum (AHPAF) and sees this role as vital in maintaining the exposure of Osteopathy at a national and political level; educating the public, primary health care workers and the Ministry of Health of the benefits that Osteopaths can offer as part of the primary healthcare network.

She is passionate about maintaining long-term sustainability of the osteopathic profession within New Zealand.

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Lydia has worked in Administrative roles for many years - predominantly in the Conference Industry in New Zealand and for the National Co-ordinating Centre for Service & Delivery Organisation at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine for 5 years.  Lydia enjoys catching up with friends when not involved with child related activities and when time permits, travelling.