Ref: OI/20/00255
Level 9, 44 The Terrace
PO Box 27048
Wel ington, New Zealand 6141
26 June 2020
P +64 4 462 5200
www.tec.govt.nz
Daniel Ryan
By email:
[FYI request #12770 email]
Tēnā koe Daniel
Thank you for your request, received on 3 May 2020, for the following information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
1) How much has been spent on tuition under the Fees Free scheme for each
complementary therapy (below), for each year since the beginning of the scheme?
2) How many people have received under the Fees Free scheme for each complementary
therapy (below), for each year since the beginning of the scheme?
3) If possible, what is next years projection on how much wil be spent on complementary
therapies?
Complementary therapies: Chinese medicine, kinesiology (aka applied kinesiology), homeopathy,
Ayurveda, acupuncture, naturopathy/naturopathic medicine, herbal medicine, holistic pulsing,
homeobotanical therapy, tui na/tuina, aromatherapy, yoga, chiropractic, osteopathy and any
other pseudo-therapies.
On 27 May 2020 you were advised an extension was required to respond to your request, under
section 15A of the Act, to 26 June 2020. This was because your request necessitated a search through
a large quantity of information. Clarification was also sought to see if you required information on all
courses or qualifications undertaken that relate to the areas you noted above, or if there was a
specific focus on courses that are medicine or treatment related. In lieu of any clarification, the
information provided has a specific focus on courses that are medicine or treatment related.
I am releasing the information in the table at Appendix 1, and note the fol owing:
• Data for fees free is only available for the 2018 and 2019 calendar years. We are unable to
provide any future projections as we do not col ect the information at this detailed level;
• The qualifications and courses included were identified by searching for key words in the
qualification and course title where the learner consumed fees free entitlements. Therefore
the below is not an exhaustive list;
• All groupings in Appendix 1 are based on qualification and course titles only which may fall
into multiple areas;
• Qualifications and courses listed in Appendix 1 were compared to the data held on learners
who benefited from the Fees-Free scheme to identify learner numbers and the value of Fees-
Free funding. Not al qualifications and courses necessarily had learners who benefited from
fees-free;
• Data was sourced from our fees free reporting database. This data relies on the accuracy of
reporting by providers in the Single Data Return, and "Fees-free all enrolments and costs"
reporting;
• The number of learners should not be aggregated as learners can be enrolled/reported in
more than one qualification and/or course;
• If the learner count is 5 or less, the actual value has not been provided for privacy reasons.
These can be identified by the "<5" value; and
• This data has been compiled specifically to respond to this question. It uses administrative
data collected by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for the purposes of funding
tertiary education. Care should be taken when making comparisons with data col ected or
compiled for other purposes.
In compliance with the Official Information Act, I am withholding some information in the released
table under section 9(2)(a) of the Act, to protect the privacy of natural persons.
I am satisfied, in terms of section 9(1) of the Act, that the need to withhold the information referred
to above is not outweighed by other considerations that render it desirable, in the public interest, to
make the information available.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
The TEC intends to publish its response to this request on our website with your personal details
removed. Consistent with the Act, we are publishing responses in the interests of transparency and
accountability, and to improve access to official information.
Nāku noa, nā
Tim Fowler
Chief Executive
Tertiary Education Commission
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APPENDIX 1
Area requested
Qualifications included
Additional Courses included (that are not
2018 Learner
2018 $ Fees
2019 Learner 2019 $ Fees Free
included in the qualification/s listed)
Count
Free Consumed Count
Consumed
Acupuncture
PC9792 Bachelor of Health Science (Acupuncture)
COMP801 Western Acupuncture
0
-
11
$107,079
COMP802 Theoretical Concepts of Western
Acupuncture
Applied
ND0629 Kinesiology (level 7)
BRS5.116 Applied Kinesiology
6
$4,792
0
-
Kinesiology
Aromatherapy
1
PC3624 Diploma in Aromatherapy
AT101 Foundations of Aromatherapy
<5
Withheld under
0
-
s 9(2)(a) OIA
Chinese
PC3000 Master of Health Science – Chinese Medicine
CM CMK1 Chinese Medicine Theory 1
15
$115,477
8
$12,690
Medicine
2
PC3663 Diploma in Tuina
CMK2 Chinese Medicine Theory 2
PC9706 Diploma in Tui Na (level 7)
CMK8 Chinese Medicine Classical works 2
PC2448 Diploma of Chinese Herbal Medicine
CMP1 Chinese Medicine Practicum 1
PC2429 Post Graduate Certificate in Health Science
CMP2 Chinese Medicine Practicum 2
(Chinese Medicine)
CMP3 Chinese Medicine Practicum 3
CMP4 Chinese Medicine Practicum 4
CMP5 Chinese Medicine Practicum 5
CMCP3 Chinese Medicine Clinic Practicum 3
CMK6 Chinese Medicine Classical Works 1K1
Chinese Medicine Theory 1
CMK2 Chinese Medicine Theory 2
Chiropractic
PC3163 Bachelor of Chiropractic
0
-
22
$377,741
Herbal Medicine
PC8341 Bachelor of Naturopathic and Herbal Medicine
CMK4 Herbal Medicine 1
7
$45,570
<5
$28,868
CPI06 Certificate in personal interest in Herbal Medicine 2
CMK5 Herbal Medicine 2
CPI02 Certificate in personal interest in Herbal Medicine 1
CMK7 Herbal Medicine 3
Homeopathy
PC9176 Diploma in Homeopathy (animal health)
9
$56,428
<5
$22,299
NZ2986 NZ Diploma in acute prescribing with homeopathy
PC9811 Diploma in Homeopathy
Naturopathy
PC2657 Diploma in Naturopathy
6
$22,200
19
$83,805
PC3099 Bachelor of Natural Medicine
3727 Advanced Diploma in Health Science (Naturopathy
and Nutrition)
1 Not offered in 2019
2 Includes any course related to Tuina due to the way in which these were reported by the provider
Osteopathy
CA2299 Master of Osteopathy
008791 Anatomy Osteopathic Practice 1
16
$22,894
14
$12,362
011472 Introduction to Osteopathy
011518 Anatomy Osteopathic Practice 2
011625 Osteopathic Practice 1-SemA
011626 Osteopathic Practice 1-SemB
011629 Osteopathic Theory 1
BMSH503 Introduction to Osteopathy
Yoga
PC9266 Diploma of Yoga
<5
$30,075
<5
$12,270
Ayurveda
0
-
0
-
Holistic pulsing
0
-
0
-
Homeobotanical
0
-
0
-
Therapy
