Become a Certified Health Coach
Tāmaki Health delivers nationally recognised, HCANZA-accredited training designed to strengthen integrated primary care team to prevent and improve long term conditions , improve access to mental health and addiction, and to provide a holistic wellbeing support across Aotearoa New Zealand.
A Proven Foundation
Our programme isn't just theory—it is built for the realities of the New Zealand health system.
Grounded in Practice: Every module is rooted in real-world primary care delivery.
Co-Designed with Heart: Our curriculum is shaped by Tangata-Whaiora to ensure it meets the true needs of the community.
Why Train with Tāmaki Health?
While other programmes focus on theory, we are employers and practitioners first. We don’t just teach you the science; we teach you how to apply it in the heart of primary care.
Real-World Mastery: Every member of our training team has worked as a Health Coach or IPMHA practitioner; we understand clinic realities—from workflow pressures to team integration.
The Gold Standard: HCANZA-accredited and aligned with Health NZ expectations, ensuring your certification meets international professional standards.
Kānohi ki te kānohi: We provide onsite support and competency assessment in your actual workplace to build confidence and applied skill.
Bespoke Cultural Capability: Specialist Pacific training through our partnership with Le Va and Kaiarahi-led workshops on Te Tiriti and equity.
Practice-Ready Graduates: Our lived experience ensures the programme produces graduates ready for safe, effective integration into clinic teams.
A Structured Three-Phase Training Pathway
Our curriculum is grounded in Improvement Science and the CEPC model, evolved through real-world delivery.
Participants develop a strong grounding in:
Te Tiriti o Waitangi: Equity, cultural safety, and understanding bias.
Holistic Health Models: Mastery of Te Whare Tapa Whā and Fonofale.
Core Coaching Skills: Motivational interviewing, agenda setting, action planning, education and navigation of healthcare, and follow-up.
Role Clarity: Integrated primary care and the IPMHA model.
Learning is reinforced through role-play, structured feedback, and specific focus areas:
Long Term Conditions - Prevention and cure, Cardio Vascular Disease (CVD) and its relationship with diabetes & depression.
Know your health - knowing your HbA1c, Blood Pressure & Cholesterol and other long term conditions
Mental Health & Addiction: Foundations for supporting low mood, anxiety, distress, grief, loneliness, and social isolation.
Behaviour Change: Evidence-based self-management and behavioural activation.
Trainer’s visit to clinic to support with clinic integration:
Clinical Readiness: Trainer available to trainee onsite to support with clinic integration and understanding of a PHO setting and its protocols
Clinical Integration: Knowing your clinic team, working collaboratively, introduction to safety protocols, boundaries and model fidelity, Privacy Act 2020.
Community Navigation: Working with whānau, community navigation, and referral pathways.
Mentoring: Includes 10 mandatory webinars and drop-in group Q&A sessions.
Trainers complete an onsite assessment in the clinic, ensuring health coaches are:
Working in their scope of practice / skills- prioritising model fidelity, handing over when beyond scope, using their core skills and able to complete sessions effectively.
Team Impact: Work safely and effectively within a primary care team alongside HIPs, GPs, and nurses.
Cultural Responsiveness: Engage and activate patients and whānau in relationship-centred, strength-based, and culturally responsive ways.
Training Pathway
Trainee feedback:
”Thank you very much for sharing all your knowledge. I have truly enjoyed every aspect of the training, from making us feel very welcome in your space and the real-life stories to using the practical resources like the hand-outs, role play and group discussions. Well done team for providing this great course”
"Well facilitated, great to have so much reflection time and practice/roll playing. Thank you, I not only learned a lot but also enjoyed myself”.
"Now having a board overview of the HC model. Better equips my understand of my scope . Obtaining useful resources. Having 1 pager handouts is an excellent way to support patients and establishing a network of other like-minded HCs and trainers. Provides a sense of support and future PD
“The high level of engagement throughout the workshop to help us learn to interact with all sorts of different people.”
Who Is This Training For?
As a non-registered professional, you will follow a structured, process-driven model to bridge the gap between medical advice and a patient’s ability to successfully engage with their own wellbeing goals.
Prospective Health Coaches ideally bring:
Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn.
Strong people skills and confidence building relationships.
Cultural and language alignment with clinic communities where possible.
Ability to work within a team and follow evidence-based processes.
Comfort (or willingness to learn) working within primary care IT systems.
Growing Capability Locally: Sustainable Health Leadership
We are committed to building regional training capability, supporting local trainers and competency assessors to deliver training closer to communities.
This approach:
Strengthens Sustainability: Supports regional workforce sustainability and builds local practice expertise.
Ensures Equity: Supports equitable access to training across Aotearoa.
Empowers Leaders: Develops future health sector leaders and supports practices and communities to thrive.
2026 Training Schedule
Plan your journey. Our intakes are designed to build sustainable, locally-delivered workforce capability across Aotearoa.
Cohort | Dates | Status |
|---|---|---|
Cohort 1 | 16th - 20th Feb | Closed |
Cohort 2 | 13th - 16th April | Open |
Cohort 3 | 2nd - 5th June | Open |
Cohort 4 | 20th - 23rd July | Open |
Cohort 5 | 31st August – 3rd Sept | Open |
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, it is HCANZA-accredited and meets international professional standards.
Over 300 Health Coaches have been trained across 38 cohorts nationwide.
Partnering with Le Va, we focus on Pacific mental health and addiction responsiveness and culturally grounded coaching practice.