Mike Eyres graduated from SPCNM in 2016 and currently works part-time in clinical practice as a Medical Herbalist.

Cultivating plants and making natural products has always been his passion, his previous career before becoming a medical herbalist was as a winemaker. He was drawn to change careers after seeing the impact of herbal and naturopathic practice on his own health and the health of his family. 

He lives in Cambridge and enjoys the great New Zealand outdoors. On any given weekend you can find him on a beach, by a river or in a forest somewhere around the country.

Liala Gianstefani has been in practice since 1997, when she moved to Hokitika from Melbourne after graduating as a naturopath at the Southern School of Natural Therapies. 

From the urban inner city to the wild west coast of the South Island, she now splits her time between clinical practice and her thriving herb garden. Tending and harvesting the herbs to make tinctures, teas, vinegars and glycetracts, which are then mixed into individual formulas for her clients. 

Appointments are available online or in person. Initial consults are around an hour, with a detailed case history taken. Follow up visits are 20-30 mins.

Elizabeth is a medical herbalist and naturopath based in Pūkorokoro, practising in Thames and Auckland.

She has been growing and using herbs all her life, growing up on a remote farm where herbs and natural medicine were standard options.

She has a strong interest in the education available to herbalists and is currently a tutor for the Naturopathic College of NZ. Prior to this, she was co-Chair of the South Pacific College of Natural Medicine Board. Elizabeth is also developing a medicinal herb garden designed as a teaching space.

Elizabeth is deeply focused on the quality of herbal medicine - something that developed after researching supply chains during her time as a Product Development Technologist for Phytomed Medicinal Herbs. She is passionate about herbalists understanding the elements, challenges and parameters of growing and sourcing herbs, seeing this very much as an aspect of ethical practice.

Elizabeth believes that access to herbal medicine should be available to all communities.