Although it is likely that immigrants from England brought homoeopathy with them, the first homoeopath of record in New Zealand was William Purdie, MD, a graduate of Glasgow, who arrived in December, 1849, and settled in Dunedin. Shortly after, Dr Carl Frank Fischer, a medical graduate from Berlin settled in Auckland. He published the first New Zealand homoeopathic journal, The Homoeopathic Echo, from 1855 to 1856.

Fischer established the Homoeopathic Association in 1857, and a homoeopathic hospital in 1858. The hospital saw 1047 patients from the time it opened until it closed in 1862. During the time it was open, the mortality rate at the hospital was 2.2%. Fischer left New Zealand for Australia in 1869.

The Echo was published with the support of John Bell’s Homoeopathic Pharmacy in Auckland. Another pharmacy, that of J. A. Pond was eventually taken over by Marriage’s Pharmacy in 1880. In 1931, Marriage’s reported that they “have a great trade, entirely with families.”

The New Zealand Homoeopathic Society was founded in 1951 by Alfred G. Grove, a lay practitioner. Grove died in 1974. The Society is still in existence and has its meeting rooms and library in Mt. Eden, in Auckland.

The practice of homoeopathy in New Zealand falls under common law as it does in Great Britain. One can practice homoeopathy without having a medical licence. There are several homoeopathic physicians, some of whom are on the register as well. There is no separate register or organization for medically qualified homoeopaths.

There are currently about 150 professional homoeopaths on the register of the New Zealand Council of Homeopaths.

There are four manufacturing homoeopathic pharmacies in New Zealand and a number of chemist shops that offer a full range of homoeopathic products and potencies.

New Zealand supports three part-time colleges that offer training in homoeopathy: The Wellington College of Homoeopathy, The Bay of Plenty College of Homoeopathy, and the Auckland College of Classical Homeopathy.

There is also a private homeopathic library (perhaps the largest homeopathic collection in the Southern Hemisphere), The Homoeopathic Archives, at Tawa, near Wellington.
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