Celebrant Foundation and Institute ceremony, ritual, rite of passage and world religions and cultural traditions, public speaking, ceremony writing and presentation and business[3] via live, distance learning, online)classes taught by CF&I faculty. The certificate courses are: Wedding Celebrancy, Funeral/End of Life Celebrancy and Ceremonies Across the Life-Cycle Celebrancy, Healings and Transitions - and an advanced course: Master of Celebrancy. Following graduation, Celebrant trained students through the Celebrant Foundation & Institute become certified and earn the registered title of: certified Life-Cycle Celebrant®. Celebrant graduate alumni become part of their local or regional Celebrant alumni chapter community which supports them and their practice. Certified Celebrant Occupation/Profession:
Marriage in New Zealand religious body, a marriage celebrant of an approved organisation, or an independent marriage celebrant. Before 1976 there was growing dissatisfaction with the Marriage Act as it restricted people to choose between a Christian marriage that was usually performed in a church and solemnised by an Officiating Minister, or to a secular marriage in a Registry office where the number of guests was very restricted. From 1973 the Humanist Society of New Zealand lobbied the government for a change to the Marriage Act seeking the right of people to have marriage ceremonies of their choice with a celebrant of their choice