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‘Just a really good guy’ — NZNO leaders mourn former kaumātua Richard Rangi Wallace

NZNO's Te Rūnanga members are mourning Richard Rangi Wallace, NZNO's former kaumātua and Māori Anglican pīhopa (bishop) o Te Waipounamu who died on January 6.

New scholarship for rainbow nursing students embraces diversity

A new scholarship for rainbow nursing students is an "immense" step towards a safe and inclusive nursing workforce that celebrates diversity, say NZNO -- Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa student leaders.

‘We hung in there’ — southern Te Whatu Ora members celebrate 2023 pay equity achievement

Ashburton Te Whatu Ora members took a moment this month to celebrate 2023 as the year they won a "significant" pay equity settlement after a seven-year uphill battle -- a win they hope paves the way for other nurses and health workers.

Smokefree rollback ‘deeply, widely felt’ by nurses, say Christchurch protestors

About 200 nurses, health workers and other opponents of the Government's decision to roll back the SmokeFree Aotearoa legislation turned out in Christchurch today for a third protest against the move.

‘Dirty back-room deal’ — nurses, health workers and Māori rally over Smokefree law repeal

Nurses and kaiāwhina joined Māori health providers, doctors and public health advocates at rallies in Auckland and Wellington this week to protest against the new Government's shock decision to repeal Smokefree Aotearoa laws.

‘I’m here to listen’ — new Minister of Health opens doors to NZNO nurse leaders for ongoing kōrero

After a recent late night kōrero with new Minister of Health Shane Reti, NZNO -- Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa leaders have described him as "warm" and committed to Māori and rebuilding a homegrown nursing workforce.

Nurses, health workers stand up against ‘incomprehensible’ Smokefree rollback

Nurses and NZNO -- Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa are joining a wave of outrage and protest from health, iwi and community organisations over the Government's shock decision to repeal world-first smokefree laws.

Late-in-life nurse wins award for changing patients’ home lives

A Lower Hutt nurse has received the 2023 nurse investigator award from the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) for her research into how nurses can improve patients’ social, economic and physical environments.

‘Listen to us — keep us safe’: Nurses nationwide call for funding from new Government over nursing crisis

Te Whatu Ora nurses have described gruelling workplaces, rife with burnout, violence and unsafe staffing levels, as they turn out across the country to demand more investment in their workforce.

‘Please share your art of nursing with our graduate-entry students’

Two nursing educators encourage clinical RNs to welcome graduate-entry students, and share their 'art of nursing' with them.

‘I could nearly see me — the real me’: A transgender nurse shares their story from ‘rock bottom’ to rainbow educator

Having survived addiction and the darkest depression during a lifelong quest to claim their identity, Manawatū transgender nurse Mel Meates believes nursing saved their life.

Menopause: getting it right for your patients

In this webinar, Professor Bev Lawton discusses menopause and how to get the best outcomes for your patients.

Fostering resilience in patients with life-limiting illness

A nurse and aromatherapist investigates what resilience means for patients who are facing the end of their lives, and provides a case study on how aromatherapy can be harnessed to improve resilience.

It’s cool to kōrero — January 2024

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Isabelle Sherrard — an education journey

As New Zealand marks 50 years since nurse training moved out of hospitals and became a tertiary qualification, Kaitiaki looks back at the massive changes in nursing education through the eyes of former nursing school head Isabelle Sherrard.

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‘Kerri Nuku needs to stick with nursing and leave history to the experts’

Kerri Nuku needs to stick with nursing and leave history to the experts.

‘I see the effects every day’ — nurse and midwife implores Government to rethink Smokefree law change

I’m writing in the hope that the Government will change its mind on the Smokefree law change.

Stop the repeal of Smokefree legislation, say respiratory nurses

The NZNO college of respiratory nurses demands the Government stop the repeal of the Smokefree legislation.

First nursing leadership conference in three years aims to ‘create great’

About 100 nurses and nurse leaders attended the nursing leadership conference 'Creating great - leading into the future' held over two days in Whanganui recently.