March 2025
March 11, 2025
The Government spent more than $50 million on the recruitment and education of migrant nurses in the two years after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions ended, which has led to a serious imbalance in the nursing workforce.
February 2025
February 7, 2025
Helping establish graduate-entry and advanced nursing practice courses have been highlights of Cathy Andrew’s role as executive dean of the University of Canterbury’s faculty of health.
Read more... Cathy Andrew — a passionate advocate for regional education
January 2025
January 23, 2025
Nurse educators need to be recruited from a broader range of expertise, a nurse lecturer argues.
Read more... A multidisciplinary approach to nurse lecturing is needed in New Zealand
October 2024
September 17, 2024
Minister of Health Shane Reti says getting New Zealand-trained nursing graduates in work is a “very high priority” for him, as Te Whatu Ora considers expanding their options.
August 2024
August 7, 2024
Te Whatu Ora says it is “committed to supporting” new nursing graduates who missed out on supported-entry roles to find work — but not in New Zealand’s public hospitals.
Read more... Nursing workforce landscape ‘significantly changed’ — Te Whatu Ora
August 2024
July 24, 2024
Te Whatu Ora says it has employed 334 of the 535 mid-year nursing graduates who applied into supported entry roles — leaving 166 facing uncertain futures in the general talent pool.
Read more... Three out of five nursing students to get hospital jobs, Te Whatu Ora figures show
August 2024
July 18, 2024
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house recently as nursing tauira (students) spoke of their struggles, exhaustion and despair.
Read more... Nursing students share pain, tears and laughter with heads of school
June 2024
May 24, 2024
Lack of financial support is stopping many students realising their dream of becoming a nurse, says the new head of Nelson nursing school.
May 2024
March 28, 2024
Concerns have been raised that newly streamlined pathways for internationally-qualified nurses (IQNs) into Aotearoa, New Zealand skip too lightly over cultural and clinical preparedness.
Read more... Faster, fairer pathways for overseas nurses into New Zealand, says Nursing Council
February 2024
December 20, 2023
| 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. |  |
November 2023
November 3, 2023
| New Zealand nurses are celebrating 50 years since nurse training began moving out of hospitals and into the education sector — but warn tertiary funding pressures and a pay gap of up to $40,000 for lecturers are putting the future of nursing education at risk. | |
Read more... Nurses celebrate 50 years of tertiary education — but fear for its future
September 2023
August 23, 2023
A third of nursing students are reconsidering their career choice, because the job seems too stressful, an NZNO student survey has found.
September 2023
August 23, 2023
Academics from across Aotearoa’s 20 nursing schools are speaking up in an unprecedented and “urgent” call to protect what they say is an at-risk but crucial part of the nursing workforce.
Read more... Schools of nursing unite in urgent call to protect ‘at risk’ nurse educators
September 2023
August 7, 2023
A grandmother of seven is among 40 ākonga (students) who have signed up for a new diploma to support Pacific-trained nurses into the New Zealand workforce.
Read more... Fast-track door to nursing in Aotearoa opens for Pacific nurses
September 2023
August 3, 2023
Nursing staff at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington (VUW)’s school of nursing and midwifery are breathing a sigh of relief today after finding out there would be no cuts to its nursing programme staff.
Read more... Victoria University’s nursing staff escape cuts but midwifery remains in sights
August 2023
August 2, 2023
Learning how to assess patients is at the foundation of nursing education. Staff at Waikato University’s new nursing programmes have devised an assessment framework which incorporates the values they espouse — using a bicultural and holistic approach to care which embeds mental health in all parts of the curriculum.
Read more... Mahere hau — an integrated bicultural nursing assessment framework
August 2023
July 20, 2023
Proposed cuts to more than a quarter of Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington (VUW)’s school of nursing and midwifery staff have been paused after a $128 million Government tertiary education rescue package.
Read more... Nursing schools fight ‘significant’ proposed staff cuts
August 2023
July 18, 2023
Nurse educators are welcoming a $128-million funding boost for tertiary education, saying it is is “critical” to maintaining a highly skilled nursing workforce and improving patient outcomes.
Read more... Nurses welcome ‘critical’ $128 million funding boost for tertiary education
June 2023
May 17, 2023
The journey to complete a master of nursing has served to further ignite Tania Bailey’s passion for reducing health inequities for Māori.
Read more... Turning perception into practice: Advocating for cultural safety in health care
May 2023
May 2, 2023
Would-be-nurses need financial support during their studies — not afterwards, say NZNO nursing students.
Read more... Students and nurses douse National’s ‘brainless’ bonding scheme
