Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand also launching open access
Kaitiaki — Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO’s online general nursing magazine — is also becoming fully open access from today, with no more need for members and wider health stakeholders to register for full content. This followed feedback that members found registering a barrier.
Kaitiaki Nursing Research editor Patricia McClunie-Trust said the journal not only aimed to publish research relevant to New Zealand’s unique context, but also to support and foster local nurse researchers.
Its first online edition leads off with two articles carrying health equity at their heart; the experiences and teaching philosophies of two Māori male nurse educators at Waikato University, and a survey of third-year nursing students on their knowledge and impressions of rongoā, the traditional Māori healing system.
These, along with the entire 2024 and 2025 editions of Kaitiaki Nursing Research, can be accessed directly here, or via the Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand website, .
NZNO has published the research journal in an annual print-only edition since 2010.
McClunie-Trust, a nursing educator at Waikato Institute of Technology, said the timing was right for Kaitiaki Nursing Research to go online and fully open for its readers.
“Most people now search for published research on databases or open-source platforms, and accessibility is key to keeping nurse readers informed about important professional issues,” she said.
“Research in a digital age is not only about accessibility of published work, but also about researchers from around the world being able to work collaboratively on projects.”
The research journal website will be updated with new articles year round.