Issue: September 2022

September 2022

Maranga Mai! Education — what needs to change?

By Mary Longmore

August 24, 2022

About a third of Aotearoa’s nursing workforce is comprised of overseas-trained nurses, nurse vacancies are into the thousands and an estimated one in three nursing students are dropping out — with even higher rates for Māori and Pacific1. In the first of a series exploring Maranga Mai!, NZNO’s campaign to fix the nursing crisis, Kaitiaki looks at what needs to change in nursing education.

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September 2022

Ode to Shortland Street

By Helen Kemp

August 18, 2022

I wrote this poem in honour of the Government’s latest recruitment plan for nursing, and read it out at a recent delegates’ meeting. I thought the wider membership might like to read it too:

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September 2022

12 candidates standing in NZNO board of directors elections 2022

By Kaitiaki Editors

August 3, 2022

Nominations were called for the NZNO Board of Directors on 17 June and closed at 12 noon, Friday 15 July 2022.

  • As there were more than seven nominations received for the seven vacancies on the Board, an election is required.
  • The following article contains the candidate profiles and photos of the candidates standing for the Board positions.
  • Please note that while the candidates are listed in alphabetical order by surname in this article, candidate names are listed in random order on the voting paper.
  • The profiles have been provided by each candidate and are unedited by Kaitiaki. Co-editors accept no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the statements as supplied by the candidates.

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