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Not a birthday I expected to see" " nurse, patient and professor Jacquie Kidd on stage-four cancer and racism
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (1116+ words) Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand Your nursing news since 1908 When poet, nurse and M'ori health professor Jacquie Kidd, Ng'puhi, talks to me, it is her 63rd birthday. "It's not a birthday I expected to see. Because in July it'll be four years…...
It's not about the pay' " Auckland district nurses go on strike
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (730+ words) Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand Your nursing news since 1908 More than 60 district nurses in Auckland are on strike today, saying they are fed up with empty promises and being ignored. "District nursing has been like a silent service that people often…...
Nurses forced to car-pool as fuel prices spiral, hammer HCAs
1+ week, 1+ day ago (972+ words) Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand Your nursing news since 1908 By Joel Maxwell and Mary Longmore It's their job to keep caring " but amid spiralling fuel prices nurses and kai'whina are pleading for support as they scrabble to get to work. Far-flung…...
It's important' " mental health nurse battler never forgets the joy
3+ week, 1+ day ago (984+ words) Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand Would you tolerate being punched, kicked and strangled at work? Or having to send an email to get police help when taking a highly-distressed tangata whaiora (person seeking health) back to hospital? This is our stark…...
Remote, but not alone: How nurses" telehealth system enables safer heart-failure care
3+ week, 2+ day ago (945+ words) Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand By Daman Kaur and Margaret Coghlan-Talbot Nursing is an art with science, which resonates in our practice daily, say two Hawke's Bay nurses, who are speaking at an upcoming digital health workshop. As patient needs become…...
Peeling the onion: An intensive brief intervention service for young people
3+ week, 3+ day ago (781+ words) Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand Mental health nurse section committee member Michela Fox shares the secrets of a successful youth mental health service. Experience, complementary knowledge " and the nursing spirit of collaboration are key. The intensive brief intervention service for youth…...
So many hospitals are being attacked: Myanmar doctor seeks NZNO nursing know-how
3+ week, 6+ day ago (752+ words) Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand Cynthia Maung is a Myanmar refugee, a doctor and a leader who started her clinic using a rice-cooker as a steriliser. Now she's keen to upskill her local nursing workforce with NZNO's help. Maung was the…...
Expect more hacks, but "no going back" warns nurse and health information expert
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (906+ words) Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand The shiny new digital world of health care in 2026 is starting to look a lot like the dusty old world of the Wild West " even the names are recycled, reveals Karen Day. "There's this concept in…...
Purple reigns " nurses show true colours for pay equity around motu
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (645+ words) Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand By Mary Longmore and Joel Maxwell Puzzled passers-by were seeing purple, but some of the nurses were seeing red " it was International Women's Day again, and pay equity was still on the agenda. "Unprintable!" That was…...
Upcoming digital leadership workshop features a nurse-designed patient tool
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (201+ words) Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand From IT to digital and AI in health, an upcoming leadership workshop for health providers features a remote patient monitoring tool designed with the help of nurses. I am writing to share details of an upcoming…...