Media Release: No place at Te Whatu Ora for graduate nurses

As part of its ongoing “cost-containment” cuts, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora is freezing the employment of graduate nurses into the hospital system.

The mid-year intakes of Nurse Entry to Practice and Nurse Entry to Specialist Practice programmes to provide graduates with support and professional development to facilitate their transition during their first year of practice will be paused, apart from those who are recruited externally into specialist services