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The New Zealand Health Group is proud to announce its Hiwa-i-te-rangi Māori Health Leadership Scholarship that worth up to $20,000. The purpose of this scholarship is to enable more Māori to be in decision making leadership roles within the health sector. The Hiwa-i-te-rangi Māori Health Leadership Scholarship programme is one Read more…
The country’s largest provider of home and community support services, New Zealand Health Group, is throwing its full support behind the 65,000 carers and support workers across Aotearoa who are calling for the Government to urgently address the inadequate funding in the home-based care sector to ensure fair pay and Read more…
Retirement villages are booming, while aged care homes face a staffing crisis over nurses’ pay, forcing the closure of more than 400 beds {Credit: Stuff 24/04/22} A wave of baby boomer pensioners, combined with the global pandemic, is firing up the retirement industry. Every week about 40 new villas and Read more…
Josephine Gagan, New Zealand Health Group Managing Director, weighs in on the brain drain prospect for the aged care sector Brain drain predictions terrifying prospect for aged care sector [Credit: Newshub 12/04/2022] As the border breaks open to Aussie tourists on Tuesday night there are fears about Kiwis flocking the Read more…
Josephine Gagan (Managing Director, New Zealand Health Group) talks about Pay Equity bringing inequality in pay on TVNZ Breakfast interview. While the pay equity settlement announcement on Friday 8 April by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation is significant news for DHB nurses, healthcare assistants and customer service workers, it is Read more…
Fletcher Building announces the launch of Vivid Living -its innovative new business bringing a unique offer to the retirement living market. Vivid Living’s first homes will be built within the popular Fletcher Living communities of Waiata Shores and Red Beach in Auckland and be available for customers to view and Read more…
Photo from left to right: Aroha, Carlton, Coral and Tiani. Māori leadership is standing out strongly in students emerging in the healthcare sector who are united in one goal, improving Māori healthcare outcomes. Ōpōtiki’s Carlton Irving, a mature student, is one. Carlton is studying medicine at Otago University and is Read more…
Getting vaccinated protects our whakapapa, tamariki and kaumatua. It also protects our clients and e hoa mahi (workmates). Pai tū, pai hinga, You got this. Visit the Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā website for more information from Māori health experts. Te Rōpū Whakakaupapa Urutā – National Māori Pandemic Group COVID-19 is Read more…
Extra support to ease any anxiety of disabled and autistic people wanting to get vaccinated for COVID-19 is now available, thanks to a partnership between Explore and the Ministry of Health. Many, including disabled and autistic people, may show signs of anxiety and distress when it comes to injections and Read more…
Newsroom is an independent, New Zealand-based news and current affairs site founded by formers leaders of NZME The New Zealand Herald and MediaWorks TV3. The story they ran last night on South Canterbury District Health Board highlighted how our Group, through our Chief Executive Josephine (Jo) Gagan, have been fighting Read more…