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No Place At Te Whatu Ora For Graduate Nurses

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19 Jun 2024

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New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) is extremely disappointed by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora’s decision not to match graduates into their nursing workforce.

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No Place At Te Whatu Ora For Graduate Nurses

SCOOP Health.

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