Celebrating our nurses, midwives, and health professionals
Nursing, midwifery, and health practice alumni and staff share their stories.
Current students
Alumni
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Charles Smith
Alumnus Charles Smith is a Principal Adviser Health for the Department of Corrections.
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Chris Murphy
Alumna Chris Murphy is a Project Leader at Hospice New Zealand.
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Rosemary Diehl
Alumna Rosemary Diehl is a Registered Nurse providing mental health nursing care in Central Otago.
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Abdulmalik (Malik) Saleh Hasanain
Malik Hasanain is working towards his PhD in Nursing, focusing on experiences of prostate cancer among Jordanian Muslim men.
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Andrew Jull
Ask him what’s the best part of his current job and Professor Andrew Jull, who is a Professor of Nursing at the University of Auckland, barely pauses to think.
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Jan Pearson
Alumna Jan Pearson is a retired nurse with a varied career in nursing and health-related fields.
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Jo Mulheron
Jo Mulheron is a registered midwife studying for a Postgraduate Certificate in Midwifery.
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Karen Holden
Karen Holden is the Care capacity demand management nurse coordinator for Hutt Valley DHB and a student of the Master of Health.
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Leeanne Orban
Leeanne Orban is a Clinical nurse specialist (RNP) and clinical team leader, primary healthcare. She is a student of our Master of Nursing Science.
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Meagan Hughes
Meagan Hughes is a Diabetes Nurse Specialist and completed a Postgraduate Diploma of Nursing Science.
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Polly Grainger
As a graduate nurse, Polly Grainger never thought she’d leave the floor but now as a clinical projects specialist she says she’s never felt more fulfilled.
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Sarah Rossiter
Sarah Rossiter graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Science.
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Suzanne Miller
Dr Suzanne Miller’s research explored the experiences of healthy first-time mothers with uncomplicated pregnancies who choose to give birth in a tertiary-level.
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Tracey Xu
Alumna Tracey Xu is a Nurse Prescriber working at Mauri Ora—Student Health at Victoria University of Wellington.