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Kate Weston: College of Nurses Executive Director on the number of nurses who move overseas to work

Published: Dec. 7, 2023, 6:54 p.m.

Australia's proving to be an attractive proposition for Kiwi nurses.\xa0

Almost 8,000 have jumped the Tasman in the past year.\xa0

They're part of the more than 9,000 health workers approved to work in Australia under the trans-Tasman legislation in 2022/23.\xa0

College of Nurses Executive Director, Kate Weston, told Mike Hosking that they're increasingly seeing New Zealand nursing registration open doors internationally. \xa0

She says a nurse may register to work here, but never actually end up doing so.\xa0

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