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UPCOMING EVENTS
Te Wāhanga Rangahau Tapuhi Nursing
Research Section (NRS) Golden Jubilee
Research Forum and Call for Abstracts
Kia ora e te NRS whānau
50 years of nursing research. What will you contribute to its future?
Join us for the NRS Golden Jubilee Research Forum to
celebrate our past and consider the future of nursing research.
📅 Friday 12 March 2027 | 9 am–3 pm
📍 UCOL, Palmerston North
Theme: Sustainability: Treasuring our past, protecting our future.
Have research, an education initiative or a quality improvement
project to share? We invite abstracts for oral presentations.
Send your 250-word abstract, using the Abstract Submission Form
to nzno.nrs@gmail.com before Monday 30 November 2026.
See the poster below for details and share with your colleagues.
Please reach out to nzno.nrs@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Looking forward to your abstracts.
Ngā mihi nui
NRS Committee

For other events of interest, please visit the NZNO Events calendar.
PAST EVENTS
2025 Nursing Research Section (NRS), Te Wāhanga Rangahau Tapuhi's (NZNO) BGM
Date: 10 October 2025
Venue: NZNO Christchurch, 17 Washington Way, Waltham, Christchurch AND online
Times: 09:00: BGM and 09:30 Presentations from the speakers below.
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Dr Isaac Amankwaa (PhD)
Evolving Nursing Roles in Assisted Dying: Insights for an Ideal Service Model
Bio: Dr Isaac Amankwaa is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at AUT with a research focus on health equity, migrant health literacy, and assisted dying. He is passionate about synthesising emerging evidence to support workforce development and advance nursing practice.
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Dr Patricia McClunie-Trust (MNSc)
Graduate Entry Nursing Students' Development of a Professional Nursing Self
Bio: Dr Patricia McClunie-Trust is a Principal Lecturer in the Master of Nursing, Master of Professional Practice and Master of Nursing Science programmes at Wintec. She is a professional supervisor interested in capability development for advanced nursing practice. Patricia’s research focuses on professionalism and professional practice in nursing.
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Chey Ratima (MNSc)
Kawa Whakaruruhau: A framework for enabling culturally safe practice with Māori
Bio: Chey is a Nurse Educator Māori at MidCentral, and is passionate about supporting kaupapa Māori approaches to clinical education and workforce development. Her focuses on empowering health professionals to deliver culturally safe, equity-focused care by actualising Te Tiriti o Waitangi in clinical practice.
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