Why so many nurses move to New Zealand – but don’t plan to stick aroundThe Spinoff Daily, Friday July 12
Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: Wellington in 10 sandwiches, ThreeNews’ first week and a new New Zealand art exhibition. But first: Shanti Mathias looks at why so many nurses move to New Zealand – but don’t plan to stick around.
“A red background and bold letters describe the migration route efficiently. ‘How to move from the UK to Australia as a nurse via the New Zealand route’. It’s a two-part YouTube video posted by a Filipino nurse who says in his profile that he’s based in the UK. He has thousands of subscribers. In the recommended videos list, there are dozens of others: a channel dedicated to nurses moving from New Zealand to Australia, a Hindi-language video with the hashtag #NewZealandPathwaytoBecomeANurseInAustralia, a video proclaiming a ‘2024 update’ to How to be a Nurse in New Zealand – even though the channel is called ‘Move 2 Australia with Veronica’. Facebook groups, some run by nursing influencers, are filled with nurses asking specific migration questions, and the nursing influencers have links in their bios to exclusive notes about how to migrate as a nurse and Discord chats for people to join. The production values on these videos are low, but they serve as brightly coloured, click-here demonstrations of a well-established phenomenon: there’s a clear pathway for internationally qualified nurses to come to New Zealand – but for many, staying here is not the ultimate goal.”
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