New Zealand’s nursing profession is being dragged, kicking and screaming, into a state-mandated hallucination. The Nursing Council’s 2026 Draft Code of Conduct isn't a safety document; it’s a theological shakedown. It is an attempt to lobotomize the secular, scientific mind and replace it with a 19th-century tribal blueprint that has no business in a modern hospital.
Thanks to the intervention of Todd Stephenson and the ACT Party, the lid has been lifted on this rot. Nurses have been calling out for a lifeline, terrified that their careers will be sacrificed on the altar of "cultural alignment." It’s time to stop being polite. It’s time to stop being "vague." It’s time to speak the truth until it hurts.
I. The Treaty Is Not A Stethoscope
Let’s be brutally honest: The Treaty of Waitangi is a 180-year-old contractual relic. It is not a medical textbook. It cannot heal a wound, it cannot stop a hemorrhage, and it cannot diagnose a disease. To force nurses to "enact" Treaty principles in a clinical setting is a metaphysical heist.
The political class has taken a piece of parchment and turned it into a golden calf. They expect you to bow. They expect you to treat patients based on their family tree rather than their clinical urgency. This is Apartheid with a "Bicultural" Paint Job. If you are prioritizing one human being over another because of a "partnership" ideology, you aren't a nurse—you’re a political operative.
Ii. The Fetish Of Compelled Ritual
The hospital should be a temple of Reason, not a cathedral of Ritual. The Council wants to bake "spirituality" into your license.
I. The Treaty Is Not A Stethoscope
Let’s be brutally honest: The Treaty of Waitangi is a 180-year-old contractual relic. It is not a medical textbook. It cannot heal a wound, it cannot stop a hemorrhage, and it cannot diagnose a disease. To force nurses to "enact" Treaty principles in a clinical setting is a metaphysical heist.
The political class has taken a piece of parchment and turned it into a golden calf. They expect you to bow. They expect you to treat patients based on their family tree rather than their clinical urgency. This is Apartheid with a "Bicultural" Paint Job. If you are prioritizing one human being over another because of a "partnership" ideology, you aren't a nurse—you’re a political operative.
Ii. The Fetish Of Compelled Ritual
The hospital should be a temple of Reason, not a cathedral of Ritual. The Council wants to bake "spirituality" into your license.
● The Karakia: It’s a prayer. Stop calling it a "poem."
● The Hongi: It’s an intimate physical exchange.
● The Pōwhiri: It’s an initiation.
Forcing a secular, atheist, or differently-believing nurse to participate in these rituals is a physical and spiritual trespass. It is a kinky power trip for bureaucrats to watch highly-trained professionals forced to perform a ritual they don't believe in just to keep their license. If your "spirituality" requires me to share your breath against my will, it’s not "culture"—it’s assault. The Bill of Rights says we have the right not to believe. We are reclaiming that right today.
Iii. Linguistic Handcuffs: The Farce Of Forced Māori
We must address the Forced Bilingualism currently infecting the sector. In a country where 99.999% of the population communicates in English, the Council is mandating the use of Māori terms in professional settings as a loyalty test.
● Language Enforcement: You are now expected to colonize your own tongue with state-sanctioned jargon.
● The Neutrality Trap: If you choose to speak clear, secular English and object to these terms, you aren't seen as "neutral"—you are framed as hostile or "culturally unsafe."
This is Compelled Speech. To monitor a nurse's vocabulary for "correctness" is a Soviet-style tactic. A hospital requires precision, not a political performance in a language the vast majority of patients and staff don't even use for clinical life-saving.
Iv. The Speech Police And The Death Of Dissent
Principle 4.2 of this draft code is a Gag Order. By banning "offensive" or "ill-informed" speech, the Council is setting a trap for anyone who dares to point out that the emperor has no clothes.
If you think the Treaty is a load of crap, or if you find Māori spirituality irrelevant to pharmacology, the Council wants to fire you. They want to police your Facebook likes and your BBQ conversations. They want to turn your colleagues into informants. This is a Stasi-style surveillance of the soul. We refuse to be bullied into silence. If the truth is "offensive" to the Treaty-obsessed ego, let it be offended. Puncture the ego; save the profession.
V. To The Activists: We Are Home.
The standard response to anyone standing up for One Law for All is the predictable, mid-wit slur: "Racist." "Colonizer." "Go back to where you came from."
Listen closely: We are not guests in this country. We were born here. Our ancestors built the hospitals you are currently trying to deconstruct. We are not "partners" in an eternal racial standoff; we are sovereign individuals. We belong to one species—Homo sapiens—and we deserve one law. To the activists who think they can tribalize our healthcare: Stay the f*** away from our clinics. Your "mumbo-jumbo" has no place where lives are on the line.
Vi. The Demand For A Clean Blade
We don’t want a "conversation." We want a Legislative Cleanse:
1. Strip the Code: Remove every mention of the Treaty, "equity," and spirituality.
2. Clinical Primacy: A nurse is judged by the scalpel and the syringe, not by their ability to recite state-sanctioned poetry.
3. The Secular Shield: No nurse shall ever be compelled to rub noses, pray, or speak a language they do not wish to use.
4. End the Racial Tiers: One law, one people, one standard of care.
The Nursing Council can either be a regulator of science or a cult of the tribe. It cannot be both. We stand with the nurses who are tired of the nonsense. We stand with Todd Stephenson for having the guts to call it out. The air in our hospitals is thick with the perfume of fear—it’s time to open the windows and let the cold light of Reason back in.
Stand Up Straight. Speak The Truth. Reclaim Your Nation.
John Robertson is a patriotic New Zealander who frequently posts on Facebook.
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