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Showing posts with label Nurses conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nurses conference. Show all posts

Friday, September 16, 2022

Point of Order: Little’s speech to nurses draws attention to the matter of language and comprehension as well as to visas and wages



If the delegates at a conference of nurses yesterday serve as a guide, when it comes to our telling them what ails us and describing the symptoms, we should worry about how many cannot comprehend English and how many prefer to communicate in te reo.

This question of language and communication has been raised after Health Minister Andrew Little kicked off his address to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Toputanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa Conference.