Ata mārie koutou, Te Rina Ruru, is looking for interest in sponsorship regarding the upcoming New Zealand’s first Brain Injury Awareness day in Rotorua. The event is hosted by the NZ Brain Injury Support Network, founded by Te Rina to support families affected by traumatic brain injuries. Her own story was covered
IF you ever wondered what it was like working in a hospital pharmacy then here’s one great example… After graduating with a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Otago University, Andy Davis worked in Palmerston North hospital as an intern and then as a pharmacist for a just over a
Kia Ora whanau! Meet Kevin, one of our young Maori pharmacists who resides on the beautiful East Coast! He lives there with his partner Kasey and their 2 boys Mikaele (4) and Mataio (1) . Kevin is currently working in Gizzy and will be moving to Wellington at the end
Welcome to our first post about our young Maori pharmacists of MPA In this series we are going to highlight a few of our younger generators and let you know a little bit more about what they do at mahi and outside of mahi… and we start in
Robert Haua was awarded the Future Pharmacist of the Year Award for 2015 at the latest Pharmacy Awards. The topic given was: How and what are you going to do to enhance the role of pharmacy in the primary care setting? Explain how and why your suggested changes will be
An essay by fourth-year pharmacy student and MPA member Robert Haua won him the Future Pharmacist of the Year category in the Pharmacy Today/Guild Pharmacy Awards 2015! Judges were so impressed that they asked that the essay be published in Pharmacy Today! Let’s help to get it out there whanau!
Attention all Māori pharmacy students!! In partnership with PHARMAC, this scholarship was established to support the education of Māori pharmacy students studying toward their Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, and to promote pharmacy as a career. The scholarship is named in honour of our Te Arawa kaumatua Hiwinui Heke MPS
Ngā Kaitiaki o Te Puna Rongoā o Aotearoa – The Māori Pharmacists Association (MPA) had a successful night last Saturday at the National Pharmacy Awards hosted by the Pharmacy Today and the Pharmacy Guild. A record number of entries were received for the 2015 awards and 420 people attended the night. While MPA missed out on the
Congratulations to a MPA member Tess James, the recipient of the Henry Rongomau Bennett 2015 Scholarship. Ka pai Tess! The Henry Rongomau Bennett Foundation Scholarship is a tribute to Henry Bennett’s life and work as the first Māori Psychiatrist in Aotearoa. The purpose of the scholarship is to develop
