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Pitopito Kōrero

Continual disruption

  The Pharmacy sector keeps getting disrupted – perhaps its time to take back the initiative and disrupt yourself first!     Jay Samit writes a great book all about disruption. In today’s ever-changing and often-volatile business landscape, adaptability and creativity are more crucial than ever. Samit describes how specific

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Robert Haua hauls in School of Pharmacy awards

    It’s as if winning the Future Pharmacist of the Year award this year at the 2015 Pharmacy Awards wasn’t enough!!   Robert Haua hauled in the awards and achievements graduating top of the class for the third year in a row AND top overall pharmacy student in Auckland University!

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Poverty, medicines and health care

  From an article by one of our members, Brendon McIntosh www.linkedin.com/pulse/poverty-medicines-health-care-brendon-mcintosh     According to the OECD; 10.3% of New Zealand’s population is living in poverty. To these people, small charges for health care matter; and small indications of the awareness and empathy of health professionals about their situation

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Graduating students!

  It’s that time of year again when we celebrate the achievements and hard work of our young Maori Bachelor of Pharmacy graduates. This year from Otago School of Pharmacy we have Laurelle Lock and Rosemary Boulton. And from Auckland School of Pharmacy we have Iraani Hippolite, Brent Brownbridge, Corbin O’Neill, and Robert Haua.  

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Hospital pharmacy as a great career option!

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

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Robert Haua wins Future Pharmacist of the Year

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!

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