National's Health Policy

  • Bonded student loan repayments for nurses and midwives up to a total of $4,500 a year for the first five years of their career, provided they remain working in their profession in New Zealand.
  • Establish a relocation support scheme, offering up to 1000 qualified overseas nurses and midwives relocation grants worth up to $10,000 each to support their move to New Zealand and allow qualified overseas nurses and midwives to come here on a six-month temporary visa without a job offer to look for work.
  • Disestablish Te Aka Whai Ora