Rotorua and Taupō
Workforce development, education and training in Rotorua and Taupō.
Pātiki and Waharua Kōpito patterns
Information on upcoming education and study days, Nurse Entry to Practice and Speciality Practice Programmes (NETP/NESP), Professional Development and Recognition Programme (PDRP) and postgraduate study funding.
Nursing training
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New nursing graduates
Information for new nursing graduates about options including NETP, NESP, SFYP and ENSIP. -
Professional Development Recognition Programme
Professional Development Recognition Programme (PDRP) is a national, clinically focused competency-based programme for nurses. -
Post graduate study funding
Application process for health workforce directorate funding for postgraduate nursing study.
Education and study days
Courses are free for Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora staff. External participants should ask if there will be a fee when registering.
When booking, please provide:
- name
- unit
- name of approving manager.
You can find the available dates and locations for the training in the relevant course information flyer below.
If there is no date available for a course you are interested in, email your expression of interest in a future date to:
2025 courses
| Course | Course information | How to register |
| Acute care training | Acute care training [PDF, 454 KB] |
CNM approval required. |
| Blood transfusion | Blood transfusion study days [PDF, 490 KB] |
CNM approval required |
| Cannulation | Cannulation and CVAD workshops [PDF, 503 KB] |
Gain approval from line manager |
| Catheterisation | Catheterisation study day [PDF, 552 KB] |
Gain approval from line manager |
| Clinical orientation | Managers need to book staff into these days. | |
| Central venous access devices | Cannulation and CVAD workshops [PDF, 503 KB] |
Gain approval from line manager |
| Diabetes | TBC |
Book with Learning and Development |
| Delirium | Delirium study day [PDF, 482 KB] |
Gain approval from line manager |
| Epidural for surgical | Epidural for surgical |
Gain approval from line manager |
| Epidural for labour | Epidural for labour |
Gain approval from line manager |
| ECG | ECG workshop [PDF, 460 KB] | |
| Electrical safety | e-learning | |
| Falls prevention | ||
| Family violence intervention and prevention |
Gain approval from line manager |
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| Fire training | e-learning package | |
| Foetal surveillance education (FSEP) | FSEP programme [PDF, 928 KB] | |
| Health care assistants study days |
Allied health - skin and continence [PDF, 887 KB] Cognitive impairment, stroke and mental health [PDF, 654 KB] |
Email to register |
| Health and safety | e-learning package | |
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IV link |
IV link nurse and midwife workshop [PDF, 480 KB] | Email to register |
| Learning on the run | Email to register | |
| Maternity emergency skills refresher | Maternity emergency skills refresher [PDF, 477 KB] |
Arrange leave then
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| Maternity nursing | Maternity nurse education programme [DOCX, 71 KB] |
Complete the registration form [PDF, 251 KB]
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| Moving and handling | e-learning | |
| PDRP — Professional Development Recognition Programme marking days |
Log in to Ko Awatea Learn for more information |
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| Port access and de-access | Implanted port access training [PDF, 380 KB] |
Gain approval from line manager |
| Practical obstetric multi-professional (PROMPT) | PROMPT training [PDF, 451 KB] | |
| Preceptor | Preceptor study day [PDF, 474 KB] |
Gain approval from line manager |
| Restraint minimisation | e-learning package | |
| Respiratory | Respiratory study day [PDF, 544 KB] |
Gain approval from line manager |
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Resuscitation — Core advanced (previously ACLS-5-7) |
Resuscitation study days [PDF, 492 KB] |
Gain approval from line manager |
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Resuscitation — Lakes essentials |
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Resuscitation — newborn life support |
Newborn life support course [PDF, 552 KB] |
Gain approval from line manager |
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Resuscitation — paediatric life support |
Paediatric life support [PDF, 477 KB] |
Manager approval required |
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Sepsis |
Sepsis study day [PDF, 510 KB] | |
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Smoking cessation |
e-learning package | Ko Awatea learn course (external link) |
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Speaking up for patient safety |
Delivered at each orientation day | |
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Teaching on the run |
Teaching on the run (TOTR) study day [PDF, 529 KB] | Email to register |
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Wound care |
Back to basics wound study day [PDF, 481 KB] Lower leg and diabetic foot ulcers study day [PDF, 466 KB] |
Gain approval from line manager Email to register |
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