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Nurse Dean Cowles

5 Apr 2025

Dean Cowles is Southern Cross Healthcare's National Nursing Adviser Maori Affairs who's work looks at Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Healthcare, inequities in Maori health and cultural awareness and safety. His career also saw him work as a nurse at Christchurch Hospital where he was on the frontline in March 2019 when… Audio

Saturday 5 April 2025

Dean Cowles, Southern Cross Healthcare's National Nursing Adviser Maori Affairs  

Dean Cowles Southern Cross Healthcare's National Nursing Adviser Maori Affairs

Photo: Dean Cowles Southern Cross Healthcare's National Nursing Adviser Maori Affairs

Dean Cowles is Southern Cross Healthcare's National Nursing Adviser Maori Affairs who's work looks at Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Healthcare, inequities in Maori health and cultural awareness and safety. His career also saw him work as a nurse at Christchurch Hospital where he was on the frontline in March 2019 when victims of the Mosque shootings poured into the hospital, a scene he describes as "organised chaos with blood everywhere." 

Dowse Art Museum launches new exhibition, Pōhatu Roa

Neke Moa, Sovereign

Photo: Neke Moa, Sovereign

The Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt has just launched a new exhibition Pōhatu Roa, Stories in Stone. The museum's director Karl Chitham also recently accompanied a group of Maori artists to Germany where contributed the Dowse contributed 70 jewellery works from its collection to an exhibition in Munich