Kerri Nuku,New Zealand Nurses Organisation,.

Kerri is a Registered Nurse and Midwife by background working across primary, community and hospital-based nursing, she is currently the Kaiwhakahaere at Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa – New Zealand Nurses Organisation. Kerri is a well-respected international Indigenous nursing leader who has been representing Aotearoa on a global stage at a range of international for a for decades. She has strong indigenous networks and is a skilled strategist and thinker and strong advocate for human rights, Indigenous rights, women, and Workers’ Rights. An advocate and published researcher, her national and international accomplishments have seen her present interventions at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations in New York, protecting freedoms and right of Indigenous peoples. Kerri is a recipient of the prestigious” International Human Rights and Nursing Award” from the University of Exter UK and recognised in 100 Maori Leaders New Zealand.