Ika a whiro Alumni and careers

Be inspired by the stories of our students and graduates, and explore where you could go with a qualification in health, midwifery, or nursing.

Our graduates find roles in health services, health policy and strategy, social health and population health, and contribute to the promotion of health and well-being.

The health sector is really big. This means there will be people who are passionate about the same things that you are, and opportunities that may align with your strengths and skills—both the knowledge that you gain in your degree and the interpersonal and communication skills that come with it.
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Jess Shaw

Senior adviser mental wellbeing, Health Promotion, Health New Zealand—Te Whatu Ora

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Where your degree can take you

The University's careers service has profiled the many opportunities available to you with a qualification in health, midwifery, or nursing.

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Career stories

Dr Eva Neely talks careers with some of our Bachelor of Health graduates and students in a series of short video interviews (10 to 15 minutes).

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Dayna Lindsay

Dayna is an Oral Health Promoter for Bee Healthy Regional Dental Service.
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Corey Chadwick

Corey is working as an administrator at the Ministry of Social Development while he studies for his Bachelor of Health.
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Katie Sharp

Katie is an Emergency Management Advisor (Community Resilience) for Wellington Region Emergency Management Office.

Alumni stories

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Ryl Jensen

Embracing the potential of digital health.
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Arahina Roberts

Arahina Roberts successfully completed an internship with SportNZ as part of her Bachelor of Health.
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Katie Sharp

Katie Sharp was looking for a pathway to help people when she discovered the Bachelor of Health at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
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Ali Leota

Ali started his Bachelor of Health when it first launched in 2018 and now works as a population health advisor for Hawke’s Bay District Health Board.
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Pramishka Madurapperuma

Pramishka Madurapperuma moved to New Zealand to study a Postgraduate Diploma in Health (Health Leadership and Management).
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Tahu-Potiki Te Maro Doran

Tahu-Potiki Te Maro-Doran is studying for a Bachelor of Health in Health Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Carly Robinson

Carly Robinson had been a sales representative in the electrical industry for 12 years when she decided she wanted to study a Bachelor of Health.
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Leeanne Orban

Leeanne Orban is a Clinical nurse specialist (RNP) and clinical team leader, primary healthcare. She is a student of our Master of Nursing Science.
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Jo Mulheron

Jo Mulheron is a registered midwife studying for a Postgraduate Certificate in Midwifery.
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Karen Holden

Karen Holden is the Care capacity demand management nurse coordinator for Hutt Valley DHB and a student of the Master of Health.
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Abdulmalik (Malik) Saleh Hasanain

Malik Hasanain is working towards his PhD in Nursing, focusing on experiences of prostate cancer among Jordanian Muslim men.
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Shelley van der Krogt

Shelley credits postgraduate study for allowing her to explore her passion for the art of nursing and sharing this with the wider nursing profession.
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Krystal Williams

Krystal Williams is passionate about being a midwife and excited for the new possibilities postgraduate study is offering.
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Jane Clarke

Jane Clarke wanted to achieve a qualification that would benefit her overall practice and improve the service to patients.
Ellaine Ete-Rasch is completing her PhD in Nursing

Ellaine Ete-Rasch

Ellaine Ete-Rasch is a recipient of a Pacific Health Research PhD Scholarship from the Health Research Council to complete her PhD in Nursing at Victoria.
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Abby McRoberts

Abby is choosing the Bachelor of Health as a gateway into health promotion, where she can work on initiatives to enhance people’s wellbeing.
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James Rice-Davies

James Rice-Davies is the only Clinical Nurse Specialist in HIV in the Wellington region. He is also in the first year of his Doctor of Nursing.
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Shelley Teasdale

Shelley Teasdale is a registered midwife working towards a Doctor of Midwifery at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Kylah Pere

Although Kylah Pere was already working in healthcare, studying a Bachelor of Health opened a whole new world of opportunity.
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Andrew Jull

Ask him what’s the best part of his current job and Professor Andrew Jull, who is a Professor of Nursing at the University of Auckland, barely pauses to think.
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Jan Pearson

Alumna Jan Pearson is a retired nurse with a varied career in nursing and health-related fields.
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Meagan Hughes

Meagan Hughes is a Diabetes Nurse Specialist and completed a Postgraduate Diploma of Nursing Science.
Polly Grainger

Polly Grainger

As a graduate nurse, Polly Grainger never thought she’d leave the floor but now as a clinical projects specialist she says she’s never felt more fulfilled.
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Sarah Rossiter

Sarah Rossiter graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Science.
Suzanne Miller

Suzanne Miller

Dr Suzanne Miller’s research explored the experiences of healthy first-time mothers with uncomplicated pregnancies who choose to give birth in a tertiary-level.
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Tracey Xu

Alumna Tracey Xu is a Nurse Prescriber working at Mauri Ora—Student Health at Victoria University of Wellington.
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Bronwyn Rideout

Bronwyn Rideout is researching the childbearing experiences of Autistic people in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Dessalegn Enkoyee

Dessalegn’s doctoral research examines culturally salient features of family communication and involvement among people with psychosis.
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Charles Smith

Alumnus Charles Smith is a Principal Adviser Health for the Department of Corrections.
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Chris Murphy

Alumna Chris Murphy is a Project Leader at Hospice New Zealand.
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Rosemary Diehl

Alumna Rosemary Diehl is a Registered Nurse providing mental health nursing care in Central Otago.
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Anna Gracie

After completing a Bachelor of Health, Anna works from Wellington as a health promoter for Family Planning New Zealand.
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Ulisese Tapuvae

After completing a Master of Health in health promotion, Ulisese will be taking up a role overseeing all nurses and midwives at Sāmoa's main hospital.
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Kiana Sua

Since graduating with a Bachelor of Health Kiana Sua has worked as an advisor in the child and youth wellbeing team at Te Hiringa Hauora/Health Promotion Agency
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Rosie Corson

After finishing her Bachelor of Health, Rosie is continuing in further study, undertaking a Bachelor of Laws at Te Herenga Waka.