Story: Filipinos

Filipino nurse with patient, 2009

Filipino nurse with patient, 2009

In order to attract nurses to work in Otago rest homes and hospitals, in the early 2000s Presbyterian Support Otago offered scholarships to international nurses to help them gain New Zealand registration. Isabel Montalba from the Philippines was a scholarship recipient in 2008, and by 2009 was working at Ross Home and Hospital in Dunedin. She is seen here chatting with resident Lawrence Wright.

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Otago Daily Times
Reference: 21 March 2009, p. 29
Photograph by Jane Dawber

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Carl Walrond, 'Filipinos - Employment issues', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/46654/filipino-nurse-with-patient-2009 (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 8 Feb 2005, reviewed & revised 10 Sep 2015