Ko Taupiri te Maunga, Ko Waikato te awa, Ko Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pou, Ngāti Naho te hapu, ko Waikato Tainui te iwi.
Ko Donna Foxall ahau
He piko he taniwha, he piko he taniwha, he pikio he taniwha!
I am Donna and trained to be a nurse at the Hawkes Bay Fallen Soldiers Memorial hospital, where my nursing career includes the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit.
As a Māori registered Nurse my background includes gerontology, mental health in both Māori Health community and acute and intensive psychiatric nursing care.
As Pūkenga Māori here in the Nursing School at the University of Waikato is role is to guide direct and uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi within our nursing programme, alongside other national roles in education, Nursing Council New Zealand.
I am a member of our recently formed Kaunihera o nga neehi Māori o Aotearoa peka Whaiora, here in Kirikiriroa. This roopu was named after the leaders and creators of the first ever kaupapa māori nursing unit in Aotearoa at Tokanui. Endorsed by Kuia Mere Balzer and Matua Ron Baker.
Nāku noa, nā