NPANZ | Death Doula Webinar

Q: What legal support is available?

Our expert industrial advocate and legal support team are considered to be some of New Zealand's best. We provide industrial support for a variety of workplace issues including Collective Bargaining (coming soon), industrial disputes, pay disputes, bullying and more. Most importantly, we guarantee a resolution of your issue.

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Demystifying Death Doulas

As healthworkers, you may already know that we have a huge increase forecast in deaths in our country over the next 20 years. There is a tsunami of baby boomers in their 3^rd age already, and that’s before we think about younger people living with chronic and terminal illness.

The burden on our already-struggling healthcare system will be huge. We need to empower our communities to bring the care of our sick and dying back into everyday life. Just as we did for centuries before healthcare, hospitals and funeral directors became more accessible.

Following the examples of success shown in other countries around the world, Doulas are emerging here in NZ. Doulas add to the circle of care, for those who are on their final life’s journey. They are trusted companions to the dying, and their families, and the continuum of care has been proven to support better lives, better deaths, and better after-death experiences.

Join Treza Gallogly to hear more about:

Treza’s journey to become a Doula
How she sees ‘death phobia’ in our communities and how to change that
How Doulas are improving deathcare around the world
How to empower people to live their best lives, by accepting and preparing well for their death
How Doulas can support you, as a healthcare provider, in your care of patients, wherever they are at on their journey.

Treza is an End-of-Life Doula. She brings to the role experience as a nurse, mother, business owner, and volunteer. The move into this compassionate calling has come about as a result of her wish to make a positive difference to those who are on their final life’s journey. Treza has trained with Mercy Hospice and Preparing the Way. Treza’s passion is to support those who wish to die at home, and to make sure people know what options they have to control their own life & death journey.

Treza Gallogly

Founder of Swansong

Deborah, a Registered Nurse of 40 years, has worked in a variety of contexts to include direct patient care and governance in both the UK and New Zealand. Her professional experience of bullying and workplace violence, coupled with her lived experience as a Senior Nurse, Educator and Clinical Counsellor provide insight into the issues nurses and others currently face.

Deborah Cunliffe

President of NPANZ

The Nurses' Professional Association of New Zealand (NPANZ) is a union whose principal purpose is to protect and promote the interests of members in matters concerning their employment or professional engagement. No membership fees are used to support any political party, so we are able to source and/or provide representation for all members, on all issues, better than our competitors.

NPANZ supports:

Restructuring healthcare to focus on patient care above all.
Decentralising hospitals away from the current bureaucrat-heavy system to one that puts hospitals back in the hands of front-line healthcare workers.
Preventing the erosion of the nursing scope of practice.
Making it easier for nurses to speak out publicly without fearing for their registrations.
Work with the Ministry of Health and private employers to ensure nurses are receiving their minimum entitlements (including workplace safety, discrimination, industrial disputes, payroll issues & more).

NPANZ remains fully committed to defending your right to perform your work without unnecessary interference from Government bureaucrats and respects the enormous amount of education undergone to achieve this right.

Are we a registered trade union?

Yes NPANZ is a registered trade union!

Are you run by nurses?

The NPANZ executive structure is different to other competitors. Our elected executive consist of a President, Vice-President and Treasurer who must all be nurses, these executive members make all policy decisions for NPANZ.

The Secretary is appointed by the executive under the constitution and does not make policy decisions. Instead, the Secretary sees to the day-to-day operations of the organisation on behalf of the executive.

When we say "Run by Nurses for Nurses" we mean it.

What legal support is available?

Collective agreement/bargaining

We guarantee strong advocacy on workplace policy, procedures and system changes. You are entitled to appoint one of our NPANZ representatives to the bargaining table to negotiate your Collective Agreement.

If you have a Collective Agreement that you would like us to bargain for you, please check the "Collective Bargaining Representation Request" section of your member dashboard. Once there, please check our list of Agreements we're currently negotiating and appoint us as your bargaining agent or complete the representation request form.