The Nursing and Midwifery Awards recognise the skills and qualities required by nurses and midwives, and celebrate the amazing job they do every day.
Anyone working in health care can nominate a deserving nurse or midwife.
To find out more about the awards or view winners from previous years, click on the below sections:
Categories and criteria | Entry rules | 2019 winners | 2018 winners | 2017 winners
Please make sure you read the criteria carefully and in the nomination form demonstrate how the nurse or midwife you are nominating meets each of the criteria.
All completed nomination forms should be emailed to NurseMidwifeAwards@adhb.govt.nz.
This will be awarded to a nurse who works in the aged residential care sector
Download the nomination form here [DOCX, 107 KB].
This award is for an exemplary nurse working in primary care.
Download the nomination form here [DOCX, 105 KB].
The Te Kauae Raro award recognises Maori Nurses and Midwives who have made a significant contribution to Maori Health in the Auckland DHB hospitals or in the community.
Download the nomination form here. [DOCX, 108 KB]
This award acknowledges and recognises significant contributions of an indigenous Pacific nurse or midwife to Pacific health and Pacific nursing. The award is open to any nurse or midwife working in a clinical, leadership, teaching or academic role; in the hospital, the community or primary health services.
Download the nomination form here [DOCX, 95 KB].
The following entry rules are applicable:
Finalists will be notified in April and invited to the Nursing and Midwifery Awards evening in May where the winners will be revealed. The Nursing and Midwifery Awards evening is made possible through the generous support of the Auckland Hospital Foundation.
Congratulations and well done to all the winners of the Nursing and Midwifery Awards.
Winner: Brenda Baird
Finalists: Kadilu Chinyama, Soloshini Harirajh
Winner: Kristofer Carandang
Finalists: Helen McIlwraith, Julia Davidson
Winner: Deirdre Lovell
Finalists: Albert Candido, Maria Meek
Winner: Wendy Sullivan
Finalists: Amanda Cleland, Tina Rawlings
Winner: Deborah Lightfoot
Finalists: Maria Lobo, Robyn Patterson
Winner: Michael Breen
Finalists: Andrew Tang, Aakaanksha Nazareth
Winner: Xiao Lan (Grace) Wu
Finalists: Fatima Carnate, Priya Prenna Singh
Winner: Dena D'Souza
Finalists: Anne Goddard, Ancilla Fernandes
Winner: Kristina Turner
Finalists: Penny Bognuda, Nicola Langkilde
Winner: Anitha Mogilicharla
Finalists: Jojemarie Oaminal, Maria Isabel Campos
Winner: Adele Robertson & Leonie Howie
Winner: Kim Marshall
Finalists: Shona Matthews, Martha Mwaijumba
Winner: Catherine Still
Finalists: Cara Spencer
Winner: Elizabeth Saywell
Winner: Mooney Lee
Finalists: Lisa Mackey, Racheal Magan
Winner: Phoebe Webster
Finalists: Rangimarie Taurerewa, Hannah Terrace
Winner: Elaine McCall
Winner: Lindsay Spirrett
Finalists: Ancilla Fernandes, Leilani Hipa
Winner: Linda Chalmers
Finalists: Natalie Keepa, Kristina Turner
Winner: Shakira Camp
Finalists: Jannette Rosabelle Hennings, Jenna Keepa
Winner: Greta Pihema
Finalists: Su Askwith, Liezel Yu
Winner: Helen Gibbs
Finalists: Adrienne Bell, Amanda Cleland
Winner: Lynne-Marie Ellis
Finalists: Miriam Rea, Tina Thomas
Winner: Megan Connolly
Finalists: Martina Grigg, Emily O'Connor
Winner: Anne-Marie Pickering
Finalists: Emma Hill, Rebeka Fastnedge
Winner: Rosie Howard
Finalists: Metty Mathew, Raewyn Pukas
Winner: Helen Richardson
Finalists: Cathy Gasparini, Kathy Hurley
Winner: Jane Ronaldson
Finalists: Barishna Zareh, Kathy Yallop
Winner: Raewyn Osbaldiston
Finalists: Terri-Anne Davis, Valerie Cheetham
Winner: Brian Sykes
Finalists: Holly Rogers, Ruby Ramos-Dyer
Winner: Francesca Storr
Finalists: Lawrence Carlo Espanol, Sue Cole
Winner: Sacha Cowell
Finalists: Elaine Yi, Sowmia Thomas
Winner: Urmila Singh
Finalists: Shenaaz Desai
Winner: Carmen Stadler-Hanekom
Finalists: Myungsook Kang
Winner: Sue Matthews
Finalists: Amanda Entwistle, Wendy Qiu
Winner: Helen McGrinder
Finalists: Michael Geraghty, Sandy Yam
Winner: Kelly D’Emmerez de Charmoy
Finalists: Jenny Liew-Siddells
Winner: Lois Lingard
Finalists: Jane Ronaldson
Winner: Robin Moss
Finalists: Racheal Magan
Winner: Emily (Milly) Lonsdale-Cooper
Finalists: Rebecca Busing, Yu Wan Chang
Winner: Carol Slight
Finalists: Francesca Storr, Margaret Colligan
Winner: Angela Minto
Finalists: Tracie La, Vito Sestito
Winner: Dawson Ward
Finalists: Kiri Mokomoko
Winner: Unaisi Wainivetau
Finalists: Delvene Steven, Meleseini Kaufusi
Winner: Maryanne Offner
Finalists: Claire Koshy, Sophie Atkinson
Winner: Cathy Gasparini
Finalists: Rebekah Watson, Samantha Cotton
Winner: Demelza Stevens
Finalists: Janice Capstick, Virginia (Ginny) Pringle
Winner: Terri-Anne Davis
Finalists: Sacha Cowell, Unaisi Wainivetau
The winners of the individual Nursing and Midwifery Awards for 2017 were presented at the Awards evening. Congratulations to all our winners and finalists!
Winner: Elaine Sheirtcliff
Finalists: Angela Minto, Cullum Millar
Winner: Suzanne Werder
Finalists: Ann Giles, Mata Brown
Winner: Kamlesh Nand
Finalists: Poonam Kumari, Soloshini Harirajh
Winner: Valerie Honeyman
Finalists: Leanne Wilson, Simone McMillan
Winner: Nik Adams
Finalists: Bernie Lightbourne, Elaine Sheirtcliff
Winner: Diane Fuller
Finalists: Julie Scott, Lydia Markham
Winner: Sherry Sinclair
Finalist: Charlene Bayley
Winner: Cullum Millar
Finalists: Danny Shiferaw, Matthew Wrightson
Winner: Elizabeth Kanivatoa
Finalists: Carol Andrew, Jude Fetalino
Winner: Gemma Parker
Finalists: Anna Bostock, Melissa Pilapil
Winner: Debbie Perry
Finalists: Megan Connolly, Megan Goudie
Winner: Annette Gage
Finalist: Shenaaz Desai
Winner: Cyrene Jabay
Finalists: Abraham Nolasco, Flora Liu
Winner: Jayme Kitiona
Finalists: Cherry Chen, Mele Taufa
Winner: Darlene DeGouzman
Finalist: Paula Albanez
Winner: Lucy McKeage
Finalists: Susannah Matthews, Teresa Campbell
Winner: Jackie Robinson
Finalist: Abel Smith
Winner: Soby Mathai
Winner: Michelle Griffen
Finalist: MinKyung (MK) Byun
Winner: Kristen Pynenburg
Finalists: Sarah Maggs, Sue McKnight
Winner: Caroline Radich
Winner: Kath Honeybone
Finalists: Lyn Russell, Vanessa Anderson
Winner: Lorraine MacDonald
Finalists: Claire Wu, In Kyoung Jeong
Winner: David Garland
Finalists: Arlene Laurenciana, Dena D'Souza
Winner: Susan Atherton
Finalists: Eileen Gilder, Sandra Almeida
Winner: Heather Spinett
Finalists: Ann Doran, Jackie Robinson.