A nurse has been deregistered for making racist social media posts about Māori. Photo / Getty ImagesA Taranaki nurse has been deregistered after calling Māori "lazy", "cunning" and "underhanded" in posts on social media. In October 2019 she again made racist comments despite having had her license suspended for her remarks earlier in the year. Hugill told the tribunal her comments were impulsive and knee jerk and denied being racist or making racist comments. The Tribunal concluded the Facebook posts were "highly offensive and damaged the mana of Māori nurses and patients in Taranaki".

Source: New Zealand Herald October 21, 2020 23:40 UTC