Nurse gets struck off for racist comments in first hearing of its kind – then walks out during karakia [by Stephanie Ockhuysen, for Taranaki Daily News]
A Taranaki nurse has been deregistered for making racist comments against Māori on social media – and then walked out during a karakia to close proceedings against her.
On Wednesday, the second day of proceedings, the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal found two charges against Deborah Kathryn Hugill were established, amounting to professional misconduct….