What do health care professionals want to know about assisted dying? Setting the research agenda in New Zealand.

Background: New Zealand recently introduced law permitting terminally ill people to request and receive assisted dying (AD) in specified circumstances. Given the nature and complexity of this new health service, research is vital to determine how AD is operating in practice.

Objective: To identify research priorities regarding the implementation and delivery of AD in New Zealand.

Upholding Te Tiriti, ending institutional racism and Crown inaction on health equity.

Upholding te Tiriti o Waitangi should eliminate institutional racism against Māori and contribute to the achievement of health equity. Given the Waitangi Tribunal is investigating health-related breaches of te Tiriti o Waitangi, we argue institutional racism, a key determinant of health inequalities, needs to be acknowledged and addressed within the health sector. Historically the Crown response can be characterised by denial and inaction.

Canvassing views on assisted dying.

Representing a widely diverse membership, NZNO neither endorses nor opposes assisted dying. Its main aim is to protect nurses' practice.