New Zealand Medical Students' Association (NZMSA)

What should I know about being a housie? How do I pick a union? What supports do I have when I start working? 🤔

Have these questions answered AND MORE at our Beyond the Med School Gates webinar on Zoom!! 🤩 Hear from a variety of groups who will become increasingly relevant for your future, and learn all the tips and tricks towards working as a PGY1! 🌟🩺

🔗 Sign up for this 2-day Zoom webinar using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/H8QCjGzZtSxmYUvA9

Keep an eye out for the full schedule on our socials, coming soon. 👀🔥

📣 REMINDER: NZMSA’s National Survey 2026 is OPEN! 🩺🤩🔥

Have your say on medical education, wellbeing, clinical placements and your future in medicine. Your feedback helps shape the advocacy of NZMSA, Te Oranga and your regional medical student associations. 🙌

📋 Complete the survey here: https://www.jotform.com/team/261690793484066/nzmsa-national-survey-2026

⏱️ Takes 15-20 minutes
🎁 Go in the draw to win grocery vouchers as koha for your time
🍕 The campus/clinical site with the highest participation rate wins a pizza party!

🚨 REMINDER: NZMSA's National Survey 2026 is OPEN! 🩺💙

Have your say on medical education, wellbeing, clinical placements and your future in medicine. Your feedback helps shape the advocacy of NZMSA, Te Oranga and your regional medical student associations. 🙌

📋 Complete the survey here: https://www.jotform.com/team/261690793484066/nzmsa-national-survey-2026

⏱️ Takes 15-20 minutes
🎁 Go in the draw to win grocery vouchers as koha for your time
🍕 The campus/clinical site with the highest participation rate wins a pizza party!

NZMSA's official statement on the Legislation (Definitions of Woman and Man) Amendment Bill. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Our statement outlines our opposition to the bill on the basis that it is inconsistent with contemporary scientific and medical knowledge, and risks causing harm to transgender, gender-diverse, intersex, and cisgender communities.

We are also concerned that the proposed legislation may create additional barriers to equitable healthcare and undermine trust in the health system.

As the representative body for medical students across Aotearoa New Zealand, we believe legislation affecting health and wellbeing should be informed by robust scientific evidence, public health expertise, and meaningful engagement with affected communities.

Our full statement is on our website and in our bio for all interested.

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📣 NZMSA National Survey 2026 is now OPEN! 🙌

The NZMSA National Survey is your opportunity to share your thoughts, concerns and priorities as medical tauira on your education, wellbeing, clinical experiences and future aspirations in medicine. Your voice matters - the results of this survey help shape the advocacy of NZMSA, Te Oranga and your regional medical student association, ensuring that your voices are represented at regional and national levels. 💙

📋 Complete the survey here:
https://form.jotform.com/team/261690793484066/nzmsa-national-survey-2026

Please take 15-20 minutes to complete our survey. To recognise your time and effort, all tauira who complete the survey will be in to win grocery vouchers as koha. Additionally, the campus or clinical site with the highest proportion of tauira completing the survey will receive a pizza party! 😍🍕💫

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Thank you to everyone who has participated in NZMSA's campaign, Fuel the Future Workforce, this week. 🙌 In case you've had a busy week and missed the chance to be a part of this change, we've extended our deadline for petition and survey submissions to Sunday 10th May, 11:59pm. 💖

This is the last chance to share your clinical student experiences in our online campaign, put your voice forward, and create real change for future medical tauira. 💙 Participate online this weekend to be in the chance to win $10 grocery vouchers! 🤩

📌 NOTE: The survey and petition are only for clinical/ALM students. We hope our advocacy improves the clinical learning experience for pre-clinical/ELM students in the future! 🩵

🖋️ (1) SIGN THE PETITION: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmXGpuFk_YwBYpdT_BngNKwPYEnem19xX_5AIFCDKPcCmmIQ/viewform

📝 (2) COMPLETE THE SURVEY: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRj7Xgrg0UW9PVVizajmJ6IyzBQoK9e8qQO2svcVsQUDCgPA/viewform

Signed the petition and completed the survey, but want to do something more? 🤔 Share your personal thoughts and/or experiences with food security via an advocacy letter, which directly sends a message to decision-makers who can create change. 📝⚖️💖

You can find a letter template relevant to you below, write about the issues that are important to you, and email it to us at [email protected]. 💙 Your concerns can be raised directly with the organisations that provide clinical placements for medical tauira. ✉️💫

🏙️ Urban placements - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T_dBQMWvwzedKgMJrhwFUD02ukW9Zfg26gxCT5JIk7c/edit?usp=sharing

🏞️ Regional/rural placements - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xW2uhHcLY6UAWGooqrwjokpIYRBVJuN9RYKBNcL5Qns/edit?usp=sharing

📌 NOTE: This campaign is only for clinical/ALM students. We hope our advocacy improves the clinical learning experience for pre-clinical/ELM students in the future! 🩵

NZMSA's Fuel the Future Workforce campaign is out NOW!🔥

Bring your clinical student experiences to our in-person events and our online campaign to put your voice forward and create real change for future medical tauira. 💙 Participate in-person and online to be in the chance to win $10 grocery vouchers! 🤩

📌 NOTE: The survey and petition are only for clinical/ALM students. We hope our advocacy improves the clinical learning experience for pre-clinical/ELM students in the future! 🩵

🖋️ (1) SIGN THE PETITION: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmXGpuFk_YwBYpdT_BngNKwPYEnem19xX_5AIFCDKPcCmmIQ/viewform

📝 (2) COMPLETE THE SURVEY: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRj7Xgrg0UW9PVVizajmJ6IyzBQoK9e8qQO2svcVsQUDCgPA/viewform