Nurse Dean Cowles at the frontline of 2019 Mosque attacks

Update: 2025-04-05

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Maori nurse Dean Cowles worked a 23-hour shift at Christchurch Hospital on the day of the 2019 mosque attacks in which 51 people died. He describes it as 'organised chaos with blood everywhere.' Now Dean Cowles is Southern Cross Healthcare's National Nursing Adviser Maori Affairs.

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Nurse Dean Cowles at the frontline of 2019 Mosque attacks

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Nurse Dean Cowles at the frontline of 2019 Mosque attacks

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Nurse Dean Cowles at the frontline of 2019 Mosque attacks