The qualification provides the opportunities to develop the competencies required by the Nursing Council of New Zealand and prepares students for their State Final examination and for a career in any health in all settings.
In addition specific aims of the qualification are to:
*Increase the number of registered nurses of Pacific Island descent.
*Enrich the nursing profession and enhance registered nurses' contribution to health outcomes by incorporating the values; identities and cultures of Pacific people in nursing.
*Prepare registered nurses to work effectively in two worlds - Pacific and all peoples.
*Develop and strengthen registered nurses' cultural identity and potential to take on future leadership roles/responsibilities both within their communities and the nursing profession.
*Prepare registered nurses with the knowledge and competence to practice in a culturally safe way with Pacific peoples and pacific communities. Provide a firm foundation for lifelong learning.

By meeting the competencies for entry to the Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ) Register of Nurses, the graduate of MIT's Bachelor of Nursing Pacific programme will be a clinically and culturally competent professional registered nurse, who will be able to:

* Apply the principles of Te Tiriti O Waitangi within their nursing practice whilst sustaining the unique whakawhanaungatanga relationship with tangata o te maoana nui a Kiwa (Pacific people)

* Incorporate scientific knowledge and Pacific Worldviews in practice to influence health outcomes

* Develop resilience and confidence through cultural identity, self-awareness and life-long reflective learning with the potential to take on future leadership responsibilities within their communities and the nursing profession

* Integrate the nursing worldview and Pacific worldview in practice whist sharing and promoting Pacific people's culture

* Promote health and social justice for Pacific and all peoples through partnership, empowerment, advocacy and leadership in practice

* Apply Pacific worldviews in holistic nursing assessment and evidence-based clinical decision making

* Adapt and respond to changes in health care systems and other related sectors that impact on health and wellbeing of Pacific and all people.

- further study in the nursing or related areas

All enrolments in the Bachelor of Nursing Pacific programme are encouraged to attend an information session. All applicants must complete a Health Declaration and the New Zealand Nursing Council requires criminal convictions to be declared.

Applicants must meet the following entry requirements:
University Entrance

* NCEA Level 3
* Three subjects - at Level 3 or above, made up of:
* 14 credits each, in three approved subjects
* Literacy - 10 credits at Level 2 or above, made up of:
* 5 credits in reading
* 5 credits in writing

Numeracy - 10 credits at Level 1 or above, made up of:

Achievement standards - specified achievement standards available through a range of subjects, or unit standards - package of three numeracy unit standards (26623, 26626, 26627- all three required).
And

*A minimum of 12 credits at NQF Level 2 or higher from the subjects listed below:

- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Science

Or

NCEA Level 2

*Applicants must hold at least 80 credits at NCEA Level 2, of which 40 credits must be at merit or excellence. Of the 80 NCEA Level 2 credits, students must have gained a minimum of 5 credits in reading and 5 credits in writing in English or Te Reo Māori

And

*A minimum of 12 credits from the subjects listed below:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Science

And

*A minimum of 10 credits at Level 1 or higher in mathematics.

OR

*Applicants who have completed the New Zealand Certificate in Career and Study Preparation (Nursing Studies) who achieve a B grade or higher in all subjects will be offered a place on the BNP programme subject to referee reports and available places. Students who did not achieve B grades or higher will be considered on an individual basis by the HOS.

OR

*Applicants must be able to demonstrate a mature approach to study; ability to pass a science diagnostic test; the ability to manage their time; ability to seek support; a strong motivation to work in the Health Sector; the ability to read and write at the level required for degree level study. The above attributes will be assessed through an information session.

AND

*Have English language competence to undertake this programme which is taught and assessed in English. Any applicants whose first language is not English may be required to provide evidence of an overall IELTS (Academic) band score of 6.5 (with no score of below 6.5) or equivalence.
Equivalence will be considered by a case by case basis demonstrated by evidence of having completed 3 years secondary education, or tertiary study in New Zealand at a diploma or degree level.