Veterinary Voices

Veterinary Voices celebrates all that's great about working in the veterinary industry in New Zealand.

Each week Julie South (of VetStaff - New Zealand's only recruitment agency specialising in helping veterinary professionals find jobs they're excited about going to on Monday mornings) catches up with industry professionals who join her in celebrating life as a veterinary professional in New Zealand.

Get ready to hear how "veterinary" is a great career choice and how New Zealand is a great place to live and work as a veterinary professional.

Together with her guests, Julie South is on a mission to celebrate positive, dynamic and healthy workplaces where everyone loves going to work on Monday mornings.

Contributors

Host

Julie South

Julie South (together with her husband, Alan Breen) own VetStaff - New Zealand's only full-service recruitment agency dedicated to the Veterinary sector.

Julie and her team believe that every veterinary professional deserves to go to work excited about Monday mornings!

Along with VetStaff.co.nz, Julie also heads up VetClinicJobs.com- the innovative veterinary job board that's reimagining recruitment and helping good employers shine online.

Julie and her team have designed unique services to help vet clinics (world wide) shout about their great vet clinic culture from the rooftops and to make it easier to find great staff - even when there's a worldwide shortage.

Check out vetstaff.co.nz and vetclinicjobs.com.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/halobizjuliesouth/

Guests

Guest

Catherine Neazor Brady

Catherine Neazor Brady is a NZ Licensed Immigration Adviser, with over 20 years’ experience working with New Zealand employers in the immigration and HR space.

As a Partner at Neazor Brady, Catherine specialises in providing international recruitment, immigration and resettlement services to New Zealand employers.

Catherine started her HR career in Paris at the OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Since then, she’s held multiple HR roles in New Zealand including several senior HR and management positions in government departments.

In 2003 Catherine and her husband Connor set up their HR and Immigration consultancy. They and their team are fully focused on helping New Zealand employers find, retain and support migrant workers.

Neazor Brady are the Licensed New Zealand Immigration Consultants used and recommended by VetStaff.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherineneazorbrady/

Guest

Kevin Bryant - CEO New Zealand Veterinary Association (NZVA)

Guest

Laura Harvey - President - NZVNA

Associate Professor Laura Harvey, DipVN, BSc, PG Cert Vet Ed, MSc (Advanced Practice in Vet Nursing)

Associate Professor Laura Harvey transitioned from clinical veterinary practice to academia, earning advanced degrees in veterinary nursing and education.

At Unitec Institute of Technology, she led the development of New Zealand's first Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing program and now manages multiple veterinary nursing programmes.

Laura's research focuses on veterinary nurse well-being and utilisation in practice.

Laura holds leadership roles in professional organisations, including vice-president of the New Zealand Veterinary Nursing Association.

Her career demonstrates a commitment to advancing veterinary nursing education, research, and professional development in New Zealand and internationally.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraharvey12/