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Plunket

(ˈplʌŋkət) or

Plunkett

n
(Biography) Saint Oliver. 1629–81, Irish Roman Catholic churchman and martyr; wrongly executed as a supposed conspirator in the Popish Plot (1678). Feast day: July 11
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Plunket's inaugural chief nurse Jane O'Malley is adamant she is not "nurses' saviour--I am not there to advocate for them, but for the client care delivered by nurses".
The 29-year-old, named last season's Domestic Player of the Year after helping the Stags to the Plunket Shield title, has been called into the squad as a replacement for Mitchell Santner, who is still recovering from knee surgery.
Summary: Wellington [New Zealand], April 19 (ANI): Veteran New Zealand opener Michael Papps, who was the first man to notch 10,000 runs in the Plunket Shield, has bid adieu to his 19-year long illustrious first-class cricket career.
Zak Gibson earned his inclusion after a solid introduction into first class cricket in the Plunket Shield competition earlier this year, picking up wickets in each of his fixtures.
In the Plunket Shield, New Zealand's premier domestic competition, he has scored more than 3,500 runs in 54 first-class matches.
The brand is marketed strongly in conjunction with Plunket (a non-profit organisation for the wellbeing of babies and young toddlers).
Since 2011, an extended Well Child/Tamariki Ora (WC/TO) service has been provided through the Royal New Zealand Plunket Society (Inc) (Plunket) to vulnerable teenage mothers in Hawke's Bay.
Plunket said airport fire fighters and personnel from Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation were checking the cause of the fire alarm.
This is the second part of a historical review of the New Zealand child health and development record book (also known as the Well Child/Tamariki Ora Health book or Plunket book).
Parents have blasted Plunket - the country's largest baby and toddler organisation - for fitting the equipment against its own guidelines.

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