In the cultural safety perspective, culture is defined broadly to include ethnicity, customs, tradition, beliefs and values, as well as socioeconomic status, age , gender, sexual orientation, religious and spiritual beliefs, ethnic/immigration status, values ​​and disabilities (NCNZ, 2011). Culture is about ways of doing things and can be learned and changed (Jarvis, 2012). On the other hand, ethnicity is a form of identification or belonging to a social group linked by a common history and cultural tradition, so people of the same ethnicity can share a common language, religion, food, clothing and have a common sense of identity. . (Brown and Edwards, 2012). New Zealand (NZ) is a multicultural society made up of people of various ethnicities. The New Zealand population is made up of 74% Europeans; 15% Maori; 12% Asian, 7% Pacific Rim, and 1% Middle Eastern/Latin American/African. Besides English (96%), other common languages ​​used in New Zealand are Te Reo Maori (3.7%), Samoan (2.2%), Hindi (1.7%), Chinese (1.3%). ) and French (1.2%). Almost 42% of New Zealanders have no religion and the major Christian denominations are Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian (SNZ, 2014). This means that nurses in New Zealand now interact with different types of people from different cultural backgrounds. In clinical settings, nurses are believed to spend most of their time with patients. This involves regularly dealing with people from different ethnic backgrounds and with different cultural practices and beliefs (Brown & Edwards, 2012). Given this cultural diversity, each patient may have their own cultural beliefs and practices regarding their health and its treatment that may be similar or different from those... middle of paper ......international Journal for Quality in health care, 8(5), 491-497. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/8.5.491Polaschek. (1998). Cultural safety: A new concept in nursing care for people of diverse ethnic backgrounds. [Item]. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 27(3), 452-457. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00547.xRobinson, K., Kearns, R., & Dyck, I. (1996). Cultural safety, biculturalism and nursing education in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Community Health and Social Care, 4(6), 371-380. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1996.tb00084.xRochford, T. (2004). Whare Tapa Wha: A Māori model of a unified theory of health. Journal of Primary Prevention, 25(1), 41-57. doi: 10.1023/B:JOPP.0000039938.39574.9eSNZ. (2014, April 15, 2014). 2013 Census QuickStats on Culture and Identity Retrieved April 23, 2014, from http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/profile-and-summary-reports/quickstats-culture-identity.aspx