In the cultural safety perspective, culture is defined broadly to include ethnicity, customs, traditions, beliefs and values ​​as well as status socio-economic, age, gender, sexual orientation, religious and spiritual aspects. beliefs, ethnic/immigration status, values ​​and disabilities (NCNZ, 2011). Culture is about the ways of doing things and it can be learned and changed (Jarvis, 2012). Ethnicity, on the other hand, is a form of identification or belonging to a social group linked by a common history and cultural tradition. Therefore, people of the same ethnicity may share a common language, religion, food, dress, and have a common sense of identity. . (Brown and Edwards, 2012). New Zealand (NZ) is a multicultural society made up of people of diverse ethnicities. New Zealand's population is 74% European; 15% Māori; 12% Asian, 7% Pacific, and 1% Middle Eastern/Latin American/African. Besides English (96%), other commonly used languages ​​in New Zealand are Te Reo Māori (3.7%), Samoan (2.2%), Hindi (1.7%), Chinese (1.3%) and French (1.2%). Nearly 42% of New Zealanders have no religion and the largest Christian denominations are Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian (SNZ, 2014). This means New Zealand nurses now interact with different types of people from diverse cultural backgrounds. In clinical settings, nurses are believed to spend the most time with patients. This involves regularly dealing with people from different ethnicities 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 own health and treatment that may be similar or different from those...... middle of article...... international Journal for Healthcare Quality, 8(5), 491-497. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/8.5.491Polaschek. (1998). Cultural safety: a new concept for caring for people of different ethnicities. [Article]. 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 Welfare, 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 Quick Statistics 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