For New Zealand

We built the healthcare staffing platform New Zealand was missing.

Every day, healthcare facilities across New Zealand struggle to fill shifts. Every day, qualified locums struggle to find them. We knew there had to be a better way.

Our story

Born from a real problem in NZ healthcare.

Short-staffing is one of the most persistent and damaging problems in New Zealand's healthcare system. A rest home scrambles at 6am to fill a nursing shift. A GP clinic cancels patients because their locum fell through. A qualified registered nurse sits at home, willing to work, but with no direct way to connect to the clinics that need them right now.

We built locu.nz to change that. A centralised, transparent marketplace where the two sides of NZ's healthcare workforce can connect directly. No phone calls. No middlemen.

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When healthcare flows, communities thrive. Short-staffing doesn't just cost money; it compromises the care that New Zealanders deserve.

The locu.nz founding principle
NZ
Built and operated in Auckland, New Zealand
2024
Founded, and growing every week
Our mission

Eliminate short-staffing in NZ healthcare, for good.

Centralised connection

One platform where every verified NZ locum and every registered healthcare business can find each other: instantly, transparently, directly.

Healthcare that flows

Short-staffing doesn't just disrupt a roster. It disrupts patient care. Our goal is a NZ where no clinic has to cancel appointments, and no locum has to chase shifts through middlemen.

Fair for everyone

Free for locums. Affordable for businesses. Transparent fees, verified credentials, and automated payments, so both sides win every time a shift is filled.

Our values

What we stand for

Transparency first

Every fee and every credential is visible. We believe locums and businesses both deserve to know exactly what they are agreeing to: no black boxes, no surprises, ever.

Locum-first

Locums are the backbone of flexible healthcare. locu.nz is free for them, always. If the locum wins, the business wins, and ultimately, the patient wins.

Built for NZ

Designed specifically for New Zealand's healthcare system: NCNZ, MCNZ, PSNZ credentials, NZ compliance, Auckland-based support. Not adapted from overseas. Built here from the ground up.

Platform integrity

Verification standards you can trust

Every locum is reviewed by our Auckland-based team before activation. We check documents manually, because healthcare credentials can't be automated away.

APC verified
Current Annual Practising Certificate required for every locum on platform
Safety checks prompted
Police / children's checks are the engaging business's duty: we prompt and log their affirmation per shift; we don't perform or verify them
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Right to work
NZ citizenship, residency or valid visa confirmed before account activation
PIN timesheets
Every shift time-stamped by PIN verification: immutable, automated, dispute-proof
Say hello

We're a small NZ team. We'd love to hear from you.

Locum, clinic, or just curious: we respond to every message as soon as we can.

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