We acknowledge the sovereignty of Indigenous peoples across the Earth as the traditional custodians of Country, and their timeless and embodied relationships with cultures, communities, lands, waters, and sky. We pay our respects to Elders, past and present, particularly those who led the way, allowing us to realise our own calling to be healers.

In this second iteration of a two-part special issue on Cultural Safety, we the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand members of the guest editorial team would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to two contemporary examples of institutional racism in nursing and midwifery care in our respective countries.