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2015 Young Nurse of the Year
Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 7:57 am | NZNO
The 2015 NZNO Young Nurse of Year, Rural Nurse Specialist, Gemma Hutton was honoured last night at an awards dinner in Wellington. More >>
Enrolled nurses honoured
Wednesday, 16 September 2015, 7:55 am | NZNO
Enrolled nurses Anita Te Kahu and Dorothy Browning were honoured at an awards ceremony in Wellington last night. More >>
Caregivers and nurses support midwives
Monday, 31 August 2015, 3:28 pm | NZNO
Momentum is building in New Zealand to address gender pay inequality says New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) caregivers, nurses and midwives. More >>
Nurses not responsible for the state of the health system
Thursday, 27 August 2015, 3:26 pm | NZNO
Any suggestion by DHBs or any other party that nurses’ modest pay increases are the cause of budgetary difficulties are entirely unreasonable says the New Zealand Nurses Organisation. NZNO industrial adviser for the DHB sector, Lesley Harry says, ... More >>
Nurses vote for new collective agreement
Tuesday, 25 August 2015, 12:31 pm | NZNO
Nurses, midwives and health care assistants working in the 20 district health boards (DHBs) around the country have voted to accept the DHBs’ proposed multi-employer collective agreement (MECA). More >>
Pharmaceutical companies don’t want affordable medicine
Tuesday, 18 August 2015, 4:46 pm | NZNO
Tens of thousands of nurses around the country are hoping against hope that Trade Minister, Tim Groser does the right thing and walks away from TPP negotiations. More >>
Nurses elect new President
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 12:08 pm | NZNO
The country’s largest nursing organisation, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO), has a new President, Wellington Staff Nurse Grant Brookes. Brookes won a six-way contest to co-lead the 46,000-member professional and industrial body. More >>
200 primary health care nurses meet in Wellington
Friday, 31 July 2015, 10:38 am | NZNO
From today in Wellington over 200 primary health care nurses from around New Zealand meet to discuss and learn of innovation in nursing practice at their annual conference. Among the delegates are nurse practitioners and intern nurse practitioners who are ... More >>
Health sector reforms would take us back to the dark ages
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 2:13 pm | NZNO
The health of New Zealanders seems to have been completely side-lined in the Ministry of Health’s leaked “Capability and Capacity” report says the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO). More >>
Nurses want better health and safety legislation
Friday, 24 July 2015, 3:11 pm | NZNO
Nurses are unhappy to see the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee report on the Health and Safety Reform Bill waters down current provisions, rather than strengthening them. More >>
Why aren’t Cantabrians being supported to recover?
Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 2:01 pm | NZNO
Information released under the Official Information Act, showing that four years on from the quakes, Canterbury DHB staff are stressed and overworked, expenditure is at its limit and services are clogged, comes as no surprise to the New Zealand ... More >>
Southern DHB’s deficit – is it time to clear the slate?
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 10:32 am | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) cautiously welcomes the announcement that a commissioner may be appointed to run Southern District Health Board. More >>
Nurses head to mediation with District Health Boards
Friday, 29 May 2015, 3:35 pm | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation and District Health Boards were unable to reach a settlement at their negotiations for a collective agreement yesterday. More >>
Vulnerable people will be most affected by closure
Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 3:42 pm | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is concerned that vulnerable clients are being left in the lurch in the wake of the abrupt closure of Relationships Aotearoa. More >>
Nurses say no to District Health Boards’ offer
Monday, 25 May 2015, 1:08 pm | NZNO
Nurses, midwives and health care assistants working in the 20 District Health Boards (DHBs) around the country have voted overwhelmingly not to accept the DHBs’ proposed multi-employer collective agreement. More >>
Budget 2015 robs Peter to pay Paul
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 6:31 pm | NZNO
This years’ Budget does not provide enough funding to meet the health needs of New Zealanders, say nurses. More >>
Southern hospitals bear the brunt of Government underfunding
Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 4:06 pm | NZNO
Nurses, families and communities in Oamaru, Ranfurly, Dunstan, Balclutha and Gore may soon be without jobs and quality healthcare services as Southern DHB is forced to cut 5 percent from its budget. More >>
Celebrating Caregivers Week
Friday, 20 March 2015, 9:51 pm | NZNO
Caregivers all around the country will celebrate Caregivers Week from 22 – 28 March. Events are being held in resthomes, community halls and parks during the week. More >>
Launch of online archive of nursing oral histories
Wednesday, 11 March 2015, 9:55 am | NZNO
A new website that holds an archive of nursing oral histories in New Zealand is being launched today in Wellington. www.nursinghistory.org.nz More >>
History is made. Equal pay not just legal but possible!
Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 3:28 pm | NZNO
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) congratulates Kristine Bartlett and the Service and Food Workers Union: Ngā Ringa Tota on their historic win. Today the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from Kristine’s employer; opening the way for ... More >>