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Overworked, Understaffed Gisborne ED Staff Strike
Tuesday, 8 September 2026, 9:39 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO delegate and ED nurse Clara Dolman-Tuhou says Gisborne ED has been understaffed since the end of last year and ongoing meetings with management have brought no significant change despite the ED going into code red multiple times. More >>
Tairāwhiti Nurses Host Community Healthcare Election Forum
Monday, 7 September 2026, 2:10 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Representatives from the Labour, Green, Te Pāti Māori and Opportunity parties have been confirmed to attend the event. More >>
Government Must Adopt Wai 2713 Recommendations On Disability System
Friday, 4 September 2026, 9:23 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Coalition Government has a track record of dismissing cultural safety as ideology, but this report shows that such attitudes harm tāngata whaikaha Māori, Kerri Nuku says. More >>
Nurses Discuss What's At Stake For Health
Wednesday, 2 September 2026, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Patients, whānau, and frontline health care workers are all feeling the impact of an unsafe and underfunded workplace. More >>
Employing Graduate Nurses Will Help Keep Them In Nursing And The Country
Monday, 31 August 2026, 1:30 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"If Labour is serious about building the nursing workforce and fixing the health system, it must fund primary care sufficiently so all nurses working in the sector can receive pay parity with Te Whatu Ora nurses," says Poihaere Whare. More >>
Northland Nurse And Academic Wins Prestigious Māori Leadership Award
Thursday, 27 August 2026, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Dr Barton (Ngāti Puhiawe, Ngāti Horotakere, Ngāti Hikairo ki Kāwhia) was presented with the taonga at the Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference held at Māhurehure Marae in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). More >>
Health Minister’s Claim Winter Plan ‘Managing Well’ Delusional
Wednesday, 26 August 2026, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"Despite Emergency Departments (ED) being completely overwhelmed and patients being treated in waiting rooms and corridors, Simeon Brown claims the Coalition Government’s failed Winter Plan is ‘managing well’. More >>
Hospital Data Shows Nursing Shortages Continue To Put Patients At Risk
Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 10:46 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO delegate and Hawke’s Bay nurse Noreen McCallan says many of the wards with the greatest nurse shortages are those with the most vulnerable patients. More >>
Fed-Up North Shore ED Staff Declare State Of Emergency
Monday, 24 August 2026, 12:22 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
North Shore NZNO delegate and ED nurse Jean Moor says the biggest culprit in creating this unbearable situation was the hiring freeze introduced by Te Whatu Ora in 2024. More >>
What Happened To The Winter Health Plan?
Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 4:08 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Virtually every Emergency Department (ED) is working over capacity this winter with waiting times consistently running into double-digit hours More >>
Attack On Nursing Council’s Cultural Safety Work Condemned
Monday, 17 August 2026, 6:42 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO Te Rūnanga has just wrapped up its annual hui-ā-tau in Tamaki Makaurau. More >>
Chief Executive’s Resignation Follows Minister’s Gutting Of Nursing Council
Thursday, 13 August 2026, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says Nursing Council staff were told today that Catherine Byrne has resigned her role as chief executive. More >>
Huraina Te Matarau - Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference Seeks To Challenge Racism In The Workforce
Thursday, 13 August 2026, 11:34 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Te Rūnanga o Aotearoa NZNO's annual Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference takes place at Te Mahurehure Marae in Tāmaki Makaurau. More >>
Meeting To Discuss Understaffing At Waitākere Hospital
Wednesday, 12 August 2026, 5:09 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Waitākere Hospital is among the worst-staffed and worst-resourced hospitals in Aotearoa. More >>
Nursing Council Audit Pause Puts Patient Safety At Risk
Wednesday, 12 August 2026, 12:39 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Every year the Nursing Council audits five percent of practising nurses to provide assurance that nurses are meeting continuing competence requirements. More >>
NZ's 'Lowest-Paid' Community Nurses Strike
Friday, 7 August 2026, 10:55 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Working under the ACC Nursing Services Contract for Total Care Health by Access, they provide essential care to patients with complex health needs and those requiring wound care under ACC criteria. More >>
Neglected Plunket Feeling The Strain
Tuesday, 28 July 2026, 10:41 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Whānau Āwhina Plunket looks after society’s most vulnerable members as it takes care of the health and wellbeing of children under five and their families. More >>
Te Whatu Ora Must Reassure Wellington Patients After Triage Error
Monday, 27 July 2026, 7:05 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Te Whatu Ora must reassure Wellingtonians it is adopting recommendations made by the Health and Disability Commissioner after a damning report was released today, NZNO says. The report followed a complaint to the Commissioner by a 55-year-old man ... More >>
Hundreds Of Nursing Graduates Left High And Dry By Te Whatu Ora
Friday, 24 July 2026, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO National Student Unit co-leader Dawn Blyth says once again Te Whatu Ora has failed nursing graduates who represent New Zealand’s future nursing workforce. More >>
Te Whatu Ora Must Disclose Staffing Levels At Time Of Tragic Death
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO chief executive Paul Goulter says NZNO’s respects the request for privacy from the man’s whānau. More >>
