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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 >>
Independent Inquiry Into Death At Waikato ED Needed
Wednesday, 1 July 2026, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO chief executive Paul Goulter says NZNO’s thoughts and condolences are with the whānau of the man who died. More >>
Minister Guts Nursing Council Board With No Focus On Patient Safety
Friday, 19 June 2026, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"Despite his constant rhetoric that he is putting patients first, Simeon Brown has made no attempt to ensure patient needs are the focus of a nurse-strong Council board," Kerri Nuku says. More >>
Funding "Boost" Continues Dangerous Under-Funding Of Aged Care
Wednesday, 17 June 2026, 5:22 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO Gerontology Nursing College chair Bridget Richards says the funding equates to a 2.6% increase to baseline funding, below the current inflation rate of 3.1%. More >>
Plunket Funding Coalition Promise Forgotten In Budget 26
Friday, 29 May 2026, 11:39 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO national delegate and Plunket nurse Hannah Cook says Budget 26 papers show the promise was an outstanding commitment between the National and NZ First parties from their 2023 coalition agreement. More >>
Budget 26 Robs Pita To Pay Paul: NZNO
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says Budget 26 is a "money go-round" which requires the health sector to do even more with even less. More >>
Bupa Nurses Take Pay Equity Claim Over Historic Wage Discrimination
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 10:20 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO has more than 380 registered nurse members working at Bupa’s 40 aged residential care homes across the country. More >>
Lakes And Whanganui Nurses Still Waiting For Holiday Pay A Decade On
Thursday, 14 May 2026, 9:57 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Lakes delegate and Rotorua Hospital nurse Lyn Logan says Te Whatu Ora needs to prioritise this work so workers can get their payments faster. More >>
Culture Of Fear At Understaffed, Dilapidated Hillmorton Hospital
Monday, 11 May 2026, 10:44 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO delegate and Hillmorton nurse Gabrielle Nolan says NZNO Hillmorton members are calling for Te Whatu Ora to address the issues raised in the survey. More >>
A Year After Pay Equity Gutted, Hardworking Nurses Even Worse Off
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 8:58 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO last September became the first organisation to file claims under the new system, despite the almost impossibly high thresholds required. More >>
