New Zealand Nurses Organisation - Latest News [Page 1]
Primary Health Care Wage Agreement Reached But Pay Parity Still Needed To Retain Nurses
Monday, 24 March 2025, 2:44 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO’s College of Primary Health Care Nurses chair Tracey Morgan says there was overwhelming support for the Multi Employment Collective Agreement offer for an immediate increase of 5% followed by a further 3% in July. More >>
Nurses Call To Revive Pay Equity Claims
Friday, 7 March 2025, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO President Anne Daniels says there are many hurdles to cross before women in Aotearoa are paid fairly and equally. More >>
Nurses Call For Bowel Screening Changes To Be Reversed
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 3:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Bowel Cancer New Zealand has said removing the younger screening eligibility would result in 100,000 Māori and Pacific people aged 50 not getting earlier screening. These people are at greater risk of having later stage bowel cancer when they are ... More >>
Prime Minister Uninformed To Suggest Nurses Replace Doctors - NZNO
Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 3:23 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO’s College of Primary Health Care Nurses chair Tracey Morgan says the Prime Minister’s comments shows a complete lack of understanding about how frontline primary and community care best operate. More >>
New Report Highlights The Need For Culturally Safe Māori Nursing Ratios
Thursday, 6 February 2025, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The report Kaupapa Māori Culturally Safe Staffing Ratios: Māori nursing leaders’ perspectives was released at Waitangi by NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku. More >>
Proper Funding Of Primary Care Nurses Key To Kiwis Getting Into GPs
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 2:09 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO’s New Zealand College of Primary Health Care Nurses chair Tracey Morgan says the Coalition Government’s focus on the health sector is misdirected. More >>
Time For The Government To Address Challenges Faced By Health Sector - NZNO
Sunday, 19 January 2025, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO chief executive Paul Goulter says it doesn’t matter to patients who the minister of health is. What matters to New Zealanders is that the Government accepts its responsibility to ensure we have an equitable health system that works for all New Zealanders. More >>
Stab-proof Vests For Mental Health Nurses?
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO and the Public Service Association (PSA) - which both have members who are mental health workers - are calling for a full investigation into the incident by Te Whatu Ora and WorkSafe, and for the matter to be referred to the Health Quality Safety ... More >>
"She Bled For Our People" - Nurses Pay Tribute To Dame Tariana Turia
Monday, 6 January 2025, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Kerri Nuku said the sacrifices Dame Turia made to advance Māori health, and Māori rights, would not be forgotten by the Māori nursing community. More >>
Hawkes Bay/Canterbury/West Coast NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) members fear Te Whatu Ora’s plans to pause a key component of its safe staffing programme put patient and whānau safety and wellbeing at risk. More >>
Wellington NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 11:41 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO Wellington delegate and spokesperson Jinty Graham says understaffing means nurses are under constant stress trying to perform their duties. More >>
Waikato/Waitemata/Taranaki/Northland NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Monday, 16 December 2024, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO members fear Te Whatu Ora’s plans to pause a key component of its safe staffing programme put patient and whānau safety and wellbeing at risk. More >>
Hutt Valley/Rotorua/Tauranga NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Tauranga delegate Helena Joyce says she is striking because as a nurse she’s witnessed how dangerous understaffing can be. More >>
Counties Manukau/Wairarapa/Whanganui NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO members fear Te Whatu Ora’s plans to pause a key component of its safe staffing programme put patient and whānau safety and wellbeing at risk. More >>
Health Workforce Plan Focused On Cost Not Patient Need
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 5:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"It is entirely drawn from operating within a constrained funding environment and repeatedly cites workforce planning around ‘living within our means’ and ‘ensuring more sustainable workforce translates to a more financially sustainable system’." More >>
South Canterbury/Southland District NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"Nurses like everyone else deserve recognition for the hard work they put in," Krystal Munro said. More >>
Government Should Agree To End Wage Discrimination On Human Rights Day
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 11:13 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says today is Human Rights Day and it’s is a good time for the Government to do the right thing. More >>
Te Whatu Ora Auckland District NZNO Members To Strike Tomorrow
Monday, 9 December 2024, 6:00 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) members fear Te Whatu Ora’s plans to pause a key component of its safe staffing programme put patient and whānau safety and wellbeing at risk. More >>
Te Whatu Ora Nurses To Take Nationwide Strike Action
Monday, 2 December 2024, 11:21 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) members fear Te Whatu Ora’s plans to pause a key component of its safe staffing programme put patient and whānau safety and wellbeing at risk, NZNO Chief Executive ... More >>
Government Lacks Vision For Health Sector: NZNO
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
More specialist and regional nurses are good news for patient and whānau safety and wellbeing, but $10 million represents a 0.2% increase in investment on nurses - which is even less once allied health professionals are hired out of the same fund. More >>