New Zealand Nurses Organisation - Latest News [Page 1]
Care And Support Workers Say To All Parties: Fund Pay Equity
Thursday, 1 October 2026, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO members joined care and support worker members from E tū and PSA at the announcement in Tāmaki Makaurau today. More >>
380 More Health Care Workers At The End Of Winter Too Little Too Late
Friday, 25 September 2026, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"It’s a shame they have only decided to listen now. These new health workers are an acknowledgement by Te Whatu Ora of the immense pressure our nurses, midwives and health care assistants have been under." More >>
Hundreds Of International Nurses To Attend Conference In Wellington
Wednesday, 23 September 2026, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Across Aotearoa New Zealand, the journey of Nurse Practitioners and Advanced Practice Nurses has been to lead change where it matters most - alongside whānau, communities, and services working for better, fairer health outcomes. More >>
Auckland University Research Finds Nurse Shortages Increase Post-Surgery Deaths And Complications
Wednesday, 23 September 2026, 11:51 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO Perioperative Nurses College chair Lucy Middleton says the findings reveal the human cost of staffing levels being set to meet arbitrary cost-cutting budgets rather than patient need, and the impact of Te Whatu Ora’s recent recruitment freeze. More >>
2300 More Hospital Nurses? Yeah, Nah Nicola Willis
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 11:24 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"Upto 90% of nursing graduates used to be hired in our hospitals but despite these vacancies, just 45% of registered nursing graduates were matched to supported-entry roles at Te Whatu Ora after mid-year final exams," says NZNO President Anne Daniels More >>
Tauranga ED Staff At Wits End Declare State Of Emergency
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 9:47 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Patients are at risk because of the increasing demand without the increase in staff to match this. Staff are stretched too thin and can’t give patients the care they need. More >>
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 >>
