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New Zealand Nurses Organisation - Latest News [Page 2]

New Offer Received For NZNO Te Whatu Ora Members

Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 6:03 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO), who are employed by Te Whatu Ora, have received a new collective agreement offer from their employer. The offer was received in the latest round of negotiations ... More >>

NZNO Pleased To See Health Workforce Plan

Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) welcomes the Health workforce plan, released yesterday by the Ministry of Health’s Workforce Taskforce. NZNO Manager of Nursing and Professional Services Mairi Lucas ... More >>

Mental Health Nurses Beyond Crisis Point

Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Nurses are saying some areas of mental health are beyond crisis point and many mental health nurses are close to quitting from the relentless pressure of staff shortages and daily assaults by patients. New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi ... More >>

Nurses To "Bargain Hard" For Health And Safety

Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 5:47 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) nurses, midwives, health care assistants and kaimahi hauora who work for Te Whatu Ora say they will continue to bargain hard until their demands to be valued and safe at work ... More >>

Nurses To Stop Work To Consider Te Whatu Ora Offer

Friday, 26 May 2023, 10:20 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Nurses who are members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO), and who work for Te Whatu Ora, will be stopping work for two hours to attend one of 57 meetings being held across the country from 29 ... More >>

Employment Court Upholds Nurses’ Right To Strike Over Health And Safety

Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 7:41 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says the absolutely vital right of workers to strike over health and safety matters has been upheld with the Employment Court dismissing a Te Whatu Ora application to ... More >>

Te Whatu Ora Takes Legal Action To Stop Gisborne Nurses Strike

Sunday, 21 May 2023, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says Te Whatu Ora has applied for an interim injunction to stop a one-hour health and safety strike by its desperate Ward 5 (Acute Medical) nurses at Gisborne Hospital. ... More >>

Budget Fails To Value Nurses

Thursday, 18 May 2023, 6:00 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says while the Governments Budget offers some staffing relief and pay adjustments it fails to respond to the frontline crisis in health. NZNO President Anne Daniels ... More >>

Budget Can Help Dress Funding Wounds

Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 7:49 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Nurses and kaimahi working for Māori and Iwi health providers are hoping tomorrow’s Budget helps ease the daily struggle they face to deliver services to their communities. Te Runanga o Aotearoa New Zealand Nurses Organisation representative Kathryn Chapman ... More >>

Budget Can Offer Solutions To Aged Care Crisis

Sunday, 14 May 2023, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

It’s no secret that the Aged Care sector in Aotearoa New Zealand is struggling but the Budget can help to significantly rectify this, a veteran nurse says. The sector is in a constant fight for funding, recruiting and retaining staff, paying ... More >>

Exhausted Gisborne Hospital Ward 5 Nurses To Strike

Friday, 12 May 2023, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

On a day when they are being acknowledged and celebrated through Nurse Appreciation Day, one group of New Zealand nurses have had to make the very difficult decision to take strike action. NZNO Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) members ... More >>

Long-serving Rural Nurse Has Three Budget Wishes

Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 3:21 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Auckland rural practice nurse and NZNO member Ros Gallagher is worried about the future of nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand but has made three wishes for Budget 2023 on 18 May. Ms Gallagher has been a rural nurse for 29 years. She is concerned at ... More >>

New Winter Health Plan A Good Start, But Needs To Go Further

Thursday, 4 May 2023, 6:01 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says the 2023 Winter Plan to erase pressure on the health system includes some helpful initiatives but does not strike at the heart of the problem. NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerri ... More >>

Nurses, Midwives Call For Urgent Pay Equity Resolution

Thursday, 9 March 2023, 1:24 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

Nurses and midwives belonging to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) say resolving Pay Equity negotiations for each profession is essential to staff recruitment and retention, and must be sorted soon ... More >>

Nurses Call On National To Provide Specifics On Fixing The Health Crisis

Monday, 6 March 2023, 4:34 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) has noted the National Party’s commitment to providing better health services announced in Christopher Luxon’s State of the Nation speech yesterday. However, NZNO Chief ... More >>

Provisional Improvement Notice Issued To Gisborne Hospital Ward Five

Tuesday, 20 December 2022, 3:06 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says it has supported the issuing of a provisional improvement notice (PIN) to Gisborne Hospital’s Ward Five in response to health and safety concerns arising from unsafe ... More >>

NZNO Welcomes Pay Equity Announcement

Monday, 12 December 2022, 7:12 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) welcomes this afternoon’s announcement by Te Whatu Ora that it will apply to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to request it to order large Pay Equity increases ... More >>

Second Strike For Evolution Healthcare Nurses

Wednesday, 30 November 2022, 7:14 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

More than 230 New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) members from three hospitals owned by Evolution Healthcare will resume strike action tomorrow following a breakdown of talks with the employer. Wakefield Hospital ... More >>

NZNO Welcomes Pay Parity Funding, Says GP Practice Exclusion Regrettable

Monday, 28 November 2022, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) has welcomed this morning’s Government announcement that $200m per year will be spent addressing the wage gap between community-based frontline workers and their ... More >>

NZNO Applauds Free Placements, Says More Must Urgently Be Done

Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 6:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says it is pleased with Health Minister Andrew Little’s recent announcement that paid placements for nursing students are under active consideration. NZNO President ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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