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Annette King to Take Nurses’ Parity Call to Govt
Friday, 5 August 2005, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Minister of Health, Annette King, has agreed to take a message to Government from over 200 primary health nurses who want the Government to work with the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and employers to close the pay gap between them and their ... More >>
Primary Health Care Conference
Wednesday, 3 August 2005, 9:05 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
More than 200 primary health care nurses from around the country will attend a conference at Auckland’s Waipuna Conference Centre on Friday and Saturday (August 5-6). The conference will be opened by Health Minister Annette King. More >>
NZNO Challenge All Parties On Aged Care Crisis
Tuesday, 2 August 2005, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses' Organisation Challenges All Parties To Spell Out How They Will Solve Aged Care Crisis More >>
Labour’s Student Loan Policy Works for Nurses
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 9:35 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The announcement of interest free student loans is a major victory for those who have campaigned for a fairer student loan scheme, according to a nursing student leader. Head of NZNO’s National Student Unit, third-year student at Christchurch ... More >>
Nursing Programmes Should Stem Tide
Wednesday, 13 July 2005, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation is delighted at today’s (July 13) announcement by Health Minister Annette King that the Ministry of Health and district health boards will fund 600 positions for first year of practice nurses from mid-2006. More >>
Private takeover of rest homes a possible threat
Wednesday, 13 July 2005, 9:29 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
In the midst of what appears to be massive private takeover of aged health care facilities, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomed long-awaited and desperately needed new government funding for aged care providers. More >>
Radiation technologists withdraw strike notice
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation has withdrawn its strike notice on behalf of medical radiation technologists at Counties Manukau District Health Board. More >>
Govt. fails to live up to its promise on aged-care
Thursday, 19 May 2005, 6:14 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Government has failed to honour the commitment made by Prime Minister, Helen Clark, in this year’s opening statement to Parliament to make aged-care funding a “top priority” this year, according to the country’s largest health sector union, ... More >>
Filipino nurses suffer abuse and exploitation
Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 11:35 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Exploitation of foreign workers in not confined to the fishing industry. The latest issue of the national nursing magazine, Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, reveals the exploitation of Filipino nurses working in New Zealand by some immigration agencies ... More >>
DHB Radiographers To Strike
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Fifty radiographers from Counties Manukau District Health Board, members of the New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation, have filed notice of strike action. The move is a last resort, following failed voluntary mediation. More >>
International Nurses Day: May 12
Thursday, 12 May 2005, 9:50 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Almost 40,000 New Zealand nurses will join millions of colleagues around the world today to celebrate International Nurses Day. More >>
Age-care sector “losing hope, but ready to fight”
Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 9:24 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Waiting since yesterday morning to hear Associate Health Minister Pete Hodgson’s pre-budget scheduled announcement for additional funding above the normal DHB allocation for the residential aged care sector seems to be an exercise in futility. More >>
Nurses Launch Pay Parity Campaign
Monday, 9 May 2005, 10:33 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The 39,000-strong New Zealand Nurse’s Organisation launches a massive new pay parity campaign for the Primary Health Care sector in Hamilton today. (Ed note: Sunday, May 8). More >>
Student Debt a Major Issue For Nurses Too
Friday, 29 April 2005, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Nurses Organisation has come out in support of a report released by the primary teachers and early childhood workers’ union, NZEI into student debt and the union’s call to make the student loan scheme fairer. More >>
NZNO Membership Leaps Following DHB Settlement
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses Organisation Membership Leaps Following DHB Settlement Membership of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation has dramatically increased since the settlement of the DHB MECA, covering 20,000 nurses, midwives and health assistants said NZNO president ... More >>
NZNO Supports Chemical/Cancer Link Research
Monday, 21 March 2005, 11:31 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation supports the Green Party’s call for more research on the special risks faced by workers exposed to chemicals linked to cancer. More >>
Work–Life Bill Supported by Nurses Organisation
Friday, 18 March 2005, 1:53 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
“A Green Party Bill to allow workers with young children to have more flexible work arrangements would overcome one of the key barriers to women considering nursing as a career and attract more young women into nursing,” said Geoff Annals, CEO of ... More >>
Caregivers Send Pay Slips to Parliament
Monday, 14 March 2005, 10:15 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Underpaid caregivers will take the unusual step this week of sending their payslips to Parliament to show just how low their pay is. More >>
Brash Statement Lacks Understanding
Friday, 25 February 2005, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Nurses Organisation says comments made by National Party leader Don Brash today about the importance of the Treaty of Waitangi to nurses and other occupational groups show a lack of understanding of the Treaty’s relevance to nursing practice. More >>
Nurses Vote to Accept Fair Pay Settlement
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 8:45 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses and midwives who are members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation have voted to accept their first national public sector agreement since 1991 with a majority of 81.7%. The agreement will cover more than 20,000 nurses, midwives and health care ... More >>
