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NZNO Wants Health Funding Commitment From All Political Parties
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says it wants to see every political party commit to funding the health system according to need but at least according to the consumer price index (CPI) as a baseline for ... More >>
Fed Up Telehealth Workers To Strike For Fair Wages
Thursday, 14 September 2023, 12:43 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Whakarongorau Aotearoa New Zealand Telehealth Services’ employees are literally paying the price for poor management decisions over the past few years, and its NZNO Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) and PSA members have now had enough. ... More >>
NZNO Welcomes Plan To Grow Health Workforce
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) welcomes the plan to grow the health workforce announced by Health Minister Ayesha Verrall and Prime Minister Chris Hipkins today, but says even bolder action is required ... More >>
NZNO Wants More Māori And Pasifika Nurses; Calls For Free Training
Friday, 8 September 2023, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) wants more detail from campaigning political parties about how they will urgently fund 4000 more nurses, especially those who are Māori and Pasifika. NZNO Kaiwhakahaere ... More >>
Who You Gonna Call? Telehealth Workers Rally For Better Wages
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 6:46 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) and PSA members, employed at Whakarongorau Aotearoa New Zealand Telehealth Services, will embark on an hour-long rally on Friday morning following a breakdown of talks with their employer. The rallies ... More >>
Indigenous Nurses Going Back To Their Roots
Thursday, 17 August 2023, 12:35 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The annual Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference will be going back to its roots by "Reclaiming our Whakapapa - Mana o te wai" its theme for this year. The conference takes place at the Holiday Inn in Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland on Friday ... More >>
Provisional Improvement Notice Issued To Waikato Hospital ED
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 1:48 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 Waikato Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) in response to health and safety concerns ... More >>
NZNO Members To Have Historic Say On Pay Equity
Sunday, 23 July 2023, 7:48 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) says its 35,000 or so members employed by Te Whatu Ora will start voting tomorrow (Monday 24 July) on whether or not to accept the latest proposed Pay Equity settlement. ... More >>
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 >>