New Zealand Nurses Organisation - Latest News [Page 4]
Over Half Of Mid-Year Nursing Graduates Miss Out On Jobs
Friday, 25 July 2025, 12:13 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
About 36,000 of NZNO’s Te Whatu Ora members are preparing for a 24-hour national strike next Wednesday 30 July after Collective Agreement negotiations stalled with a refusal by Health NZ to commit to its obligation to employ new graduates one of ... More >>
Review Highlights Under-Staffing At Nelson Hospital
Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 4:41 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Nelson Marlborough Clinical Quality and Systems Review carried out by Te Whatu Ora was released this afternoon and has found serious issues with the management and development of the nursing workforce at Nelson Hospital. More >>
Hospital Nurses To Take Nationwide Strike Action
Friday, 11 July 2025, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The strike will be a complete withdrawal of labour at every place in New Zealand where Te Whatu Ora provides health care or hospital care services. More >>
Government Must Save Tōtara Hospice: NZNO
Wednesday, 9 July 2025, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Totara Hospice provides end-of-life care at no direct cost to patients from a diverse and growing community of around 520,000 South Aucklanders and is the subject of a new documentary series called Hospice Heroes. More >>
NZNO Welcomes Te Whatu Ora Backdown On Wellington Maternity Services
Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 5:57 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"It's good that Te Whatu Ora listened to health care workers on matters such as this. However, it still doesn't address staffing issues for midwives and nurses," NZNO Chief Executive Paul Goulter says. More >>
Te Whatu Ora Offer Further Devalues Māori
Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO has been involved in protracted talks with Te Whatu Ora for months. The new offer from Te Whatu Ora to NZNO members on 30 June failed to include Tikanga Allowance and Kaupapa Māori dispute resolution process clauses. More >>
Already Short-Staffed Wellington Hospital Gynaecology Ward Losing Beds
Monday, 7 July 2025, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
"NZNO is concerned this trail is aimed at meeting the Coalition Government’s arbitrary and unfunded six-hour wait time target for EDs," NZNO delegate Michelle Cotton says. More >>
Nursing Students Ready To Walk
Friday, 4 July 2025, 1:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The survey was completed by 1246 nursing students, and NZNO National Student Unit Co-chair Bianca Grimmer said the results were crystal clear - "hire us or we will leave". More >>
Te Whatu Ora Refuses To Address Patient Safety Concerns
Friday, 4 July 2025, 12:02 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
A new offer from Te Whatu Ora to NZNO members has failed to include measures to address staffing concerns despite it being raised continually throughout the bargaining process. More >>
Government Must Do More To Build Public Health System Capability - NZNO
Friday, 27 June 2025, 1:15 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO Chief Executive Paul Goulter says the report confirms what the public already knows - that elective services in the public system are neither equitable nor timely. More >>
Nurses Need Share Of Primary Health Care Funding Increase
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 11:50 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO College of Primary Care Nurses chair Tracey Morgan says nurses are urging primary care employers to pass this funding increase onto them via their wages, Tracey Morgan says. More >>
Theatre Nurses In Whangārei To Strike
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) perioperative nurses and health care assistants - from the surgical admission unit, theatre and post anaesthetic units - will undertake three rolling four-hour strikes ... More >>
Primary Care Funding Must Be Passed On To Nurses
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 12:13 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The Government funds GP clinics based on the number of enrolled patients they have, regardless of the services they receive, through what’s called the capitation system. More >>
Auckland Theatre Nurses Begin One-Month On-Call Strike
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO delegate and Starship perioperative nurse Haim Ainsworth says the month-long on-call strike follows rolling two-hour strikes by Auckland theatre nurses on 1 May. More >>
Magical Thinking On Hospital Projects: NZNO
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:42 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO Primary Health Care Nurses College chair Tracey Morgan says the Coalition Government has "utterly failed" to address the crisis in primary and community care which is leaving New Zealanders unable to see their GPs when they need to. More >>
Assault Reignites Christchurch Hospital Parking Woes
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 3:15 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Staff are reportedly walking to their cars because they’re made to wait 30 minutes or more after working the late shift for the shuttle to arrive. Staff don’t feel safe walking to cars after their shift or early morning in the dark, but they’re ... More >>
Hui To Further Raise Awareness On Health Woes
Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Every sector of the health system is crumbling around health workers’ ears. The Government is not providing adequate funding for safe staffing, and they are disguising their frontline hiring freeze. More >>
Struggling Hospice Nurses Shattered By Pay Equity Changes
Monday, 12 May 2025, 5:42 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO delegate and hospice nurse Donna Burnett says hospice nurses are demoralised and angered by last week’s announcement. More >>
Pay Equity Changes An Attack On Women: NZNO
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 1:38 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO chief executive Paul Goulter says nurses will be outraged that historical gender discrimination will not be addressed so the Government can save money. More >>
Auckland Theatre Nurses To Strike Tomorrow
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 3:39 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO delegate and perioperative nurse Alissa Baker says nurses are standing up against involuntary overtime. This stand is part of the current collective agreement bargaining between NZNO and Te Whatu Ora. More >>
