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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 >>
Evolution Healthcare Nurses Strike For Better Wages, Conditions
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 5:51 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Nurses at three private hospitals, owned by Evolution Healthcare Ltd in Wellington and Hawke’s Bay, will embark on a 24-hour strike on Thursday morning following a breakdown of talks with their employer. More than 230 NZNO Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki ... More >>
