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Report Reveals Frontline Nurses’ Struggles During COVID-19 Pandemic
Friday, 29 May 2020, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
A recently released report by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) and the McGuinness Institute highlights the challenges faced by NZNO members (nurses, midwives, health care assistants, kai mahi hauora and nursing students) working on the frontlines ... More >>
Primary Health Care Nurses Reject Pay Offer
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 12:50 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
After prolonged negotiations primary health care nurses have voted down a final offer from employers of 2.5 and 2 percent pay increases over two years. The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has been negotiating the Primary Health Care Multi-Employer ... More >>
Budget Not Specific On Opportunities
Monday, 18 May 2020, 4:59 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says it is pleased to see significant investment into health and disabilities in the 2020 Budget, but wants more detail about how that money will be targeted, lest important opportunities be missed. NZNO ... More >>
Serious Lessons From Waitakere Hospital COVID-19 Report
Wednesday, 13 May 2020, 6:20 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says it welcomes the incident review report released today by Waitematā District Health Board (DHB) into COVID-19 Staff infections at Waitakere Hospital April. Seven nurses contracted the virus at the ... More >>
NZNO Calls For Unity And Respect
Wednesday, 6 May 2020, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku is calling for an end to personal attacks and for unity after a petition was launched today asking for the NZNO Board to stand down and for a new Board to be re-elected. "We want ... More >>
DHBs Choose Parking Revenue Over Kindness To Nurses
Friday, 1 May 2020, 1:28 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says all DHBs should continue offering free parking to all essential workers now that Aotearoa New Zealand has moved from Rahui (Lockdown) Level 4 to Level 3. NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says it is disappointing ... More >>
Nursing Staff Not To Blame, Says NZNO
Friday, 17 April 2020, 10:13 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is disappointed that nursing and other health care staff are being blamed for bringing COVID-19 into the workplace without any real evidence or proper investigation - or that the problem is that staff aren’t ... More >>
NZNO Urges Government And Health Employers To Adopt He Kete Tapuhi Ora Response Package
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 5:22 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO urgently needs the Government and all health employers to commit to a comprehensive ‘He Kete Tapuhi Ora response package’ to assist all nurses, midwives, health care assistants and kai mahi hauora in this exceptional fight against the COVID-19 ... More >>
Nurses Must Be Given Personal Protective Equipment Now
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 8:49 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says some nurses having to deal with potential COVID-19 cases are not being given personal protective equipment (PPE) and that this could result in many unnecessary deaths. NZNO Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku ... More >>
Nurses Must Be Supported As Frontline Against COVID-19
Friday, 20 March 2020, 4:16 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is calling for measures to improve support for nurses in the Government’s next round of pandemic initiatives after still more infections were reported today. NZNO President Grant Brookes says the Government ... More >>
A Day To Celebrate The Historic Work Of Women
Friday, 6 March 2020, 4:44 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says International Women’s Day (Sunday 8 March) is a great time for people in Aotearoa New Zealand to remember the wonderful work our women do; especially in 2020, the World Health Organization’s Year of ... More >>
Not Protecting Nurses As First Responders Grossly Unfair, Says NZNO
Friday, 6 March 2020, 3:47 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation says failure to include nurses, midwives, health care workers and kai mahi hauora as defined staff in the Protection for First Responders and Prison Officers Bill will only serve to further institutionalise the abuse nursing ... More >>
Adverse events report reveals heavy under-resourcing
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) welcomes "Learning from adverse events: Te ako I ngā pāpono kōaro", released by the Health & Safety Commission last week. More >>
NZNO critical of proposed nurse staffing changes
Tuesday, 15 October 2019, 1:55 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says changes proposed to staffing for the CREST service proposed by Canterbury District Health Board (DHB) will reduce the quality of care available to older persons in Christchurch and surrounding areas. More >>
NZNO awards given for Service to Nursing or Midwifery
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 9:42 am | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The 2019 NZNO Awards for Service to Nursing or Midwifery were presented tonight at the NZNO Awards Dinner at Te Papa in Wellington. The awards recognise nurses or midwives who have made a difference to the practice and practice environment of nursing or ... More >>
NZNO challenges Presbyterian Support proposed staffing cuts
Friday, 6 September 2019, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is challenging proposed staffing changes at two facilities run by Presbyterian Support Southland (PSS), saying they will reduce standards of patient care and put extra strain on nursing and care staff, and that ... More >>
Colonisation and archaic British law behind state welfare
Friday, 9 August 2019, 3:07 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
Colonisation and the legacy of archaic British law were the starting points for our modern child welfare system that is inherently racist and disadvantages Māori in particular, the Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa Conference was told today. More >>
Middlemore so understaffed it may need to call on army
Friday, 26 July 2019, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says an emerging crisis at Middlemore Hospital demonstrates the serious problems district health boards (DHBs) are facing in recruiting and retaining nurses. More >>
NZNO demands DHB response on systemic weaknesses
Friday, 7 June 2019, 4:22 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) has written an urgent letter to the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board (HBDHB) saying difficult working conditions faced by nurses are seriously compromising both staff and patient safety. More >>
Wellbeing Budget initiatives will require nurses
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) commends the Government for a good start towards a Wellbeing Budget for people living in New Zealand. In particular it commends the significant increase in Vote Health, and meaningful allocations in key areas ... More >>
