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Nicolette Sheridan says students may be put off nursing by pay equity changes.
Counties Manukau-based Russell Murphy is a registered nurse who specialises in mental health. In this viewpoint, he shares with us his very real and raw lived experience and his reluctance to retire from the job he loves.
A gastroenterology nurse leader says she 'cannot fathom' Government moves to condemn more Māori and Pasifika to bowel cancer diagnoses.

Back to the table — members call on Te Whatu Ora to make a better offer

Thousands of nurses, midwives and kaiāwhina around the country have called on Te Whatu Ora to make them a better offer -- or face strike action.

Pay equity changes may discourage students from studying nursing, says Massey lecturer

Massey nursing students say they feel discouraged about entering Aotearoa’s health workforce following government changes to pay equity laws that have wiped out a claim for thousands of nurses.

Nurse who became leader in health quality and safety honoured for King’s Birthday

Gillian Bohm, a nurse who has led nationwide improvement of health care quality and safety, has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the King's Birthday list.

Hariata Vercoe: Not a nurse but she’s got their backs

Hariata Vercoe is not a nurse but she has their backs. After 40 years of service to Māori, health and the community, the chief executive officer at Rotorua’s Korowai Aroha Health Centre, and member of the NZ Nursing Council, has joined the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Te Whatu Ora members consider ‘hard-hitting’ strike action as mass union meetings begin

Extended 24-hour strike action could be on the cards next month, as nurses' and other Te Whatu Ora health-care workers' frustration spilled over at the start of nationwide union meetings this week.

‘Have your say’ — NZNO backs people’s pay equity ‘select committee’

NZNO members are being urged to submit their views to a new "people's select committee" formed in protest at the Government's sudden scrapping of 33 pay equity claims last month.

Nearly 400 Auckland perioperative nurses strike over ‘forced overtime’

Auckland perioperative nurses say forced overtime and sneaky ditching of callback payments has driven them to take strike action.

‘We need you to stand with us’ — Te Whatu Ora bargaining team call on members

It's time to stand up, says NZNO's Te Whatu Ora bargaining team after eight exhausting months of negotiation led to an offer they say fails to lock in safe staffing, graduate employment or match the cost of living.

‘Rage, rage, rage’ drives mass turnout to Budget 2025 pay equity protest

They came in their hundreds, wearing bright lipstick. They chanted. They sang. And hundreds of people loudly supported four alternative pledges ahead of the National-led Government's Budget 2025.

Regulatory Standards Bill: ‘Nurses need to be worried’

Nurses need to be very worried about the Regulatory Standards Bill – the latest law the Government is proposing, according to a registered nurse who has been monitoring the development of bill.

‘It’s up to you now’ — proposed new NZNO constitution goes to all-member vote

'It's up to you now' – that’s the message from NZNO constitutional review panel co-chair Grant Brookes, as all-member voting opens on a proposed new NZNO constitution.

Bonding scheme is ‘plaster on a gunshot wound’, says nursing leader

The Government's move on pay equity has swamped any benefit of the new bonding scheme for health-care workers, says a primary health care nursing leader.

Struggling hospice nurses ‘shattered’ by pay equity changes

On hospice awareness week, hospice nurses say they are demoralised and angry after the Government ditched their pay equity claim last week.

‘It’s about respect’: Nurses protest at Parliament over pay equity claims

Nurses were among many angry women workers who brought their mothers, children and wider whānau to Parliament today to protest the Government's mass dumping of pay equity claims.

2025 survey will capture students’ lived experience

NZNO student leaders say the 2025 survey launched this week will capture the lived experiences of nursing students -- including the financial challenges they are facing. 

The end is nigh

Counties Manukau-based Russell Murphy is a registered nurse who specialises in mental health. In this viewpoint, he shares with us his very real and raw lived experience and his reluctance to retire from the job he loves.

Bowel-screening changes will leave gastroenterology nurses and doctors with more cancer diagnoses

A gastroenterology nurse leader says she 'cannot fathom' Government moves to condemn more Māori and Pasifika to bowel cancer diagnoses.

The main character in pay equity

Working people are a main character in politics. Not just a group that stuff happens to, but people capable of making things happen.

‘Time to get noisy’ — Auckland nurse explains why he voted down Te Whatu Ora’s offer

This Government knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing, says NZNO delegate Troy Stewart.

Vulnerable women need safe hands of a nurse — women’s health college

Skilled nurses with the confidence to advocate for patients are essential for the care of vulnerable women and patients, argues NZNO's women's health college in the face of Government moves to loosen health workforce regulation.

‘Soul-crushing’ work of a nurse today

Just 18 months after graduating, Auckland nurse Sophie Tomes explains why she is struggling with physical pain and mental anguish every day.

Small steps, big impact: How to activate wellbeing in our patients

Simple straightforward tools can work well to improve patients' mental health in primary care.

Nursing sisters overcome the odds

The Witton sisters have weathered a pandemic, cyclone, poverty, two jobs each and multiple other challenges during their three-year journey to becoming qualified nurses.

Dhyanne Hohepa: ‘A light in the dark for Māori nurses’

Dhyanne Hohepa is a leader among Māori nurses driven by aroha and passionate about clinical excellence.

Travel, camaraderie and superb hand hygiene — welcome to the world of perioperative nursing!

NZNO's perioperative nurses college (PNC) chair Emma Ladley wants to see more nursing students learn about perioperative nursing in their undergrad studies.

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Applications open for Māori nursing awards

Nominations are open for the 2025 Te Pātaka Whaioranga (PHARMAC) Tapuhi Kaitiaki Awards.

Nurses sought to speak at Digital Health Week 2025

Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ) is looking for nurses to speak and share their work at its Digital Health Week NZ 2025 conference in November.

Women’s Refuge seeking wāhine for history project

Women’s Refuge is starting a project to record our "her-story" (history). We want to gather the stories of wāhine who have been involved with Refuge as staff, kaimahi, or volunteers.

Uncut – news briefs

17 June

Notice of NZNO 2025 Board Elections - Call for Nominations

Nominations are required to fill seven (7) positions on the NZNO Board. For details, see the notices section in the classifieds
16 June

Gender Gap Closes at Fastest Rate Since Pandemic – But Full Parity Still Over a Century Away

The global gender gap has closed to 68.8%, led by economic and political advances – yet progress is still behind pre-pandemic pace, with full parity an estimated 123 years away.
16 June

Against a backdrop of escalating global health challenges, the ruling council of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has issued a powerful call for urgent action to address the nursing workforce crisis.

Against a backdrop of escalating global health challenges, the ruling council of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has issued a powerful call for urgent action to address the nursing workforce crisis.
13 June

ICN charts a bold vision and calls for urgent investment in nursing to secure the future of care

Against a backdrop of escalating global health challenges, the ruling council of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) has issued a powerful call for urgent action to address the nursing workforce crisis.
12 June

Unions take pay equity fight to the ILO

New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges has taken the pay equity fight to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The ILO is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards.
5 June

Refreshed strategy released to tackle gambling harm

Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey today announced that the Government has released the refreshed Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm.
3 June

ICN launches new topic brief underscoring vital role of nurses to protect the planet, human health and all life on Earth

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has released a new topic brief titled “Nursing for Planetary Health and Wellbeing”, emphasizing the vital role nurses play in addressing the health impacts of our shared environmental crises. The brief highlights the emerging concept of planetary health and stresses the urgency to recognize and take action to reduce the impacts that human disruptions to Earth’s natural systems are having on the health of individuals and communities.
13 May

On International Nurses Day a new State of the World’s Nursing Report charts a path toward Universal Health Coverage

As the world’s nurses celebrate International Nurses Day (IND), ICN issues a rallying cry to governments around the globe for urgent nursing support, following the launch of the second World Health Organization (WHO) State of the World’s Nursing (SOWN) report.
8 May

NZ First’s gender definition bill will harm mental health, counsellors warn

The New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) is deeply concerned by New Zealand First’s proposed Member’s Bill, which seeks to legally define “man” and “woman” solely based on biological sex.
6 May

Police and Health NZ continue to implement mental health response changes

Phase Two of the Police Mental Health Response Change Programme is set to be extended with a second group of districts implementing Phase Two from 19 May.
1 May

New weekend urgent care service launched in Tairāwhati

Access to urgent healthcare on weekends will be restored in Tairāwhati this Saturday (3 May 2025) with the launch of a new service, Health Minister Simeon Brown has announced.
29 Apr

Taupō Hospital accredited to train next generation of rural doctors

Taupō Hospital has become the first hospital in the North Island to receive accreditation to deliver Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) training, Health Minister Simeon Brown and Associate Health Minister Matt Doocey have announced.
14 Apr

Rural Health Roadshow to hear from rural communities

Associate Health Minister with responsibility for Rural Health and Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey announced today he will be coming to 12 rural locations across the country on a Rural Health Roadshow, starting this week in Levin.
10 Apr

Expanded emergency department at Auckland City Hospital will see capacity increase

Health Minister Simeon Brown has today officially opened Auckland City Hospital’s newly refurbished adult emergency department.
1 Apr

Health NZ wants your feedback on a Paediatric Adolescent and Young Adult Palliative Model of Care

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ) is seeking feedback on potential options for national palliative care services for tamariki, rangatahi/children, young people and their whānau/families.
27 March

Bar still too high for small mental health providers

Small mental health providers will still be locked out of co-funding from the Mental Health Innovation Fund despite a lower threshold.
25 March

ICN advocates for health system gender equity and women’s health

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) brought the nursing voice to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) which wrapped up on Friday. ICN participated in critical discussions on gender equity and women’s health throughout the event.
19 March

ICN warns of healthcare crisis as USAID funding cuts devastate nursing initiatives in the world’s most vulnerable regions

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has documented alarming firsthand evidence of widespread disruption and collapse of essential health care services following the sudden withdrawal of USAID and other funding.
19 March

New High Dependency Unit will expand critical care services in Wellington

Health Minister Simeon Brown has today officially opened Wellington Regional Hospital’s first High Dependency Unit (HDU).
13 March

Pharmac to fund more cancer medicines

Pharmac is funding six more medicines for cancers and one for antibiotic resistant infections.
28 Feb

Pharmac CE resigns

The Board of Pharmac wishes to announce that its Chief Executive for the last 7 years, Sarah Fitt, has resigned effective from 30 May 2025.
25 Feb

ICN issues updated statement on health care in conflict, calling for peace and compliance with international humanitarian law

In recent years, the world has witnessed a disturbing increase in conflicts and wars, placing immense strain on health systems and exacerbating human suffering. Nurses have been at the forefront of these crises, responding to emergencies, supporting recovery efforts, and providing essential care to those affected by violence and displacement.
21 Feb

ICN’s new guidance on integrating nurse leaders into heart of health workforce planning

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has published a practical guide to including nurses in workforce planning decisions.
17 Feb

ICN warns of effect of US withdrawal from WHO on nurse-led services

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) warned that the withdrawal of the United States from WHO has already halted some nurse-led services, including vaccination programmes and care for people with HIV/AIDS.
17 Feb

Minister acknowledges outgoing Director-General

Health Minister Simeon Brown has today acknowledged the resignation of Director-General of Health and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Health, Dr Diana Sarfati, and thanked her for her service.
12 Feb

Pharmac funds medicines for liver, ovarian, and neuroendocrine cancers

People with liver, ovarian, and neuroendocrine cancers will have access to more medicines from 1 March 2025.
11 Feb

Consultation begins on work to improve patient access to medical devices

Pharmac is continuing to improve the way medical devices are managed for New Zealanders, today opening consultation on its comprehensive list of medical devices used by public hospitals.
3 Feb

First Whānau Āwhina Plunket site in NZ delivering childhood vaccinations

Childhood immunisations are now being delivered at a Whānau Āwhina Plunket site in Whāngarei, with other regions soon to also provide the new service.
29 Jan

Local access to specialist audiology services comes to Wairarapa

A newly established out-patient clinic for ear, nose, and throat (ENT) and audiology appointments is providing Wairarapa patients with local access to specialist hearing services for the first time.
29 Jan

Pharmac reconsiders oestradiol patch options following community feedback

Pharmac is reviewing and reconsidering its oestradiol patch options after considerable feedback was received when it announced a move to a single funded brand late last year.
22 Jan

Consultations for cancer and ADHD medicines close soon

Pharmac is encouraging people to have their say on proposals to fund six more medicines and change the brand of one medicine before consultation closes on 27 January.
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