Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand

‘We are prepared to go hard, if that’s what members want’ — frustrated bargaining team back at the table

'Day 42, enough said!' These are the words of NZNO's hard-working bargaining team, wrangling jobs and Te Whatu Ora since late 2024.

Not-so merry Christmas: Bites, bruises, threats for ED nurses over holidays

Emergency departments saw bites, bruises and dislocations over the holidays -- and that wasn't even in the patients.

NPs launch kaupapa Māori practice in Rotorua as part of primary care ‘evolution’

The guy in the waiting room sat and waited to see Jacinda Childs, wondering the whole time what she could possibly do for him.

Ka whakarewatia e ngā NP te whare haumanu kaupapa Māori hei ‘kukuwhatanga’ i te hauora mātāmua

I te whakaarohia e te tāne e whanga mai ana i te taiwhanga tūroro ka pēhea a Jacinda Childs kia atawhai mai ki a ia.

ED nurses urged to share violence and aggression incidents

Tōpūtanga Taphui Kaitiaki o Aotearoa - NZNO wants to hear from nurses working in emergency departments (ED) throughout the country about any violent, aggressive and threatening behaviour they have experienced while on duty over the holiday period.

Kenepuru Hospital on patient advocate watchlist

A 24-hour accident and medical service at Porirua’s Kenepuru Hospital, which the Government wanted to chop, is being watched even more closely now.

Visibility strikes: ‘Annoy the powers that be but keeps our message alive’

Outspoken NZNO delegate Al Dietschin is calling on all unionised hospital nurses and health workers to take part in visibility strikes, to keep the spotlight on safe staffing.

“Don’t be sucked in by vape-bearing Santa” – nurse’s warning to youth

A leading respiratory nurse is “appalled” but not surprised by the latest marketing tactics of vaping retailers to “fool youth” in the lead up to Christmas and the New Year.

EXCLUSIVE: U-turn on enrolled nurses after meeting with minister

NZNO's enrolled nurses are heading into Christmas jubilant, after being restored to the voluntary bonding scheme, following a high-level meeting with Minister of Health Simeon Brown.

EXCLUSIVE: Measles, the Health Minister and the mystery of the Māori nominations

They made a high-powered health group with no Māori voice, then made up for it with a Māori group that they might not even listen to.

Work to eliminate cervical cancer continues despite obstacles, says nurse after 20 year anniversary

Eliminating cervical cancer in Aotearoa remains the end goal for nurse and emerging researcher Nadine Riwai.

EXCLUSIVE:’Disheartening’ — just 34 of 218 enrolled nurse graduates get jobs

Just 34 of 218 enrolled nurse (EN) graduates -- 15 per cent -- who applied to Te Whatu Ora landed a job this year, new figures reveal, prompting fears ENs have been "forgotten".

Cash gap revealed — why 80 per cent of these nurses think of escaping

Nurses in grassroots health care have dished on pay rates, workloads and just how many of them have considered leaving the sector.

He āputa ā-pūtea kua huraina — ko te take e hiahia nei te 80 ōrau o ēnei tapuhi kia wehe

Kua whāki atu ngā tapuhi hauora tuatahi mō ō rātou utu ā-hāora -- kia tūhura ake pea i te take ka moemoeā te 80 ōrau o rātou mō ā rātou wehe i te rāngai.

Charlie and Penny: Two dogs looking out for their whānau

In a Kaitiaki summer feature we're sharing our readers' amazing pets - answering the age old question of what makes the perfect animal companion to the busy health professional.

EXCLUSIVE: Not so ACE: Less than half of end-of-year grads nab actual jobs

New figures reveal only about half the highly-touted new graduate hire intake got actual mahi -- the rest join a unmatched list nudging into the thousands since last December.

‘Fighting for the future of public health’: The personal toll of 16 months of bargaining

After 16 months, 42 meetings and several large strikes, Christchurch health-care assistant, delegate and 'long-time socialist' Allister Dietschin says 2024-26 bargaining has felt particularly gruelling.

Tackling a taboo: Nurse writes ‘book about vaginas’

Personal trainer returns to nursing to save 'one vagina at a time'.

‘Long overdue’ milestone coming for ADHD care – and for nurse practitioners

From February 1, nurse practitioners in Aotearoa will be able to initiate and prescribe stimulant medicines for ADHD, including making funded special authority applications within their area of practice.

Why we need a rainbow group at NZNO — and how you can help it grow

The rainbow special interest group (SIG) was formed in December 2024 and has six members in its interim committee.

ICU nurses: “without redeployment we are happier, healthier and sickness is down”

Nurses at North Shore Hospital's intensive care unit say the recent redeployment strike has given them the time to be "on top of the quality stuff".

‘We need more support’ enrolled nurses tell Minister

Enrolled nurses are ready to contribute more — the scope has changed, the need is clear, and the opportunity is now, EN leader Michelle Prattley argues.

The forgotten impact of illness, eating and loss

A nursing lecturer shares her views and experiences of eating-related distress and grief.

Rethinking Māori health models: a kōhanga reo generation perspective

A young Māori nurse questions if the time has come to look beyond Te Whare Tapa Whā and consider more comprehensive Māori health frameworks -- such as the Meihana Model.

After 25 years of NPs in New Zealand, where are we now?

Twenty-five years on, New Zealand's first nurse practitioners (NPs) have proven their worth -- but obstacles remain, our first-ever NP finds.

From concept to screen: a step-wise approach to creating health education videos

Health education videos are increasingly being used to provide information to patients and whānau as they navigate their way through health services.

Expanding primary health student placements: Lessons from a hub-and-spoke model

A pilot "hub and spoke" programme allowed nursing students to experience a wide range of primary health clinical placements in their final year.

Ka whai wā te tapuhi nei ki te whāngai i ngā tini e haere mai nei ki Rātana

E hia manomano tāngata Māori, kaiārahi tōrangapū, Māngai Pāremata hoki puta noa i te whenua e whakarite ana mō ngā whakanuitanga ā-tau i Rātana kia whakanui i tō te rangatira hāhi whānautanga. Ā, kei waenganui i a rātou tētahi tapuhi hōhipera kiriwhakapōtae e whāngaia ana te tini.

Nurse finds time to feed masses heading to Rātana

Thousands of Māori people throughout the country, political leaders and MPs are gearing up for the annual Rātana commemorations to celebrate the birth of the church’s founder. And a graduate hospital nurse will be among those who feed them.

A life of dedication: Remembering Sue Claridge 1955-2025

It is with profound sadness that we bid farewell to Sue Claridge, a cherished colleague, mentor and friend, whose legacy will resonate throughout the perioperative nursing community of Christchurch and New Zealand.

Daisy, Bunny and pals: I work in residential care, my pets are my therapy when I get home

In a Kaitiaki summer feature we're sharing our readers' amazing pets - answering the age old question of what makes the perfect animal companion to the busy health professional.

Tibbs, Ziggy, Panda and Jaina: They help me through the hard times

In a Kaitiaki summer feature we're sharing our readers' amazing pets - answering the age old question of what makes the perfect animal companion to the busy health professional.

Nursing pets: From ‘foster fail’ to beloved member of exclusive circle of friends

In a Kaitiaki summer feature we're sharing our readers' amazing pets - answering the age old question of what makes the perfect animal companion to the busy health professional.

Lilah: She helped me through long nights of study to my theatre nursing role

In a Kaitiaki summer feature we're sharing our readers' amazing pets - answering the age old question of what makes the perfect animal companion to the busy health professional.

Nurses make 100 emerging Māori leaders’ list for 2025

Three nurses have made the annual list of 100 people who have been identified by Te Rau Ora as emerging Māori leaders.

Stomal nursing — best job ever, says chair

Dealing with people's "poos and wees" might seem challenging -- but college of stomal therapy nursing chair Maree Warne loves her job.

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50 years of publishing and loss of beloved nurse leader in latest edition of perioperative journal ‘The Dissector’

Welcome to the latest edition of The Dissector -- the quarterly journal of NZNO's perioperative nurses college.

NZNO research and news journals now online and open to all — bringing unique NZ focus

Nurses, health professionals and others interested in the latest nursing research can now access the Kaitiaki Nursing Research journal free and online.

Did I ever work through it?

We asked for your toughest health-care experience. Christchurch nurse Elaine Franks recalls a devastating experience when she was a young trainee nurse just out of London.

My toughest challenge: At 50, I became a registered nurse

We asked for your toughest health-care experience. Former flight attendant Sione 'Ulufonua shares the challenge of retraining as a nurse at 50.

‘We should be free to worry about grades, not jobs’ — student nurse on hiring fears

Nurses' work is irreplaceable, says University of Auckland nursing student Hannah Watson -- but why then are her cohort worrying about their future in the profession?

Slow for bends

We asked for your toughest health-care experiences. Today, Northland nurse Katherine Megchelse shares an unexpected perspective.

My aphantasia eases the load when caring for children at the end of life

We asked for your toughest health-care moments. Today, paediatric palliative care nurse Vicki Chennells explains why she remembers the emotional truth, but not the faces of children at the end of their lives.

When tomorrow comes

We asked how you got through your toughest health-care moments. Today, retired palliative care nurse Mary Death shares some writing which helps her celebrate many of the encounters she experienced.

South Sudan: A Drop in the Ocean

We asked for your toughest health-care experiences. After returning to 'forgotten' war-ravaged South Sudan, Dunedin nurse supervisor Colette Blockley shares her despair -- and amazement at the dedication of local nursing and midwifery students.