Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand

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.