Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand

A gentle way to start a conversation about mental health

Nurse leader Kate Giblin keeps a stack of Mental Health Foundation (MHF) resources on hand to distribute to patients at the busy Tasman Medical Centre in Richmond where she works.

Strike day 2: Nurses vindicated, infuriated and bleeding — literally — for their patients

It was an emotional rollercoaster.

Scaled-back psychology assistants a ‘backtrack’, say mental health nurses

A newly-approved psychology assistant workforce will simply be another burden on overstretched health professionals, warn NZNO mental health nurses.

Strike Day 1: Action might be nationwide, but Te Whatu Ora nurses’ motivations are very personal

The strike was nationwide, covering tens of thousands, but the reasons for nursing were simple, personal -- and always about the patient.

‘All we can do is take the buggers to court’ — teachers, nurses, librarians join forces in legal challenge

Wāhine across female-dominated workforces stood together outside the High Court in Wellington today, as their unions filed joint legal action against the Government's $12.8 billion rollback of pay equity claims.

Hutt nurses opt to ‘bleed and feed’ in strike next week

Hundreds of Te Whatu Ora nurses in the Hutt Valley are planning to give away their blood and food during their two days of strikes.

‘I support them as they have supported us’ — nurses lend a hand to striking teachers

NZNO nurses and kaiāwhina might be a little busy with their own strike action -- but it didn't stop a few turning out to support our kaiako (teachers) strike around the country this week.

Mātaki: ‘I penapenahia ngā tāra piriona i runga i ngā tuarā wāhine’ — he tāpaetanga tuarua mō te tautika utu

Mātaki: Kua hoki mai te NZNO ki te komiti whiriwhiri o te tangata i te Mane, i mua i tā rātou whakarewa i te pakanga tautika utu i te Kōti Matua i te Paraire.

For goodness sake don’t mention the t-shirts: Nurses on strike forbidden to speak about item of clothing

They could wear the t-shirts -- they just couldn't talk about the t-shirts.

Last-minute strike cancellation after Te Whatu Ora barred a third of staff from taking part — Christchurch nurses

Christchurch nurses say they cancelled a strike because Te Whatu Ora tried to stop about 70 staff from joining the action -- a third of NZNO's perioperative, radiology and PACU members.

A Singaporean nurse in New Zealand: is the grass really greener?

Adapting to life in New Zealand has been quite the emotional journey for Singaporean nurse Farhana Sulong, who emigrated here in the middle of the pandemic.

Homegrown and hired: Northland backs its own new graduate nurses

Why did every single nurse who graduated from Northtec this July get a job? One of this group thinks she knows the reason.

Speaking up for carers: ‘Caregiver abuse is all too common’

Most people are aware of the terrible problem of elder abuse. But much less is known about the insidious issue of elderly dementia patients abusing their carers.

She’s aged 87 and still teaches — Grace Benson and her thousands of diamonds

For more than 40 years Grace Benson has lovingly shaped and polished thousands of her 'diamonds' -- so many you can find them in theatres, practices and clinics around the country.

Māori nurse awards bring out the ‘mana in their mahi’

Māori nurses on a journey to advance their clinical practice or develop innovative ways to help Māori communities access and understand their medicines, were recently recognised at the 2025 Te Pātaka Whaioranga (PHARMAC) Tapuhi Kaitiaki Awards.

‘On days off they went to Hiroshima, picked up fused glass’: The Christchurch nurses swept up in history

They fossicked atomic wastelands, witnessed horrors, but in the end were just everyday nurses trained in Christchurch.

ED duo – Mum boss at home, daughter boss at work

Mum is the boss at home but daughter is the boss at work. Bernadette and Melanie Taankink have both worked as nurses at Wellington Hospital's ED for more than 20 years, yet few colleagues know they are actually whānau. 

‘What we do matters’ — the heartbreaking work of neonatal nurses

The most vulnerable New Zealander weights 350g -- less than a packet of butter --  and is currently being cared for in a neonatal unit. That newborn and their whānau deserve to be cared for by a skilled and specialist team, says NZNO's ngā tapuhi whare kōhanga o Aotearoa - neonatal nurses college of Aotearoa.

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