May 2025
May 1, 2025
In these difficult and uncertain economic times, when many people are experiencing financial hardship, help is available from the New Zealand Nurses Memorial Fund (NZNMF).
Read more... New Zealand Nurses Memorial Fund is here to help
April 2025
April 29, 2025
When money is tight and the Government is cutting one service to provide for another equally deserving service, it divides the people and we fight amongst ourselves.
April 2025
April 23, 2025
I was inspired to write this after reading the letters from the class of 2024 new graduates who had missed out on NETP positions with Te Whatu Ora, the release of the Government’s Health Infrastructure Plan and my own recent experience.
April 2025
April 17, 2025
An ANZAC eve event in Auckland next week will highlight the role of nurses in both military and civilian service.
Read more... Nurses the heroes in this year’s ANZAC musical evening of remembrance
March 2025
March 31, 2025
It is the usual practice that NZNO increases membership fees each year according to the consumer price index (CPI).
April 2025
March 25, 2025
It’s not often we can shout about a good news cancer story, but we have one shaping up and you can be a part of it.
March 2025
March 12, 2025
Nursing has much to be proud of over the past 120 years. We can learn from how nurse leaders have managed situations in the past that are not dissimilar to challenges that we face today.
Read more... New website discusses health needs of New Zealand and Pacific nations
January 2025
January 8, 2025
It’s the year 2014 and my husband and I are about to leave New Zealand and move to Sweden.
Read more... A nurse explains why she’ll never return to mental health nursing in NZ
January 2025
January 7, 2025
We are a loving and dedicated Māori/ Polynesian family seeking a compassionate and skilled registered nurse or enrolled nurse to join our team in providing exceptional care for our child who sustained an acquired brain injury (ABI) at birth.
Read more... Compassionate and culturally-competent nurse sought for Gold Coast whānau
January 2025
December 20, 2024
Māori and Pacific Island workforce are taking the hit as Health NZ restructures one of its arms — National Public Health Service (NPHS) — disestablishing essential roles in public health services.
Read more... Māori and Pacific Island workforce take the hit at Health NZ
January 2025
December 18, 2024
At a time that our nursing graduates here in Aotearoa are struggling to find work and our biggest health employer Te Whatu Ora says it cannot afford any more nurses, we are facing an unprecedented risk to our nursing workforce which could impact our ability to care safely for patients for years to come.
Read more... No more Australian job advertisements in Kaitiaki
December 2024
November 29, 2024
Nursing graduates share their self-doubt, fears and dashed hopes after finding out this week hundreds had missed out on Te Whatu Ora roles. Most preferred not to be named so not to jeopardise future job prospects.
November 2024
November 6, 2024
I am writing to sing the praises of a nurse practitioner intern that I saw recently.
November 2024
October 24, 2024
Earlier this year I joined the Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia (DANA), the peak nursing organisation for nurses, nurse practitioners and midwives with a professional interest in addiction services.
November 2024
October 23, 2024
Are you ready to explore and change your relationship with money? We at Hi Money are thrilled to offer 20 scholarships to women nurses or nurses who identify as woman for our November cohort.
Read more... Financial literacy for women – scholarships available for nurses till Sunday
November 2024
October 9, 2024
As a registered nurse working in aged care, I sincerely wish there were no cuts to health funding.
Read more... Aged care nurse says health cuts ‘unwelcome but necessary’
October 2024
September 25, 2024
I work in a public hospital in Christchurch and I am told by my manager that if I (or any of my colleagues) choose to leave, I will not be replaced. I am a frontline clinical nurse in a ward-based role, looking after all New Zealanders.
Read more... The health sector, nursing care and taxpayer expectations
August 2024
August 2, 2024
A range of new graduates — upset and frustrated about not being placed in a job — have shared their stories in these letters. Their names have been withheld by request.
June 2024
May 27, 2024
Nominations are required to fill the following leadership positions on the NZNO Board: Kaiwhakahaere and Tumu Whakarae, and President and Vice-president.
Read more... Notice of NZNO 2024 Board Leadership Elections and call for nominations
May 2024
April 9, 2024
In 1993 I graduated as a New Zealand registered nurse. Starting from university, we were never taught the importance of caring for ourselves, or other carers, to help meet the huge demands of our roles.
