October 2023
September 28, 2023
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A panel of Māori nurses shared their experiences of “werohia ngā ture” — challenging the system and being “unapologetically Māori” at NZNO’s 2023 conference. |
Read more... ‘I found myself drowning’ — the challenges for Māori working in the health system
August 2023
July 27, 2023
Te Whatu Ora nurses, midwives, kaiāwhina and health-care assistants are preparing to strike next month, as NZNO calls for thousands more nurses to fill workforce gaps.
Read more... Te Whatu Ora members prepare to strike as call goes out for 4000 more nurses
August 2023
July 25, 2023
Safe staffing, funding and mentoring for all nurses are key to a flourishing, representative and skilled workforce with enough Māori and Pacific to safely care for all Aotearoa communities — a key focus of NZNO’s Maranga Mai! strategy.
July 2023
June 7, 2023
A general election is a golden opportunity for NZNO members to take political action and achieve policy changes. But what does it mean to be politically engaged, aware and active? Kaitiaki spoke to some members who are leading the way.
Read more... Maranga Mai! – Nurses find their political voice
May 2023
May 12, 2023
Collective action, determination and courage — that’s all it takes for change. Nurses and caregivers are using health and safety laws to make their workplaces safer, a key part of NZNO’s Maranga Mai! strategy.
Read more... Maranga Mai! Health and safety — nurses use power of the law for a safer workplace
April 2023
March 21, 2023
Since the dawn of unionism, bargaining has been at the heart of getting a better deal for workers. But the traditional negotiation process, for Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa NZNO members, is in transition as it fits within the larger, cross-sector strategy of Maranga Mai!
Read more... Bargaining is getting a re-set under Maranga Mai!
January 2023
December 8, 2022
At the heart of Maranga Mai! – NZNO’s campaign to fix the nursing crisis – are individual members who are empowered to act collectively for change. The goal is “building member power” by growing the membership, and increasing member support for each other, to gain permanent solutions to the health care crisis.
Read more... Maranga Mai! Rowing towards change on the same waka
December 2022
November 17, 2022
Maranga Mai! — NZNO’s campaign to fix the nursing crisis –calls for immigration rules that will increase the recruitment and retention of migrant nurses. But after being left off the fast-track to residency here amid a global nursing shortage, migrant nurses are eyeing other countries with fewer barriers. What needs to change?
Read more... Maranga Mai! Immigration — what needs to change?
November 2022
October 27, 2022
Maranga Mai! – NZNO’s campaign to fix the nursing crisis – calls for a renewed commitment to equity and tino rangatiratanga for Māori nurses and patients, amidst reports of “endemic racism within the profession”.
Read more... Maranga Mai! Tino rangatiratanga – what needs to change?
November 2022
September 23, 2022
As Aotearoa New Zealand faces down a nursing shortfall of thousands, changes are afoot to how overseas nurses are registered here. In the second part of a series exploring Maranga Mai!, NZNO’s campaign to fix the nursing crisis, Kaitiaki looks at what needs to change in the registration process.
Read more... Maranga Mai! Registration — what needs to change?
September 2022
August 24, 2022
About a third of Aotearoa’s nursing workforce is comprised of overseas-trained nurses, nurse vacancies are into the thousands and an estimated one in three nursing students are dropping out — with even higher rates for Māori and Pacific1. In the first of a series exploring Maranga Mai!, NZNO’s campaign to fix the nursing crisis, Kaitiaki looks at what needs to change in nursing education.
