March 2021 vol 27 no 2
Unions encouraging member vaccinations
March 1, 2021
NZNO and 26 other unions have agreed to “educate, support and encourage” their 320,000 members to have the COVID-19 vaccine.
Article category: News
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
Enrolled nurses fighting to become vaccinators
March 1, 2021
NZNO’s enrolled nurse (EN) section has taken its fight for ENs to become provisional COVID-19 vaccinators to the Minister of Health. And it seems to have worked.
March 2021 vol 27 no 2
Māori providers ‘pivotal’ in rollout
March 1, 2021
Māori and iwi health providers in Northland are preparing to roll out the COVID-19 vaccination to remote and vulnerable Māori communities.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
Filipino nurses begin study in Hawke’s Bay
February 10, 2021
Sixteen Filipino-qualified nurses entered New Zealand last month after being granted a “critical purpose” exception.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
Symes resigned for ‘family/whānau’ reasons
February 9, 2021
Ex-NZNO president Heather Symes would not elaborate on her reasons for resigning as president just two months after her election, when asked by Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand this month. She restated that it was for family/whānau reasons.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
New chief nurse seeks leadership shift
February 9, 2021
Incoming chief nursing officer Lorraine Hetaraka (Tapuika, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāiterangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Kahu) hopes to support more Māori leadership models in health and nursing organisations.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
Whaea Rose mourned
February 1, 2021
Te Rūnunga o Tāpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa/NZNO is mourning the passing of Rose Pere, as a “revered tōhuna tipua and leader for the revitalisation of indigenous knowledge and life throughout the world”.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
New policy analyst Māori
February 1, 2021
NZNO’s new policy analyst Māori Belinda Tuari-Toma (Ngāti Porou) will bring another Māori lens to NZNO’s policy and research work.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
Christchurch MIQ nurses paid less
February 1, 2021
Nurses working in Auckland’s managed isolation or quarantine facilities (MIQ/MIF) are getting paid higher rates than those in Canterbury, says an NZNO organiser.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
NZNO joins nurses’ global call for better COVID-19 protection and guidance
February 1, 2021
Citing growing evidence on the risks of airborne COVID-19 infection, NZNO has joined a global call for better COVID-19 guidance and protection for nurses.
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February 2021 vol 27 no 1
NZNO keen to see members vaccinated
February 1, 2021
NZNO would be encouraging members to have a COVID-19 vaccination unless they had a medical reason not to, acting industrial services manager Glenda Alexander said.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
‘Significant’ number apply for NZNO’s top job
February 1, 2021
There had been “a significant number” of applications for the NZNO chief executive (CE) role, board member Simon Auty told Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
ICN congress to be virtual
February 1, 2021
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) congress this year will be a virtual affair. With the theme, Nursing Around the World, it will take place virtually on November 2-4.
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
Older nurses should have support to keep working to stay in the workforce
February 1, 2021
A recently-released international policy brief lays out a 10-point plan to support older nurses – those aged over 55 – to stay at work.
Read more... Older nurses should have support to keep working to stay in the workforce
February 2021 vol 27 no 1
Nursing workforce close to 60,000
February 1, 2021
New Zealand’s nursing workforce reached close to 60,000 last year – 59,866 to be exact – according to the Nursing Council’s annual report for the year ending March 31, 2020.
December 2020 / January 2021 vol 26 no 11
Nursing voice ‘essential’ in mesh processes
December 1, 2020
Manawatu continence nurse Lucy Keedle hopes to bring a nurse’s “holistic” perspective to the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) surgical mesh round table.
December 2020 / January 2021 vol 26 no 11
A PHC pay offer before Christmas?
December 1, 2020
Primary health care (PHC) nurses took to the streets again last month in their first-ever 24-hour strike.
December 2020 / January 2021 vol 26 no 11
Meeting with minister?
December 1, 2020
NZNO leaders have requested a meeting with new Health Minister Andrew Little, to discuss health inequities, workforce issues, racism, safe staffing and the impacts of COVID-19.
December 2020 / January 2021 vol 26 no 11
Chief nurse departs busy role
December 1, 2020
One “silver lining” from COVID-19 was seeing nurses step up to lead the country’s response in areas such as personal protective equipment (PPE), contact-tracing and infection prevention and control (IPC), departing chief nurse Margareth Broodkoorn told Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand.
December 2020 / January 2021 vol 26 no 11
Tackling inequality to improve outcomes
December 1, 2020
Te Aniwa Sullivan began using her birth name 15 years ago. Until then, and especially during her school and nurse training days, she was known as Doey (a family nickname), Daphne or Toni. Because school teachers couldn’t pronounce her name, they decided what name they would call her.