May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
An extended pay freeze across the public sector for staff earning more than $60,000 was disrespectful to nurses and “the entire public sector”, says NZNO lead advocate David Wait.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
NZNO is working with district health boards (DHBs) and delegates on contingency plans for patient safety in case a strike by DHB members goes ahead next month.
Read more... NZNO in talks with DHBs over life-preserving services
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
NZNO’s district health board (DHB) members have given a “strong” response in an online strike ballot, says lead advocate David Wait.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Tēnā koutou, e ngā rangatira, e ngā tāngata manawanui, e ngā kaimahi pai rawa atu i roto i tēnei ao hauora, otirā, i te ao o te roopu nei, NZNO.
Read more... New co-editor: ‘Nothing more important than health’
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Health Minister Andrew Little has promised nurses will help “shape” profound changes mooted in the Government’s health reforms.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
“Everyone has a role to play” in making equity a core part of NZNO work, staff were told at the launch of NZNO’s new equity framework last month.
Read more... NZNO launches equity framework: ‘Everyone has a role to play’
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 14, 2021
District Health Boards say they are “disappointed” that their “fair and reasonable” offer has been dismissed by nurses and midwives without a member vote.
Read more... District health boards ‘disappointed’ by NZNO response
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
NZNO’s board of directors is still “working through the interviewing and selection processes for a new chief executive [CE]”, board member Simon Auty said this month.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
A former NZNO president Marion Guy, a former NZNO board member Maria Armstrong and Filipino nurse Emmanuel Pelayo are the three successful candidates in last year’s Nursing Council elections.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand’s longest-serving editor Teresa O’Connor retired this month. She joined Kathy Stodart as a co-editor in 1992, after working as a surgical nurse.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
Former Christchurch NZNO office manager and long-time trade unionist Andy Lea died last month, aged 72. He started at NZNO in 2005 and retired because of ill health in 2019.
Read more... Staunch trade unionist and ex-NZNO staffer dies
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
About 60 NZNO nurses working in Christchurch managed isolation or quarantine (MIQ) facilities will be getting paid the same rates as their Auckland colleagues, after lobbying from NZNO.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
A senior nursing lecturer says the stigma faced by nurses working in managed isolation or quarantine (MIQ) facilities is “concerning” and nurses should know what they are signing up for.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
A $6 million initiative to triple the number of Māori midwives and quadruple the number of Pacific midwives over the next four years would make a big difference to those communities, chair of NZNO’s Pacific Nursing Section ‘Eseta Finau says.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
Nurses can make a real difference in encouraging people to have the COVID-19 vaccine, says the nurse leading Wellington’s border vaccination programme, Marie Habowska.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
The proposed primary health care multi-employer collective agreement (PHC MECA) has been overwhelmingly endorsed by members.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
Emergency nurses are pleading with the Government to urgently step in to alleviate “critical” and unsafe pressures on emergency departments (EDs) and hospitals around the country.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
Pacific communities must be reached through community groups and churches to encourage COVID-19 vaccination, chair of the NZNO Pacific Nursing Section, ‘Eseta Finau, says.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
NZNO supports a fully autonomous Māori Health Authority (MHA) with the power to create, commission and fund health services for Māori, acting chief executive Mairi Lucas says.
April 2021 vol 27 no 3
April 1, 2021
Tracey Morgan, elected unopposed as NZNO vice president last October, will act as president on an as-needs basis until new board elections in September.
