May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 17, 2021
At least 17,000 health workers died in the past year as the world reacted too slowly to the “preventable” COVID-19 pandemic, a new World Health Organisation report has found.
Read more... ‘Preventable’ virus costs 17,000 health workers’ lives globally
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 14, 2021
NZNO members working in District Health Boards (DHBs) have “overwhelmingly” voted to strike after rejecting last month’s offer in multi-employer collective agreement (MECA) negotiations.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
The ambassador to the Philippines has stepped in to ask the New Zealand Government to change its visa rules after eight Filipino nurses trying to fly to New Zealand were halted at Manila’s airport earlier this year.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
A review of NZNO’s constitution is unlikely to be completed in time for the 2021 NZNO annual general meeting (AGM) in September, says NZNO’s board of directors.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Questions remain over plans to use lay people in the Government’s ambitious COVID-19 vaccination rollout.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
She was a “unionist to her boots” and had she lived, Helen Kelly might even have a nice view from a Beehive office by now.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Nurses must not be forgotten in the End of Life Choice Act (EOLCA), due to come into effect on November 7, NZNO says.
Read more... Nurses ‘profoundly affected’ by end-of-life law
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
NZNO was “very disappointed” at comments made about nurses by midwifery leaders, reported in an April 14 Stuff article (Safety concerns as nurses fill in for midwives), acting manager, nursing and professional services, Kate Weston said.
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.
