June 2022
May 17, 2022
The sudden crisis of COVID-19 has highlighted the deepening inequities in such a dramatic way and laid visible the major challenges within the health sector. On the back of the global pandemic there was always going to be difficult economic and social outcome decisions. With the Budget looming, the political debate about where to invest has already begun.
June 2022
May 12, 2022
After a “clear and strong” member mandate to turn the district health boards’ pay equity proposal over to the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to determine backpay, senior nurse rates and how to safely cement pay equity into the system, NZNO chief executive Paul Goulter shares his views.
Read more... ‘That’s the scale of the injustice’ – NZNO won’t back down on back pay
June 2022
May 4, 2022
For some time, the Nursing Council has been considering how to improve the way we assess and register internationally qualified nurses (IQNs), to ensure that our processes are robust and fair.
Read more... Changes to how IQNs are registered must balance fairness with safety – Nursing Council
May 2022
April 28, 2022
After 31 years in aged residential care, a caregiver calls for mental health support.
May 2022
April 13, 2022
‘Silent epidemic’ in mental health across Aotearoa as families struggle in isolation.
Read more... Nurses must speak out on ‘sparse, inaccessible’ mental health care
April 2022
April 8, 2022
It was the slap heard around the world, but for some it was entirely normal.
Read more... The slap that was heard around the world: when is violence acceptable?
May 2022
April 6, 2022
A glaring discrepancy has emerged between real life nursing experiences of NZNO members and official district health board reports of workplace violence.
Read more... The invisible hand of violence that goes unreported against nurses, HCAs, midwives
April 2022
March 7, 2022
Kia ora koutou – ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa. Ko Paul Goulter tōku ingoa.
My name is Paul Goulter and I am privileged to have been appointed chief executive of NZNO Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa.
Read more... Crisis of staffing and resourcing ‘intolerable’: new NZNO chief executive shares vision
March 2022
February 25, 2022
When I got the call asking if I would be interested in participating in a review of nursing safe staffing in district health boards (DHBs) I uttered a quiet hallelujah.
Read more... Will safe staffing review be a turning point at last?
March 2022
February 16, 2022
Non-violent language and less-invasive techniques for testing and vaccination are important tools for overcoming public fear.
Read more... Overcoming barriers to COVID-19 testing and vaccination – everything matters
February 2022
February 8, 2022
A universal collective agreement for all nurses across all sectors – is it possible?
Read more... Has the time come for nurses to gain a mega MECA?
February 2022
February 8, 2022
Read more... The president comments: Nurses’ courage and self-determination
February 2022
February 8, 2022
Being redeployed to another area can be challenging, and leave you feeling like a fish out of water.
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
A career that began on the fringes for Heather Came, has now been recognised at the very heart of public health.
Read more... A life in public health: ‘I didn’t know you didn’t talk about gay rights in Taranaki’
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
Tēnā koutou to NZNO members – as 2021 closes and 2022 arrives, it is a good time to take a broader look at social justice and how we all fit into this important kaupapa.
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
It is that time where we reflect on the year, and 2021 has certainly been a challenging one. We have seen everything from large-scale industrial action, a national pandemic response and now mandatory vaccination for the vast majority of health and disability services staff.
Read more... Farewell to a challenging year, as we brace for more COVID in the community
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
Better status and remuneration are needed to ease the nursing crisis in aged care, says a major recruiter.
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
This final print edition of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand is a momentous moment in the publication’s 113-year history. It is, we suppose, an inevitability in this third decade of the 21st century.
February 2022
December 1, 2021
After seeing too many people die without whānau, Auckland NP Tamah Clapham has trained and registered to provide care under the End of Life Choice Act.
Read more... Nurse practitioners ready to play a role in assisted dying
December 2021 vol 27 no 11
December 1, 2021
It has become trite to say but nevertheless true that we live in extraordinary times.
