By Renee Kiriona
June 24, 2025
Increases in primary care funding announced today must be passed on to nurses to fix chronic staff shortages so New Zealanders can get in to see health-care professionals faster.
Read more... ‘Don’t forget us’ says primary health nursing leader
By Co-Editors, Kaitiaki
May 21, 2025
To fix chronic staff shortages stopping New Zealanders seeing their GPs when they’re sick, the coalition Government must use Budget 2025 to keep nurses in the sector by paying them the same as hospital nurses, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says.
Read more... BUDGET 2025: Funding primary care nurses the answer to the health crisis
By Renee Kiriona
March 14, 2025
“It is a very scary time right now for nurses, whānau ora navigators and other kaimahi working to keep Māori communities alive longer,” says Tracey Morgan, chair of NZNO’s College of Primary Health Care Nurses.
Read more... ‘Scary time’ for workers trying to improve Māori health
By Mary Longmore
March 6, 2025
Minister of Health Simeon Brown says the Government is “absolutely committed” to pay parity for primary health-care nurses — but it would take time.
Read more... Government committed to pay parity for primary health nurses, claims Simeon Brown
By Daana Watson
December 3, 2024
An experienced Christchurch practice nurse warns primary health is in a precarious state.
Read more... Primary health ‘ready to tip like jenga’, says nurse vaccinator
By Mary Longmore
May 3, 2024
Primary health nurses will burn out alongside their GP colleagues unless they get enough funding to adequately care for their complex communities, warns a Northland nursing leader.
Read more... Northland nurse director joins GP call for more funding as practices face closure
By Vincent Theunissen
September 7, 2023
I write to express my profound disappointment and dismay after reading the recent article “Disappointed primary health nurses pin hopes on pay equity”.
Read more... Ground down and left in the lurch