July 2024
July 24, 2024
Te Whatu Ora says it has employed 334 of the 535 mid-year nursing graduates who applied into supported entry roles — leaving 166 facing uncertain futures in the general talent pool.
Read more... Three out of five nursing students to get hospital jobs, Te Whatu Ora figures show
July 2024
July 2, 2024
Te Whatu Ora says its job-matching process for 535 mid-year nursing graduates is “still underway” and it cannot provide figures for another couple of weeks on where new nurses are going to be working.
Read more... Mid-year nurse graduate job matching ‘still underway’ — Te Whatu Ora
June 2024
June 21, 2024
Confused, demoralised and “absolutely gutwrenched” — these are the feelings of nursing tauira (students) after hearing Te Whatu Ora may be freezing mid-year graduate recruitment a week out from hiring decisions.
June 2024
May 30, 2024
A nurse who has quit and another who “literally ran” her entire shift were among those who spoke to Te Whatu Ora leaders face-to-face about latest cost-cutting — one breaking down in tears as she spoke.
January 2024
December 21, 2023
Ashburton Te Whatu Ora members took a moment this month to celebrate 2023 as the year they won a “significant” pay equity settlement after a seven-year uphill battle — a win they hope paves the way for other nurses and health workers.
January 2024
December 1, 2023
Te Whatu Ora nurses have described gruelling workplaces, rife with burnout, violence and unsafe staffing levels, as they turn out across the country to demand more investment in their workforce.
December 2023
November 20, 2023
As health budgets are being set, now is the time for Te Whatu Ora nurses, kaiāwhina and other workers to turn out and be heard by the new Government, say NZNO-Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa members.
September 2023
August 7, 2023
Strike action has been called off as NZNO nurses, health-care assistants, midwives and kaiāwhina voted — closely — to accept Te Whatu Ora’s offer, after more than 10 months of collective agreement negotiations.
May 2023
April 21, 2023
With winter looming and staffing shortages already critical, Te Whatu Ora nurses are furious their employer has turned down incentive payments and wellbeing measures for those who answer the call to do extra shifts.
Read more... Incentive payments and wellbeing snub ignites fury for Te Whatu Ora nurses
May 2023
April 3, 2023
The Government says a recent pay increase for Te Whatu Ora nurses puts their base rates ‘on par’ with Australian colleagues. But Kiwi nurses in Australia and a leading economist disagree, saying the claim doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Read more... ‘Disingenuous’ – Kiwi nurses challenge claim pay rates now on par with Australia
February 2023
January 24, 2023
Thames Hospital ED normally has three day shifts for doctors, but recently this dropped to just one – a situation which left patients and staff vulnerable to serious adverse events, NZNO members say.*
Read more... Just one doctor at Thames Hospital – ‘a huge risk’
January 2023
December 16, 2022
Nurses employed by Te Whatu Ora are welcoming a lift to their pay rates as an interim measure to recognise gender-pay discrimination — but many remain sceptical.
Read more... Interim pay equity lift brings celebration, relief and disbelief
March 2023
February 28, 2022
Post-cyclone with more climate-change related extreme weather events predicted, plans for a carbon-neutral health system are being welcomed by health professionals — and the role of nurses is crucial.
