Kaitiaki Nursing New ZealandArticles – Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand https://kaitiaki.org.nz Sharing your stories since 1908 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:43:52 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://kaitiaki.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-2-32x32.png Articles – Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand https://kaitiaki.org.nz 32 32 How far would you drive to hold their hand? https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/how-far-would-you-drive-to-hold-their-hand/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/how-far-would-you-drive-to-hold-their-hand/#respond Tue, 20 Oct 2026 22:14:05 +0000 Aged Care Association https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=30617 https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/how-far-would-you-drive-to-hold-their-hand/feed/ 0 Vote for health: From Labour to ACT, how will (or won’t) our politicians fix safe staffing? https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/vote-for-health-from-labour-to-act-how-will-or-wont-our-politicians-fix-safe-staffing/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/vote-for-health-from-labour-to-act-how-will-or-wont-our-politicians-fix-safe-staffing/#respond Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:30:28 +0000 Kaitiaki coeditors https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=30555 Kaitiaki launches an eight-day crash course on how our politicians plan to fix a health system in crisis. We've posed eight questions to the main parties. Now we're rolling out their responses - or lack thereof - before the Election. Today we ask: How will you create a safely-staffed public health system?]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/vote-for-health-from-labour-to-act-how-will-or-wont-our-politicians-fix-safe-staffing/feed/ 0 ‘It’s a lie, Chris’ — health, nursing numbers key in closing election debates https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/its-a-lie-chris-health-nursing-numbers-key-in-closing-election-debates/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/its-a-lie-chris-health-nursing-numbers-key-in-closing-election-debates/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:46:59 +0000 Joel Maxwell https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=30597 One of the two Chris's was telling porkies -- but it was up to the audience, and the country, to decide.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/its-a-lie-chris-health-nursing-numbers-key-in-closing-election-debates/feed/ 0 Child cancer treatments ‘delayed not suspended’, claims minister amid damning new staffing revelations https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/child-cancer-treatments-delayed-not-suspended-claims-minister-amid-damning-new-staffing-revelations/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/child-cancer-treatments-delayed-not-suspended-claims-minister-amid-damning-new-staffing-revelations/#respond Thu, 15 Oct 2026 03:27:11 +0000 Mary Longmore https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=30303 Minister of Health Simeon Brown is denying nurses' reports that some child cancer treatments have been suspended for a week amid a staffing crisis at Starship Hospital's oncology ward.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/child-cancer-treatments-delayed-not-suspended-claims-minister-amid-damning-new-staffing-revelations/feed/ 0 Back to the future — ‘terrible’ order to cap nursing student numbers comes under fire https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/back-to-the-future-terrible-order-to-cap-nursing-student-numbers-comes-under-fire/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/back-to-the-future-terrible-order-to-cap-nursing-student-numbers-comes-under-fire/#respond Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:26:04 +0000 Mary Longmore and Joel Maxwell https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=30139 Nursing schools have been told to cap next year's student numbers at 2025 levels -- sparking criticism and fear over the future of the nursing workforce.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/back-to-the-future-terrible-order-to-cap-nursing-student-numbers-comes-under-fire/feed/ 0 ‘It’s a start’ say primary health nurses on 3.5 per cent pay rise https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/its-a-start-say-primary-health-nurses-on-3-5-per-cent-pay-rise/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/its-a-start-say-primary-health-nurses-on-3-5-per-cent-pay-rise/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:35:37 +0000 Mary Longmore https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=29089 A 3.5 per cent pay rise is a start -- but not the end, says Waikato practice nurse Tracey Morgan after NZNO's primary health-care members voted to accept their employers' offer.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/its-a-start-say-primary-health-nurses-on-3-5-per-cent-pay-rise/feed/ 0 Care and support workers first in line for pay equity boost under new Government https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/care-and-support-workers-first-in-line-for-pay-equity-boost-under-new-government/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/care-and-support-workers-first-in-line-for-pay-equity-boost-under-new-government/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:52:06 +0000 Mary Longmore and Joel Maxwell https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=29536 Auckland health-care assistant (HCA) Sabina Lama says this week’s pay equity announcement by the Greens gives her a “glimmer of hope”.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/care-and-support-workers-first-in-line-for-pay-equity-boost-under-new-government/feed/ 0 ‘You’re joking’ — exhausted ED nurses respond to HNZ promise https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/youre-joking-exhausted-ed-nurses-respond-to-hnz-promise/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/youre-joking-exhausted-ed-nurses-respond-to-hnz-promise/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:12:57 +0000 Mary Longmore https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=29034 Too little, too late and a political ploy. That was the reaction of emergency nurses to Te Whatu Ora-Health NZ (HNZ)'s announcement it would hire another 380 frontline staff over the next nine months.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/youre-joking-exhausted-ed-nurses-respond-to-hnz-promise/feed/ 0 NZNO annual general meeting kicks off with global nursing conference announcement https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/nzno-annual-general-meeting-kicks-off-with-global-nursing-conference-announcement/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/nzno-annual-general-meeting-kicks-off-with-global-nursing-conference-announcement/#respond Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:56:57 +0000 Joel Maxwell https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28860 The NZNO annual general meeting (AGM) has kicked off with the announcement that the organisation would host the the 2028 ICN nurse practitioners and advanced nurses conference in Aotearoa.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/nzno-annual-general-meeting-kicks-off-with-global-nursing-conference-announcement/feed/ 0 Emptying beds ‘not a solution’ say striking Waitākere Hospital staff https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/emptying-beds-not-a-solution-say-striking-waitakere-hospital-staff/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/emptying-beds-not-a-solution-say-striking-waitakere-hospital-staff/#respond Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:39:59 +0000 Mary Longmore https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28905 Waitākere Hospital's Muriwai ward staff walked off the job this week to strike for a second time -- despite an 11th hour decision by Te Whatu Ora-Health NZ (HNZ) to close off five beds.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/emptying-beds-not-a-solution-say-striking-waitakere-hospital-staff/feed/ 0 HNZ backtracks on police handover time after admitting plans ‘not safe’ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/hnz-backtracks-on-police-handover-time-after-admitting-plans-not-safe/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/hnz-backtracks-on-police-handover-time-after-admitting-plans-not-safe/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:38:07 +0000 Joel Maxwell https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28941 Te Whatu Ora-Health NZ (HNZ) has partially backed down on a controversial police policy for mental health handovers in emergency departments (EDs) -- admitting it's not safe.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/hnz-backtracks-on-police-handover-time-after-admitting-plans-not-safe/feed/ 0 A 3.5 per cent offer on the table for primary health nurses — have your say https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/a-3-5-per-cent-offer-on-the-table-for-primary-health-nurses-have-your-say/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/a-3-5-per-cent-offer-on-the-table-for-primary-health-nurses-have-your-say/#respond Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:50:46 +0000 Mary Longmore https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28810 An offer to primary health-care workers is a step towards pay parity with Te Whatu Ora-Health NZ "but certainly not the end point", says an Auckland registered nurse (RN) on the bargaining team.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/a-3-5-per-cent-offer-on-the-table-for-primary-health-nurses-have-your-say/feed/ 0 Manapōti wāhine: ‘Still fighting’ for economic equality 133 years after suffrage https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/manapoti-wahine-still-fighting-for-economic-equality-133-years-after-suffrage/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/manapoti-wahine-still-fighting-for-economic-equality-133-years-after-suffrage/#respond Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:46:12 +0000 Mary Longmore https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28674 'You look beautiful, powerful and strong!'  Feminist crowd grooves into Parliament to 'girls just have funds'.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/manapoti-wahine-still-fighting-for-economic-equality-133-years-after-suffrage/feed/ 0 Another 2300 nurses in hospitals by Christmas? ‘They’d need a superhuman HR team’ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/another-2300-nurses-in-hospitals-by-christmas-theyd-need-a-superhuman-hr-team/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/another-2300-nurses-in-hospitals-by-christmas-theyd-need-a-superhuman-hr-team/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:25:30 +0000 Mary Longmore and Joel Maxwell https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28579 The Government has been caught in a "BS" trap after Finance Minister Nicola Willis promised an apparently impossible number of new nurses by Christmas.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/another-2300-nurses-in-hospitals-by-christmas-theyd-need-a-superhuman-hr-team/feed/ 0 State of emergency: Tauranga ED staff send cry for help to management https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/state-of-emergency-tauranga-ed-staff-send-cry-for-help-to-management/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/state-of-emergency-tauranga-ed-staff-send-cry-for-help-to-management/#respond Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:25:44 +0000 Mary Longmore and Joel Maxwell https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28474 NZNO members working at Tauranga Hospital have revealed that their emergency department (ED) is itself in a state of emergency.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/state-of-emergency-tauranga-ed-staff-send-cry-for-help-to-management/feed/ 0 ‘It’s been a long time coming’: Four generations stand shoulder-to-shoulder on Gisborne ED nurses’ strike https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/its-been-a-long-time-coming-four-generations-stand-shoulder-to-shoulder-on-gisborne-ed-nurses-strike/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/its-been-a-long-time-coming-four-generations-stand-shoulder-to-shoulder-on-gisborne-ed-nurses-strike/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2026 05:05:01 +0000 Joel Maxwell and Mary Longmore https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28250 Four generations of health workers -- three nurses and a medical receptionist -- were among about 200 standing shoulder-to-shoulder on strike for safer staffing outside Gisborne Hospital today.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/its-been-a-long-time-coming-four-generations-stand-shoulder-to-shoulder-on-gisborne-ed-nurses-strike/feed/ 0 ‘Now the real work begins’ say HCAs after NZNO pledges to strengthen carer workforce https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/now-the-real-work-begins-say-hcas-after-nzno-pledges-to-strengthen-carer-workforce/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/now-the-real-work-begins-say-hcas-after-nzno-pledges-to-strengthen-carer-workforce/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:15:58 +0000 Marita Ansin-Johnson, Anamei Graham and Rosina Ake https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=30421 It has been a 'long road' but health-care assistants are welcoming NZNO's formal adoption of a plan to support, grow and strengthen the HCA and kaiāwhina workforce.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/now-the-real-work-begins-say-hcas-after-nzno-pledges-to-strengthen-carer-workforce/feed/ 0 If we have enrolled nurses, why aren’t we letting them nurse? https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/if-we-have-enrolled-nurses-why-arent-we-letting-them-nurse/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/if-we-have-enrolled-nurses-why-arent-we-letting-them-nurse/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:52:08 +0000 Tracey Martin https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=30014 Outdated funding contracts and attitudes are preventing enrolled nurses from working to their fullest scope in aged care, writes the Aged Care Association chief executive.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/if-we-have-enrolled-nurses-why-arent-we-letting-them-nurse/feed/ 0 ‘Without a shred of emotion in her voice’: Sue Bradford dissects pay equity wipe-out https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/without-a-shred-of-emotion-in-her-voice-sue-bradford-dissects-pay-equity-wipe-out/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/without-a-shred-of-emotion-in-her-voice-sue-bradford-dissects-pay-equity-wipe-out/#respond Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:34:58 +0000 Sue Bradford https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=29913 Speaking at the NZNO annual conference, Sue Bradford, people's select committee member, shared the story of a group set up to give voice to workers and women on pay equity -- and the "different kind of democracy" they discovered.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/without-a-shred-of-emotion-in-her-voice-sue-bradford-dissects-pay-equity-wipe-out/feed/ 0 White Man, White Coat, and Stethoscope https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/white-man-white-coat-and-stethoscope/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/white-man-white-coat-and-stethoscope/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:06:25 +0000 Neta Kerepeti https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=29626
Content Warning: The following poem contains descriptions of sexual abuse.
Abuse survivor and advocate Neta Kerepeti shared this poem about her experiences at the 2026 NZNO conference where she was a speaker. She also called on nurses to speak up if they suspected abuse. ]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/white-man-white-coat-and-stethoscope/feed/ 0 Just under my skin https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/just-under-my-skin/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/just-under-my-skin/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:11:41 +0000 Maria Tutahi https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=29328 At NZNO's conference recently, Waikato nurse Maria Tutahi shared a poem she wrote about unveiling her spiritual mask at a time when wearing physical masks was mandatory. ]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/just-under-my-skin/feed/ 0 ‘I don’t like to be silenced’: NZNO’s new student leaders reveal what drives them https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/i-dont-like-to-be-silenced-nznos-new-student-leaders-reveal-what-drives-them/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/i-dont-like-to-be-silenced-nznos-new-student-leaders-reveal-what-drives-them/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:47:02 +0000 Mary Longmore https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=29944 Connected by a desire to care for others and push for change, NZNO's newest student leaders are not afraid to speak up.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/i-dont-like-to-be-silenced-nznos-new-student-leaders-reveal-what-drives-them/feed/ 0 ‘I won’t give up’, says enrolled nurse graduate working on building site https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/i-wont-give-up-says-enrolled-nurse-graduate-working-on-building-site/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/i-wont-give-up-says-enrolled-nurse-graduate-working-on-building-site/#respond Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:02:51 +0000 Mary Longmore https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28395 Enrolled nurse graduates are working as bartenders, baristas and builders in Taranaki because of a lack of nursing jobs -- and 'outdated attitudes' about what ENs can do.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/i-wont-give-up-says-enrolled-nurse-graduate-working-on-building-site/feed/ 0 ‘We weren’t classmates, we were whānau’: Matariki nursing grads celebrate at marae https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/we-werent-classmates-we-were-whanau-matariki-nursing-grads-celebrate-at-marae/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/we-werent-classmates-we-were-whanau-matariki-nursing-grads-celebrate-at-marae/#respond Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:15:32 +0000 Joel Maxwell https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28407 It still brings tears to Jeanette Grace's eyes.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/we-werent-classmates-we-were-whanau-matariki-nursing-grads-celebrate-at-marae/feed/ 0 Selling out health: One in four GP clinics in NZ now corporate-owned https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/selling-out-health-one-in-four-gp-clinics-in-nz-now-corporate-owned/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/selling-out-health-one-in-four-gp-clinics-in-nz-now-corporate-owned/#respond Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:53:09 +0000 Joel Maxwell https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28926 Corporations "buying up clinics everywhere", private health 'cream-skimming' and hidden debt for tax payers were revealed by NZNO senior strategic researcher Nathalie Jaques at this year's annual conference.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/selling-out-health-one-in-four-gp-clinics-in-nz-now-corporate-owned/feed/ 0 ‘Overwhelming sense of betrayal’ — abuse survivors’ fight continues https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/overwhelming-sense-of-betrayal-abuse-survivors-fight-continues/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/overwhelming-sense-of-betrayal-abuse-survivors-fight-continues/#respond Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:41:25 +0000 Mary Longmore https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=29390 There was a devastated silence after abuse survivor Neta Kerepeti read her poem White man, White coat, and Stethoscope dissecting in excruciating detail how she was abused as a child in state care. ]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/overwhelming-sense-of-betrayal-abuse-survivors-fight-continues/feed/ 0 Anatomy of victory — how North Shore ED members got their huge staffing win https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/anatomy-of-victory-how-north-shore-ed-members-got-their-huge-staffing-win/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/anatomy-of-victory-how-north-shore-ed-members-got-their-huge-staffing-win/#respond Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:36:41 +0000 Joel Maxwell https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=29156 There's a particular challenge in the night shift at the North Shore Hospital emergency department (ED) -- pressure on nurses ratcheting up as the hours pass.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/anatomy-of-victory-how-north-shore-ed-members-got-their-huge-staffing-win/feed/ 0 Members emerge from NZNO conference vowing to ‘fight, fight, fight’ for a safer health system https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/members-emerge-from-nzno-conference-vowing-to-fight-fight-fight-for-a-safer-health-system/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/members-emerge-from-nzno-conference-vowing-to-fight-fight-fight-for-a-safer-health-system/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:54:47 +0000 Kaitiaki coeditors https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=29191 There was a vibe.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/members-emerge-from-nzno-conference-vowing-to-fight-fight-fight-for-a-safer-health-system/feed/ 0 ‘We are committed to cultural safety,’ promises new Nursing Council chair — but is it the Māori kind? https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/we-are-committed-to-cultural-safety-promises-new-nursing-council-chair-but-is-it-the-maori-kind/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/we-are-committed-to-cultural-safety-promises-new-nursing-council-chair-but-is-it-the-maori-kind/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:18:11 +0000 Mary Longmore https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=27287
Featured Video Play IconNursing Council chair Sharon Brownie says the regulator is committed to cultural safety -- but what kind remains unclear.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/we-are-committed-to-cultural-safety-promises-new-nursing-council-chair-but-is-it-the-maori-kind/feed/ 0 https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/14691/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/14691/#respond Fri, 31 Dec 2021 22:04:03 +0000 Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=14691 https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/14691/feed/ 0 October memorial for 53 nurses who died in Christchurch earthquake https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/october-memorial-for-53-nurses-who-died-in-christchurch-earthquake/ https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/october-memorial-for-53-nurses-who-died-in-christchurch-earthquake/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:46:10 +0000 Nannette Ainge https://kaitiaki.org.nz/?post_type=article&p=28556 The 53 nurses who died in Christchurch’s devastating earthquake on 22 February 2011 will be remembered in the Nurses’ Memorial Chapel in October.]]> https://kaitiaki.org.nz/article/october-memorial-for-53-nurses-who-died-in-christchurch-earthquake/feed/ 0