IssueM Articles
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
November 2022
October 10, 2022
Kei te rongo au i te ua. — I hear the rain
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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’
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Nurses’ contribution to the COVID-19 pandemic has been significant in all areas of health care.
May 2022
May 4, 2022
HIS/HERSTORY, which is having a season at Circa Theatre in Wellington at the moment (April 22- May 14), is two solo shows — one of which is about a nurse during WWII.
Read more... ‘Extraordinary story’ of World War II nurse is performed by her daughter
May 2022
April 14, 2022
I’d like the chance to tell you how things are for us in my workplace, acute services: the emergency department (ED) and high dependency unit (HDU) of a small rural hospital.
Read more... Don’t give us coffee machines, give all nurses more pay for extra shifts
May 2022
May 11, 2022
The NZ Faith Community Nurses Association has been active for over 20 years, but strangely it is not well known in the New Zealand nursing scene.
May 2021 vol 27 no 4
May 1, 2021
Warm greetings in the many Pacific languages spoken in Aotearoa. Kia ora, malo e lelei, talofa lava, ni sa bula, kia orana, fakaalofa atu ki a motolu oti, taloha ni, kam na mauri, namaste, aloha mai, iorana, alofa atu, halo olketa, noa ‘ia ‘e mauri, koe kia, malo le kataki, talofa, kulo malulo, kaoha nui, ali’i, dada namona, kaselhia maign, bonjour and hello!
