May 2025
May 2, 2025
Allowing overseas-trained physician associates to become regulated here is a risky “quick fix” to doctor shortages, NZNO-Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa president Anne Daniels is warning.
Read more... Nurse practitioners ‘safer’ than physician associates — NZNO president
May 2025
April 30, 2025
Perioperative nurses at Auckland City Hospital, Starship Hospital and Greenlane Hospital will strike tomorrow while thousands of other nurses throughout the country use their break times to march and rally as part of the nationwide May Day events.
Read more... May Day: Striking nurses (and mokopuna) among thousands set to fight back tomorrow
May 2025
April 29, 2025
When money is tight and the Government is cutting one service to provide for another equally deserving service, it divides the people and we fight amongst ourselves.
April 2025
April 29, 2025
| From supporting students to nurturing leaders, the Pacific nursing section (PNS) is working every angle to boost the numbers and skills of our Pacific nursing community, explains chair Ēseta Finau and treasurer Abel Smith. |  |
Read more... Pacific nursing section is set to grow Aotearoa’s Pacific nursing workforce
May 2025
April 28, 2025
‘It is hugely annoying to watch MPs pontificating on something about which they have a very superficial understanding.’
Read more... Attacks on cultural safety in health highlight politicians’ ignorance
May 2025
April 23, 2025
I was inspired to write this after reading the letters from the class of 2024 new graduates who had missed out on NETP positions with Te Whatu Ora, the release of the Government’s Health Infrastructure Plan and my own recent experience.
April 2025
April 23, 2025
Two Māori nursing leaders are at the United Nations highlighting the plight facing Māori health. In this interview with a UN reporter, they highlight the issue of violence, including sexual violence, toward Māori women who are three times more likely to be abused than non-Maori women.
Read more... Māori women and girl survivors of sexual violence face double trauma
May 2025
April 17, 2025
Auē! Kua wareware i a au taku kupuhipa. — Oh no! I’ve forgotten my password.
Read more... ‘Tech is good for Māori and Māori is good for tech’: It’s cool to kōrero — April 2025
April 2025
April 17, 2025
An ANZAC eve event in Auckland next week will highlight the role of nurses in both military and civilian service.
Read more... Nurses the heroes in this year’s ANZAC musical evening of remembrance
April 2025
April 17, 2025
Wellington nurse and NZNO delegate Hilary Gardner shares her vision for a well-funded health system in Aotearoa.
Read more... ‘Imagine’ — Wellington nurse shares her vision of a well-funded health system
April 2025
April 16, 2025
A nurse and unionist together make the case for less military and more health spending.
May 2025
April 15, 2025
A unexpectedly large community turnout moved Nelson Hospital staff to tears on Saturday as nurses, doctors, health-care assistants and families joined hands to form a 1000-strong human chain outside the hospital.
Read more... Nurses moved to tears by ‘overwhelming’ community support over Nelson Hospital
May 2025
April 11, 2025
All members will in May have the chance to vote on a proposed new NZNO — Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa constitution which would change the way the organisation is structured and members represented.
Read more... Proposed constitutional shake-up would see ‘more egalitarian’ and te Tiriti-led NZNO
May 2025
April 11, 2025
Something serious is brewing in the central North Island like a “ticking time bomb” ready to go off any moment now, according to Malcolm Mulholland, head of Patient Voice Aotearoa.
Read more... Taupō could become health system’s next ‘Buller casualty’
April 2025
April 11, 2025
‘We do feel like we’ve been listened to’, say staff over safety fears.
Read more... New Wellington Hospital carparks wonderful, say nurses
April 2025
April 11, 2025
Police withdrawal from mental health call-outs should be stopped until Te Whatu Ora makes critical resources available, NZNO — Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa mental health nurses say.
Read more... NZNO mental health nurses call for immediate halt to police withdrawal
April 2025
April 8, 2025
Pamela Marley, a theatre nursing pioneer who helped found the country’s first professional perioperative nursing group, has died.
Read more... Theatre nurse pioneer and founder of The Dissector dies
April 2025
April 4, 2025
Parliament’s Justice Committee has released its report into the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill and has recommended it does not proceed.
Read more... Nurses’ union backs call to scrap anti-Treaty bill
May 2025
April 4, 2025
Nurses and medical receptionists at Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa (SWA – formerly Family Planning) poised for strike action, have accepted a pay rise — but their battle for pay parity continues.
Read more... Sexual health workers accept offer but ‘a long way to go’
April 2025
April 3, 2025
Staff say they fear for residents after one of the country’s largest aged-care providers, Bupa, this week announced it was pushing ahead with roster changes that will see staff at 17 of its homes lose hours and flexibility.
Read more... Bupa goes ahead with cuts to hours, a day after protest hīkoi
