April 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
April 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.
April 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
April 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
April 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
April 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
March 2025
March 31, 2025
Health professionals have a vital role in putting addicts in touch with the inner and outer resources that will support them on the road to recovery.
Read more... ‘Recovery capital’ in addiction treatment: What is it, and why is it important?
April 2025
March 31, 2025
If you’re a late-career nurse or caregiver — aged 50 and above — an important new workforce survey is seeking your opinions about your career.
Read more... Are you a late-career nurse or caregiver? Fill out this survey about your career
March 2025
March 31, 2025
It is the usual practice that NZNO increases membership fees each year according to the consumer price index (CPI).
March 2025
March 28, 2025
Aged-care workers are preparing to hīkoi from the Auckland Domain to Bupa’s head office in Newmarket next Tuesday, a day before the profit-making global company reveals whether it’s going ahead with cuts to worker hours at 17 care homes around the country.
Read more... Bupa aged-care workers prepare to hīkoi in protest over proposed cuts
April 2025
March 28, 2025
In the last two remaining NZNO leadership profiles, Kaitiaki talks to Te Rūnanga o Aotearoa NZNO kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku and tumu whakarae Tracy Black. They share the mahi done so far and their focus for the rest of the year.
Read more... Māori nursing leaders fight attack on Māori health – SOS to United Nations underway
