By Daana Watson
December 3, 2024
An experienced Christchurch practice nurse warns primary health is in a precarious state.
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By Samesh Mohanlall
December 2, 2024
Nurses explain in their own words why they are striking. Te Whatu Ora NZNO members are embarking on an eight-hour-long strike tomorrow. Rolling strikes across Aotearoa follow in the next two weeks up to 20 December.
Nurses, midwives, health care assistants and kaimahi hauora are desperate for people outside the health sector to understand just how seriously they’ve taken the decision to strike. They feel it is a last resort and felt like they had no other option because they fear for their patients’ safety after proposals raised in recent collective bargaining with Health NZ.
Communities in Aotearoa have been crying out for more staff to provide better care and a more culturally appropriate, equal health system
Read more... Nurses: Why are they striking?
By Class of 2024: Nursing graduates around the country
November 29, 2024
Nursing graduates share their self-doubt, fears and dashed hopes after finding out this week hundreds had missed out on Te Whatu Ora roles. Most preferred not to be named so not to jeopardise future job prospects.
Read more... In their words: Nursing graduates lament
By Kathy Stodart
November 28, 2024
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By Mary Longmore
November 27, 2024
Te Whatu Ora is being accused of failing in its most basic duty — protecting the future nursing workforce of New Zealand.
Read more... Hundreds of nursing graduates miss out on Te Whatu Ora jobs
By Mary Longmore
November 26, 2024
Sceptical nurses are cautiously welcoming a $10 million investment in 75 senior and specialist nurses to plug gaps in mental health, rural health, maternity and critical care — but say it is a drop in the bucket.
Read more... Minister of Health announces $10 million for 75 senior specialist nurses
By Mary Longmore
November 25, 2024
For long-time Hawke’s Bay health-care assistant and NZNO delegate Cath Hellyer, last week’s announcement that — after 14 years — Te Whatu Ora had finally paid out $15.2 million in holiday pay owed to staff was bittersweet.
Read more... ‘Some of my friends have died waiting for this payment’ — holiday backpay bittersweet after years of fighting
By James Lewis
November 21, 2024
This case highlights the critical role of intuition and expertise in patient care, particularly within community and midwifery settings, where these professionals build relationships with patients over time.
Read more... The hidden lens: Uncovering pathology through a nurse’s intuition
By Mary Longmore
November 20, 2024
Labour’s health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall is accusing National of “hypocrisy” after revealing Te Whatu Ora’s spending on consultants grew by 18 per cent in the year to mid-2024.
Read more... Labour accuses Government of ‘hypocrisy’ as health consultant costs balloon
By Mary Longmore
November 19, 2024
Nurses and kaiāwhina were out on the streets of Pōneke / Wellington today taking part in the hīkoi mō te Tiriti — walk for te Tiriti — to Parliament, in protest over the Treaty Principles Bill.
Read more... ‘The call was strong for me as a Māori and as a nurse’: Nurses and kaiāwhina join tens of thousands in hīkoi to Parliament
By Mary Longmore
November 18, 2024
Unhappy with Te Whatu Ora’s bargaining position, nurses and kaiāwhina have voted strongly to hold an eight-hour nationwide strike on December 3 followed by rolling district strikes.
Read more... Nurses and kaiāwhina vote to strike before Christmas
By Tim Rochford
November 15, 2024
NZNO Māori policy advisor Tim Rochford explains why te Tiriti o Waitangi is important to NZN0-Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa
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By Renee Kiriona
November 14, 2024
“We are expecting this to be the biggest hīkoi or political demonstration Wellington, and the nation, has ever seen so we want to make sure everyone is safe and we have some nurses there.”
Read more... Nurses needed to mahi-march in Pōneke next week
By Tania Mitchell
November 13, 2024
After 15 months of extraordinary work across the motu we now have the first national e-learning programme to help nurses new to critical care learn the ropes.
Read more... National e-learning programme for critical care nurses now live
By Mary Longmore
November 13, 2024
Nurses say more staff are needed if they are to meet the Government’s health targets.
Read more... More staff needed to meet health targets, say emergency and primary health nurses
By Renee Kiriona
November 12, 2024
“To our Pākeha nurses, there’s nothing to fear when you see thousands of Māori marching down the street. Come and join us, you’ll have fun and learn a lot about tangata whenua and our country’s founding document.”
Read more... Non-Māori nurses have nothing to fear in joining hīkoi
By Mary Anne Gill
November 12, 2024
Taupō practice nurse Jean Chegwidden recently marked both her 83rd birthday and 50 years at one practice.
Read more... Half a century caring for the people of Taupō
By Mary Longmore
November 12, 2024
Nurses and kaiāwhina fear Te Whatu Ora’s planned pause on safe staffing calculations will put patients at risk.
Read more... ‘They ignore the data, they ignore us’ — nurses’ fears over planned safe staffing tool pause
By Malcolm Mulholland
November 11, 2024
My final message to you, our nurses, is that patients have the utmost respect for the work that you do, and heartfelt sympathy for the system in which you find yourself in…
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By Renee Kiriona
November 7, 2024
More than 100 people took part in a Te Rūnanga o Aotearoa NZNO-led rally today at Parliament to oppose the tabling of the Government’s Treaty Principles Bill.
Read more... Rally hears voices of whānau under attack by Govt