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Manapōti wāhine: ‘Still fighting’ for economic equality 133 years after suffrage

'You look beautiful, powerful and strong!'  Feminist crowd grooves into Parliament to 'girls just have funds'.

Another 2300 nurses in hospitals by Christmas? ‘They’d need a superhuman HR team’

The Government has been caught in a "BS" trap after Finance Minister Nicola Willis promised an apparently impossible number of new nurses by Christmas.

State of emergency: Tauranga ED staff send cry for help to management

NZNO members working at Tauranga Hospital have revealed that their emergency department (ED) is itself in a state of emergency.

‘It’s been a long time coming’: Four generations stand shoulder-to-shoulder on Gisborne ED nurses’ strike

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.

Enrolled nurses back in bonding scheme after tackling Minister

Enrolled nurses (ENs) are stoked to be back in the voluntary bonding scheme -- a year after being unexpectedly dumped.

North Shore nurses send an SOS to the community — and a message to vote health

North Shore nurses and students called on the public to vote with health in mind this election, as they shared fears for their patients, the health system and themselves at a public meeting this week.

Government urged to partner with Māori after damning Waitangi Tribunal report finds ‘unsafe’ disability services

The Coalition Government must urgently partner with Māori to better care for tāngata whaikaha Māori  -- Māori with disabilities, says NZNO kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku.

‘It gives us hope’: Student nurses welcome Labour’s promise they’ll all get jobs

Nursing tauira are cautiously thrilled with Labour's promise of full employment -- as long as it is kept.

Primary health nurses head back to the table after eight-week delay from bosses

'We deserve more respect', say primary health-care (PHC) nurses, frustrated that employers took eight weeks to respond to their claims for better pay and sick leave.

Māori nurse educator Pipi Barton recognised with top honour

Advocating for Māori nurses, as both tauira and in the workforce, has been a career mission for Northland nurse and academic Pipi Barton -- this year's recipient of the biennial Te Akenehi Hei Memorial Award.

Latest EN graduate job figures reveal Minister’s ’empty’ promises, say enrolled nurses

Enrolled nurses say they feel 'deflated' after just 29 of the latest wave of EN graduates got a job at Te Whatu Ora-Health NZ (HNZ).

Gisborne ED staff vote for health and safety strike as understaffing bites

Between long 12-hour shifts and crushing work demands, nurse Clara Dolman-Tuhou has only seen her son three times in the last two weeks.

Proposed new RN prescriber and NP competencies open for consultation as both roles bloom

Consultation is open on proposed new standards of competence for nurse practitioners (NPs) and registered nurse (RN) prescribers that the Nursing Council says will better reflect their expanded practice today.

‘There was despair’: Government’s meddling in Nursing Council slammed at hui-ā-tau

The largest gathering of Māori nurses, kaimahi, kaiāwhina and ākonga in Aotearoa has blasted the Government's gutting of the Nursing Council.

‘I miss the simple moments of everyday family life’ — the real cost of understaffing

Emergency department nurse and NZNO delegate Clara Dolman-Tuhou shares the impact of short-staffing ahead of a health and safety strike at Gisborne Hospital's ED in September.

‘We are committed to cultural safety,’ promises new Nursing Council chair — but is it the Māori kind?

Nursing Council chair Sharon Brownie says the regulator is committed to cultural safety -- but what kind remains unclear.

She’s nursed two decades, gets paid at a third-year rate: Why these nurses went on strike

Most days they're alone with just a cellphone, supplies and their car -- constantly moving -- but on one day they stopped and stood together.

Kaitāia ED nurse first EN to achieve international trauma qualification

A nurse from Northland has become the first enrolled nurse (EN) in New Zealand to successfully complete an internationally-recognised trauma course.

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October memorial for 53 nurses who died in Christchurch earthquake

The 53 nurses who died in Christchurch’s devastating earthquake on 22 February 2011 will be remembered in the Nurses’ Memorial Chapel in October.

‘We all deserve better’ — a nursing student shares her anguish

On behalf of every student nurse, patient and health-care worker, I ask for more support and better funding in our public health system. Because health-care workers deserve better. Patients deserve better. Student nurses deserve better. And the people of Aotearoa deserve better.

Māori/Polynesian whānau on Gold Coast seeking caring nurse to help with son

We're a Māori/Polynesian family based on the Gold Coast looking for the right registered nurse (RN) or enrolled nurse (EN) to join our son's dedicated long-term home care team. We're particularly keen to connect with nurses already living in Australia, planning the move across the ditch, or looking for an opportunity to build a life … Continue reading "Māori/Polynesian whānau on Gold Coast seeking caring nurse to help with son"

Nurses invited to participate in 10-minute survey for research into AI in New Zealand health care

We are writing to invite health-care professionals to take part in a brief research survey on artificial intelligence (AI) in New Zealand health care. Your perspective as a health-care professional is genuinely valuable to this research.

Light it up orange for world patient safety day, says advocate

On 17 September landmarks across Aotearoa will be illuminated in orange, joining a global movement for a shared commitment to safer health care.

Staff shortages obvious during stay at North Shore Hospital

A patient expresses her appreciation for the care she received in North Shore Hospital recently -- despite evident short-staffing. ED staff at the hospital recently declared a 'state of emergency' over unsafe staffing.

Nursing Council election candidate profiles

Voting has opened for three seats on the Nursing Council of New Zealand. Kaitiaki has published all candidate profiles as supplied. Nurses will receive an email or letter with voting details from August 3. Voting closes 5pm, September 11.