Nurses
Covid-19: NZ-trained nurses consider leaving over visa trouble
A group of New Zealand-trained nurses - some working with Covid patients - are considering leaving the country because they can't get a visa to live here.
Over 100 nurses sacked after refusing vaccine
Just over 100 nurses, 14 midwives and 10 doctors have been sacked from District Health Boards for refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
Auckland hospitals calling for more ICU nurses
Auckland's hospitals are asking others around the country to send intensive care nurses to help them cope with the Covid outbreak.
Nationwide nurses strike action suspended
The community spread of the Delta variant in Auckland has resulted in nurses immediately calling off their strike. Around 30,000 nurses, midwives and health care assistants from the Nurses… Audio
Nurses, DHBs begin pay equity talks, but strikes will go ahead
The Health Minister Andrew Little has written to District Health Boards and unions to invite them to start pay equity negotiations as soon as possible. Cabinet has approved funding for the agreement -… Audio
Not-for-profit aged care at "crisis point"
The aged care sector is short one fifth of its nursing workforce and some not-for-profit care providers say they're at breaking point, being forced to close wards and turn away admissions. There are… Audio
Midwives striking and marching on Monday
Midwives are planning a strike and march on Monday.To explain the way the strikes are being co-ordinated to make sure patients are still safe while midwives march, MERAS co-leader Caroline Conroy… Audio
DHB's take nurse union to court
Nurses are complaining they've been blindsided by a district health board move to take them to court over their next lot of strike action. Last week they rejected the latest pay offer by the district… Audio
Southern DHB nurse shortage puts patients at risk of harm
Patients are at risk of harm as a shortage of nurses on Southern District Health Board wards forces some to ration their care.
The problem was unearthed as part of a review into its safe-staffing… Audio
Nurses, DHBs head to court over strike action
Nurses and their bosses are heading to the courts over strike action, as both accuse each other of not doing enough to keep patients safe.
About 30,000 district health board nurses have issued a… Audio
Burnt-out nurses told to rely on each other as counselling services full
Burnt-out nurses are being told to seek help from one another because of high demand for external counselling services.
The nurses union says the government has not told them about any plans to boost… Audio
Nurses vote to strike again - what you need to know
Nurses are set to walk off the job three more times in as many months over pay and working conditions.
Last month, 30,000 healthcare workers, mostly nurses, took to the streets in a nationwide… Audio
Nurses union says public behind vote to strike again for better conditions
DHB nurses have voted to strike again, potentially three more times.
The strikes will be on July 29 for 24 hours, an eight-hour strike on August 19 and another 24-hour strike on September 9.
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The Weekend Panel with Lavina Good and Richard Harman
Joining us on the Weekend Panel today are Lavina Good, and Richard Harman They look at the movie being made about the CHCH mosque shootings, the vaccine rollout, and Auckland being crowned as the… Audio
Health Minister to meet nurses on strike at Parliament
Rallies and picket lines are organised across the country and tomorrow nurses will strike after negotiations with district health boards reached a stalemate.
At least 30,000 nurses will take part in… Audio
Disaffected striking NZ nurses courted to work in Australia
As 30,000 nurses nationwide prepare to to walk off the job tomorrow, Australian medical agencies are actively recruiting some of them. Negotiations between the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and… Audio
Relief for Kiwi in Italy as Covid spike dissipates
We first caught up with New Zealand expat Jackie Miller in Liguria, Italy, for our Calling Home segment in February 2020. Jackie returns for an update on life in a Covid-19 danger zone. Audio
Hundreds turn out to rallies as nurses strike over pay
Thousands of general practice nurses are striking around the country today as they bid for equal pay with hospital colleagues.
Rallies are currently being held in the country's main centres, with… Audio
Covid-19: Case numbers in Melbourne finally dropping
Covid-19 numbers in Victoria are finally dropping. Meanwhile, Australia PM Scott Morrison says he is open to the idea of Christchurch mosque gunman serving out his sentence across the Tasman. Rebekah… Audio
Abuse of stretched nursing frontline must stop
Nurses Organisation Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says nurses on the frontline are being abused and bearing the brunt of anxious people waiting in long lines at community testing centres for Covid-19… Audio
