Kerri Nuku

There are fears the nursing shortage is about to get much worse.

Nearly one-in-three nursing students drop-out before qualifying, due to financial pressure, family responsibilities and other factors… Audio

N95s are recognised as the best masks to wear to prevent catching Covid-19 - they're the ones all our MIQ staff are wearing.

But many of our nurses say they're just not being provided for hospital… Video, Audio

Health workers who haven't had their first Covid-19 vaccination will be barred from the job from tomorrow.

While some nurses are firm in their stance to not get vaccinated, it's hoped others might… Audio

Hospital emergency nurses say they're under pressure, anxious and exhausted as Covid-19 cases continue to rise.

There were 43 people in hospital yesterday with Covid-19, and during the outbreak many… Audio

Medical professionals are warning the health system would be ill-equipped to deal with escalating Delta cases outside of Auckland.

Dr Michael Howard, an emergency consultant at Whangarei Hospital… Audio

Nurses make up almost half of the 29 staff at Middlemore Hospital being forced to isolate after contact with a Covid-19 case.

Eleven doctors and 13 nurses cannot be at work for a fortnight after a… Audio

New Zealand Nurses Organisation kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says staff shortages in the profession is causing stress right as nurses try to respond to an ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

It comes after a… Audio

Health authorities are trying to confirm how a Middlemore emergency department nurse caught Covid-19.

The person is fully vaccinated and wore PPE at appropriate times according to the Ministry Health… Video, Audio

The Nurses Organisation says nurses who live with close contacts are being asked to turn up for work at Auckland's DHBs. The union says they're deeply concerned by a Ministry of Health exemption… Audio

Nurses are anxious about their workplace safety if the Covid-19 outbreak escalates, believing they're wearing PPE unfit for purpose and that a stretched staff will be placed under excessive pressure.

Thirty thousand nurses will take part in an eight hour strike having overwhelmingly rejected district health boards' latest offer on pay and conditions. Audio

As the effects of a cyber attack on the Waikato District Health Board wear on, some staff are worried they won't be able to be paid properly.

A ransomware attack last Tuesday crashed the DHB's… Audio

The largest Nurses' Union is concerned non-clinical staff will be giving Covid-19 vaccinations, saying it stems from a long-standing failure to employ more Māori nurses. 

Community health workers at… Audio

Workers in managed isolation and quarantine hotels here have been called some of the worst protected in the developed world by a PPE expert staying in one.

Tim Jones works for a company that's been… Audio

The Māori head of the Nurses Organisation has revealed she's been the victim of incessant, targeted online abuse - including death threats -  for the past year and a half. 

It comes after a New… Audio

The nurses' union wants an urgent review of how the Covid-19 isolation hotels are being run, saying staff are becoming increasingly anxious and fearful.

It comes as a second Sudima Hotel health… Audio

A New Plymouth nurse who made several public posts on social media calling Māori nurses "fat and lazy" has had her registration cancelled for the next two years.

A disciplinary tribunal considered… Audio

The Nurses Organisation are calling for full review of PPE to ensure all nurses on the Covid-19 front-line are as safe from infection as possible.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced a review into safety… Audio

Māori health experts say major plans to overhaul the health system and create a Māori health authority don't go far enough.

The government's Health and Disability Review, out yesterday, includes a… Audio

The nurses organisation is calling for Worksafe to investigate how seven nurses caught Covid-19 at Waitakere Hospital.

They caught the virus after infected residents from St Margarets rest home were… Audio