Paul Goulter

A long awaited report into the safety and quality of healthcare has found that overall access to care at both primary and hospital level has deteriorated.  Audio

Health New Zealand Commissioner Lester Levy it has "too many nurses for its budget", following a recruitment campaign where he says 'the results were way beyond what was anticipated'. The Nurses… Audio

Nurses say they're at breaking point already, and fear cuts to hospital budgets demanded by Health NZ will put their own safety, and that of patients, at risk. This is despite the multi billion dollar… Audio

Hospital nurses will receive tens of thousands of dollars in payouts with a pay equity agreement being signed off.

They will be given lump sums and backpay worth up to $28,000 to bring wages in line… Audio

The Nurses Organisation is continuing its legal action over pay equity, but will support the health authority's application to the Employment Relations Authority, for an immediate interim payout.

Te… Audio

The government has announced $200 million a year to bring the wages of nurses working in aged care, hospice and Māori and Pasifika health in line with their hospital counterparts.

New Zealand Nurses… Audio

Nurses are angry with the Minister of Health and say he has not acknowledged the health crunch in Aotearoa.

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation wants a health conference on the crisis to be held… Audio

The nurses' gender equity claim has hit another snag over back pay.

The settlement had been largely agreed to with the district health boards but nurses belonging to the country's largest union have… Audio

Two nurses unions are carrying out a full legal review of the proposed pay equity deal because of a backlash from members.

The Nurses Organisation says when the agreement - made to address the gender… Audio

The education sector supports the new vaccine mandate, but says it is still worried about the possible impact it might yet have on staffing levels.

New Zealand Educational Institute national… Audio

Educators have taken their frustration and disappointment to the top - meeting with the government over pay worries.

Some workers are furious about a government directive that means those in the… Video, Audio

The Educational Institute says teachers are fuming at Green Party co-leader James Shaw's announcement of an 11.7 million dollar funding package for in a private school in Taranaki.

Shaw says the… Audio

For the first time in 24 years, parents around the country are figuring out what to do with several hundred-thousand primary and intermediate school children who have no school tomorrow because of a… Audio

The first shots in what teachers were told last year would be the industrial battle of their lives will be fired today with the start of primary teachers' pay talks. The union is seeking a 16 percent… Audio