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Q: What legal support is available?

Our expert industrial advocate and legal support team are considered to be some of New Zealand's best. We provide industrial support for a variety of workplace issues including Collective Bargaining (coming soon), industrial disputes, pay disputes, bullying and more. Most importantly, we guarantee a resolution of your issue.

Kiwi nurses have been waiting too long for backpay for their former DHB's stuff-ups with Holiday Pay. The NPANZ is putting together a list of nurses and supporters who want to sign their support for us to commence legal action and get back what you're fairly owed.

Sign our petition to put the Health Minister on notice!

Sign Our Petition Below

Pay Our Nurses NOW!

It has been 8 years since underpayments arising from the Holiday Pay Act were detected, affecting thousands of current and former DHB employees. And in that time, the NZNO has not litigated one case and the NZ Government has stalled and stalled to avoid paying nurses what they are rightfully owed.

As NZ’s newest nursing union, we believe that kiwi nurses have waited too long. We are committed to running a test case to raise awareness of this issue and get you back what you are owed. Sign our petition to be part of this movement and fight for what is fair!

You can read more about it in our blog article, which includes a copy of the open letter we have sent to the Health Minister, Dr Shane Reti, on this very topic.

The Nurses' Professional Association of New Zealand (NPANZ) is a union whose principal purpose is to protect and promote the interests of members in matters concerning their employment or professional engagement. No membership fees are used to support any political party, so we are able to source and/or provide representation for all members, on all issues, better than our competitors.

NPANZ supports:

Restructuring healthcare to focus on patient care above all.
Decentralising hospitals away from the current bureaucrat-heavy system to one that puts hospitals back in the hands of front-line healthcare workers.
Preventing the erosion of the nursing scope of practice.
Making it easier for nurses to speak out publicly without fearing for their registrations.
Work with the Ministry of Health and private employers to ensure nurses are receiving their minimum entitlements (including workplace safety, discrimination, industrial disputes, payroll issues & more).

NPANZ remains fully committed to defending your right to perform your work without unnecessary interference from Government bureaucrats and respects the enormous amount of education undergone to achieve this right.

Are we a registered trade union?

Yes NPANZ is a registered trade union!

Are you run by nurses?

The NPANZ executive structure is different to other competitors. Our elected executive consist of a President, Vice-President and Treasurer who must all be nurses, these executive members make all policy decisions for NPANZ.

The Secretary is appointed by the executive under the constitution and does not make policy decisions. Instead, the Secretary sees to the day-to-day operations of the organisation on behalf of the executive.

When we say "Run by Nurses for Nurses" we mean it.

What legal support is available?

Collective agreement/bargaining

We guarantee strong advocacy on workplace policy, procedures and system changes. You are entitled to appoint one of our NPANZ representatives to the bargaining table to negotiate your Collective Agreement.

If you have a Collective Agreement that you would like us to bargain for you, please check the "Collective Bargaining Representation Request" section of your member dashboard. Once there, please check our list of Agreements we're currently negotiating and appoint us as your bargaining agent or complete the representation request form.

The Nurses' Professional Association of New Zealand (NZ NURSES UNITED INCORPORATED NZBN: 9429051135430) is a union whose principal purpose is to protect and promote the interests of members in matters concerning their employment or professional engagement. No membership fees are used to support any political party, so we are able to source and/or provide representation for all members, on all issues.