Collective Agreements

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is an organising union. 

This means we work together with our members to improve their lives by organising for strength, unity and power at work and within the wider community.

One of the features of unionism in the workplace is a collective approach around wages and employment conditions.

NZNO staff work with members to negotiate Collective Agreements (CAs) with employers which prescribe the rates of pay and working conditions of employment in the workplace.

Once a CA has been agreed, we work with members and their employer to ensure that the pay rates and working conditions are observed.

Through collective bargaining, and by lobbying governments with other members of the community, unions have won minimum standards for:

  • pay
  • hours of work
  • overtime
  • holiday pay

as well as health and safety regulations and human rights.

Download a Collective Agreement

Major collective agreements are available below as PDFs. If your collective agreement is not listed here and you would like a copy, please contact our member support centre on 0800 28 38 48 or nurses@nzno.org.nz.

ABI Rehabilitation July 2021 to July 2023

Access Community Health July 2022 to June 2023

Akaroa Health Ltd February 2022 to January 2024

Aranui Home and Hospital Ltd July 2021 to June 2022

Arohanui Hospice Service Trust September 2021 to June 2023

Arowhenua Whānau Services September 2021 to August 2022

Ashburn Psychiatric Healthcare October 2022 to September 2023

Ativas Ltd TA Cairnfield House October 2021 to October 2022

Auckland Clinical Studies August 2020 to July 2021

Bidwill Trust Hospital Timaru March 2021 to February 2023

Birthcare Auckland Limited September 2021 to September 2022

Boulcott Private Hospital July 2022 to March 2024

Brackenridge July 2020 - 30 June 2022

Braemar Hospital Ltd April 2021 to March 2023

BUPA Care Services NZ Ltd MUCA July 2022 to June 2023

BUPA Care Services NZ Ltd Senior Nurses October 2021 to September 2022

Calvary Hospital Southland Ltd July 2021 to June 2022

Central Otago Health Services Ltd November 2021 to October 2022

Christchurch Methodist Mission Wesleycare Home and Hospital October 2022 to October 2023

CHT Healthcare Trust July 2022 to June 2023

Clutha Community Health November 2021 to November 2022

Crest Hospital July 2021 to July 2022

Cranford Hospice September 2021 to August 2023

Department of Corrections January 2022 to June 2023

District Health Board (DHB) MECA August 2020 - October 2022

East Care Ltd  April 2022 to March 2023

Enliven Presbyterian Support Central December 2020 to June 2021

Evolution Healthcare NZ Limited July 2021 to June 2024

Four Hospice MECA 1 September 2022 - 31 August 2023 

Golden Bay Community Health September 2022 to August 2024

Gore Health August 2021 to July 2022

Grace Hospital May 2022 to April 2023

Gracedale Care Ltd August 2021 to July 2023

Healthcare of NZ Ltd and NZCare Group Ltd 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023

Heritage Lifecare Ltd Heritage Lifecare (BPA) Ltd November 2022 to June 2023

Hetherington House March 2023 to September 2024

Hillview Trust Inc May 2021 to April 2023

Hokianga Health Enterprise Trust September 2022 to August 2024

Hospice MECA September 2021 to June 2023

Hospice Southland Charitable Trust February 2022 to June 2023

Hospice Taranaki September 2021 to June 2024

Hospice Whanganui September 2021 to August 2023

Howick Baptist Home and Hospital July 2021 to June 2023

Kaikohe Care December 2021 to November 2023

Kawerau SS Trust Board Mountain View April 2021 to June 2023

Kensington Hospital Ltd August 2021 to August 2023

Knox Home Trust Board September 2021 August 2022

Labtests July 2022 to December 2023

Leslie Groves Hospital and Rest Home October 2021 to September 2022

Little Sisters of the Poor September 2022 to July 2023

Mahitahi Hauora November 2021 to September 2022

Maniototo Health Services September 2019 to July 2022

Manuka Street Hospital Limited October 2022 to September 2023

Marne Street Hospital Ltd October 2021 to September 2022

Mercy Ascot April 2023 to August 2024 

Mercy Hospice Auckland  April 2022 to March 2024

Mercy Hospital Dunedin March 2022 to March 2024

Mercy Parklands August 2021 to August 2023

Metlifecare Care Limited August 2022 to July 2023

Nazareth Charitable Trust July 2021 to June 2023

Nelson Tasman Region Hospice September 2021 to August 2023

New Zealand Blood and Organ Service December 2020 to March 2023

New Zealand Clinical Research Opco August 2022 to Marfh 2023

New Zealand Family Planning  September 2021 to August 2023

New Zealand Family Planning Wage Scale September 2021 to August 2023

Ngāti  Porou Hauora January 2021 to December 2022

North Haven Hospice September 2021 to August 2022

Nurse Maude September 2022 to August 2023

Oceania Group July 2021 to June 2022

Parkwood Lodge May 2022 to June 2023

Presbyterian Support Otago October 2022 to September 2023

Presbyterian Support South Canterbury October 2022 to September 2023

Primary Health Care MECA March 2021 to August 2021

Radius Residential Care  August 2021 to August 2022

Ranfurly Village Hospital July 2022 to June 2023

Royal New Zealand Plunket Trust July 2022 to June 2023

Serco Auckland South Corrections Facility July 2022 to June 2025

South Canterbury Hospice September 2021 to August 2024

Southern Cross Healthcare Ltd July 2022 to June 2023

Southern DHB Southland Administrative February 2019 to Jan 2022

St Andrews Village July 2022 to June 2024

St Georges Hospital April 2022 to July 2023

Summerset Collective October 2022 to September 2023

Tamaki Health MECA April 2022 to June 2023

Te Arahanga Ki Tahwhiti Ngāti Hine Health Trust July 2021 to June 2022

Te Aroha and District Health Services Charitable Trust August 2022 to July 2023

Te Omanga Hospice Trust September 2021 to August 2024

Te Oranganui Trust (Inc) July 2022 to June 2023

Te Rau Kōkiri Raukura Hauora o Tainui July 2022 to June 2023

Te Rau Kōkiri Te Manu Toroa September 2021 to August 2023

Te Rau Kōkiri Whakawhiti Ora Pai May 2022 to May 2023

Te Rūnanga O Toa Rangatira Inc Ora Toa July 2022 to March 2024

The Anglican Methodist South Canterbury Glenwood Home Trust August 2022 to July 2023

The Care Village July 2021 to September 2022

The Dutch Village September 2022 to August 2023

The Fono Trust July 2022 to June 2023

The Knox Home Trust Board September 2022 to August 2023

The Selwyn Foundation October 2021 to September 2022

THINK Haurora July 2020 to January 2022

Totara Hospice July 2021 to June 2024

Tranquillity Bay Care Ltd September 2021 to September 2022

Trinity Home and Hospital September 2022 to August 2024

Union and Community Health Centre Inc October 2021 to September 2023

Waiheke Health Trust May 2020 to May 2022

Waihi Lifecare 2018 Ltd July 2022 to June 2023

              Waihi Lifecare 2018 Ltd VARIATION

Wairarapa Village Masterton March 2020 to February 2022

Waitaki District Health Services November 2022 to June 2023

Wellington Primary Health Care Services July 2022 to June 2023

Whakarongorau Aotearoa NZ Telehealth Services June 2021 to May 2022

Whitecross July 2020 to June 2022

Windsorcare July 2021 to June 2022