MERAS Co-Leader Jill Ovens spoke to Magic Talk on 8 February about the risks posed by an Omicron outbreak to our health service. You can listen to the interview below (approx 7 minutes long) https://meras.midwife.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/02/Jill-Ovens-on-Magic-Talk-8-Feb-2022_Omicron-threat.m4a

On 7 February MERAS Co-Leader Jill ovens told Radio New Zealand an already stressed health system could become overwhelmed when border restrictions are lifted. “It’s worrying that a number of sports bodies, businesses and particularly…

An already stressed health system is at real risk of becoming overwhelmed. That from the employed midwives’ union, MERAS, after the Government yesterday announced a timeline to lift border restrictions. MERAS co-leader, Jill Ovens, says…

Hospital midwives who are members of the Midwifery Employee Representation and Advisory Services (MERAS), have settled their Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (MECA) with the country’s DHBs. The MECA expired on 31 January this year and MERAS…

The MERAS AGM will be held from 7pm to 8.30pm on Wednesday, 8 September, by Zoom. All MERAS members are invited to attend and have been provided a link to the meeting via email on 21…

The strikes planned for Thursday 19 August will be withdrawn across the country due to the nationwide Level 4 lockdown. Rosters will operate as originally scheduled.

On 5 August MERAS Co-Leader Caroline Conroy spoke to Duncan Garner on the AM show on TV Three, and to Jesse Mulligan on Afternoons at RNZ about the upcoming Midwives strike and the reasons behind…

DHB Decision Makers Not At The Table – “limits ability to negotiate” Midwives employed by DHBs will go ahead with planned rolling strikes next week after mediation on Monday failed to reach agreement. The 8-hour…

Midwives at Wellington hospitals are sometimes too busy to take breaks and new mothers have been rushed out and transferred elsewhere within a day of giving birth, as the region’s maternity units grapple with a chronic…