🇳🇿 NURSING REMUNERATION — NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand public-sector nursing salaries are established through collective agreements covering nurses employed by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora.
HEALTH NZ / NZNO COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
1 MARCH 2026 — 31 OCTOBER 2027

REGISTERED NURSE SALARY SCALE

The national Health NZ / NZNO Nursing and Midwifery Collective Agreement provides a seven-step Registered Nurse salary scale. Progression is normally by annual increment through the scale.
Registered Nurse Annual salary — from 2 March 2026
Step 1 — New Graduate NZ$77,667
Step 2 NZ$83,725
Step 3 NZ$88,682
Step 4 NZ$93,458
Step 5 NZ$103,370
Step 6 NZ$106,344
Step 7 NZ$109,407

REGISTERED NURSE — NEXT AGREED SCALE

The agreement also specifies the next scheduled salary scale from 2 March 2027.
Registered Nurse Annual salary — from 2 March 2027
Step 1 — New Graduate NZ$79,221
Step 2 NZ$85,400
Step 3 NZ$90,456
Step 4 NZ$95,328
Step 5 NZ$105,438
Step 6 NZ$108,471
Step 7 NZ$111,596

SHIFT & PENAL RATES

The agreement provides additional payments for weekend, public holiday and night work, as well as overtime provisions. Night duty attracts an additional T0.25, while weekend ordinary hours attract T0.5. Public holiday work attracts an additional T1.

SHIFT COORDINATION ALLOWANCE

A registered nurse, registered midwife or enrolled nurse assigned to a shift coordinator role for the majority of a shift may receive a shift coordination allowance of NZ$24 per shift, subject to the conditions of the agreement.

HOW NEW ZEALAND NURSING PAY WORKS

The national Health NZ / NZNO agreement provides a clearly defined salary structure for covered public-sector nurses. Placement on the scale can take previous nursing experience and other relevant experience into account.
Official source:
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora and NZNO
Nursing and Midwifery Collective Agreement
1 March 2026 — 31 October 2027
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