Below is a timeline which shows the expiry and renewal dates for the 20 DHB Multi-Employer Collective Agreements (MECAs) agreed before 1 July 2022, and subsequent Te Whatu Ora agreements with health sector unions.
Te Whatu Ora bargaining - Timeline of expiry dates (PDF, 275KB)
Last updated 3 May 2023
Current agreements
Medical
RDA Resident Medical Officers Collective Agreement (17 May 2021 - 31 March 2024) (PDF, 5MB)
Last updated July 2021
SToNZ Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (14 December 2021 - 13 December 2023) (PDF 1.9MB)
Last updated February 2022
ASMS Senior Medical and Dental Officers Collective Agreement (1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023) (PDF, 704KB)
Last updated July 2022
Nursing and midwifery
NZNO Nursing and Midwifery MECA (2 August 2020 - 31 October 2022) (PDF, 1.3MB)
Last updated November 2021
PSA Mental Health Public Nursing MECA Auckland Region (15 December 2020 - 15 March 2023) (PDF, 2.44MB)
Last updated November 2021
PSA Mental Health Public Nursing MECA (1 October 2020 - 31 December 2022 (PDF, 3.41MB)
Last updated November 2021
MERAS Midwives MECA (1 February 2021 - 30 April 2023) (PDF, 1.32MB)
Last updated October 2021
Allied Health professionals
Nelson Marlborough District collective agreement - Live Life Disability Support (expires 31 October 2023) (PDF, 3.31MB)
Last updated May 2023
Hawkes Bay Sterile Supply Technicians Collective Agreement (1 July 2022 - 28 February 2024) (PDF, 2.58MB)
Last updated April 2023
APEX Psychotherapists SECA (4 July 2022 - 30 June 2024) (PDF, 5.13MB)
Last updated April 2023
APEX Biomedical Technicians collective agreement (2 July 2022 - 1 May 2024) (PDF, 4.57MB)
Last updated February 2023
APEX Radiation Therapists (2022- 2024) (PDF, 16.2MB)
Last updated October 2022
APEX Pharmacy (1 July 2022 - 30 November 2023) (PDF, 23.3MB)
Last updated October 2022
APEX Dietitians CEA (1 June 2022 - 31 January 2024) (PDF, 14.4MB)
Last updated September 2022
APEX Physiotherapy MECA (27 July 2021 - 26 July 2023) (PDF, 1.85MB)
Last updated August 2021
APEX Psychologists MECA (1 June 2021 - 31 May 2023) (PDF, 4MB)
Last updated June 2021
APEX Medical Laboratory Workers MECA (31 May 2021 - 31 August 2023) (PDF, 4.72MB)
Last updated May 2021
APEX Anaesthetic Technicians MECA (1 February 2022 - 30 November 2023) (PDF, 26.6MB)
Last updated March 2023
APEX Clinical Physiology MECA (20 October 2022 - 31 May 2024) (PDF, 18MB)
Last updated April 2023
APEX Sonographers (South of Auckland) MECA (1 December 2022-31 July 2024) (PDF, 29MB)
Last updated April 2023
APEX Sonographers (Auckland region) MECA (1 August 2019-31 July 2022) (PDF, 25MB)
Last updated March 2020
APEX Medical Imaging Technologists MECA (1 September 2022-30 June 2024) (PDF, 915KB)
Last updated March 2023
APEX Medical Physicists MECA (18 July 2022 - 31 August 2023) (PDF, 18.8MB)
Last updated August 2022
PSA Allied Public Health, Scientific & Technical – Auckland Region MECA (2 May 2022 - 30 June 2023) (PDF, 1.46MB)
Last updated June 2022
PSA Allied Public Health, Scientific & Technical – Rest Of NZ MECA (2 May 2022 - 30 June 2023) (PDF, 1.88MB)
Last updated June 2022
PSA Genetic Counsellors ADHB & CCDHB MECA (31 October 2020 to 1 February 2022) (PDF, 3MB)
Last updated July 2021
Clerical
PSA Lower North Island Clerical MECA (2 June 2021 - 31 December 2021) (PDF, 4.41MB)
Last updated December 2021
PSA Northern Clerical MECA variation agreement (PDF, 3.41MB)
Last updated December 2021
PSA Midlands Clerical MECA variation agreement (PDF, 1.09MB)
Last updated November 2020
PSA South Island Clerical MECA variation agreement (PDF, 1.09MB)
Last updated 30 November 2020
PSA Northern Clerical MECA variation agreement (PDF, 1.09MB)
Last updated November 2020
PSA Lower North Island Clerical MECA variation agreement (PDF, 1.09MB)
Last updated November 2020
PSA Lower North Island Clerical MECA (2 June 2018 - 1 June 2021) (PDF, 17MB)
Last updated May 2019
PSA Northern Clerical MECA (expires 28 March 2021) (PDF, 4.4MB)
Last updated April 2019
PSA Midlands Clerical MECA (1 March 2019 - 28 February 2022) (PDF, 18MB)
Last updated November 2019
PSA South Island Clerical MECA (1 February 2019 - 31 January 2022) (PDF, 5.3MB)
Last updated November 2019
PSA South Island Clerical MECA (1 February 2016 - 31 January 2019) (PDF, 744KB)
Last updated February 2016
Services
E tū Service Food Workers Union (15 December 2021 - 31 May 2024) (PDF, 1.06MB)
Last updated March 2022
E tū Maintenance Trades and Related Services (14 December 2020 - 16 April 2023) (PDF, 1.02MB)
Last updated July 2022
Initiation of Bargaining
PSA Te Whatu Ora National Office Collective Agreement
This Section 43 notice is being posted on the Te Whatu Ora website because it has wide coverage across Districts, National Office, and Te Whatu Ora former shared service agencies. The notice is available in both PDF and Word format.
Section 43 Notice PSA Te Whatu Ora National Office Collective Agreement (PDF, 568KB)
Section 43 Notice PSA Te Whatu Ora National Office Collective Agreement (DOCX, 65KB)
Last updated March 2023
Expired agreements
Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2022
APEX Sonographers (Auckland region) MECA (1 August 2019-31 July 2022) (PDF, 25mb)
Last updated March 2020
APEX Sonographers (South of Auckland) MECA (1 December 2019-30 November 2022) (PDF, 1.86MB)
Last updated March 2020
APEX Clinical Physiology MECA (9 March 2020 - 17 July 2022) (PDF, 467kb)
Last updated February 2021
APEX Radiation Therapists MECA (8 April 2019-7 April 2022) (PDF, 16.9mb)
Last updated April 2020
APEX Dietitians NDHB, TDHB, MDHB, WDHB MECA (expires 31 May 2022) (PDF, 2mb)
Last updated March 2021
ASMS Senior Medical and Dental Officers Collective Agreement (1 April 2020 - 31 March 2021) (PDF, 1.29mb)
Last updated May 2020
APEX Medical Physicists MECA (1 September 2018-31 August 2021) (PDF, 4.6mb)
Last updated June 2019
Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2021
APEX Pharmacy MECA (1 November 2020 - 31 January 2022) (PDF, 825kb)
Last updated March 2021
PSA Mental Health and Public Health Nursing – Ratified MECA Rest of NZ (1 October 2017- 30 September 2020) (PDF, 7mb)
Last updated November 2018
PSA Mental Health and Public Health Nursing – Ratified MECA Auckland Region (15 December 2017- 14 December 2020) (PDF, 5mb)
Last updated November 2018
APEX Medical Laboratory Workers MECA (01 January 2021 - 30 May 2021) (PDF, 876kb)
Last updated March 2021
Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2020
SToNZ Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (10 December 2020-13 December 2021) (PDF, 897kb)
Last updated February 2021
NZNO Nursing and Midwifery MECA (4 June 2018-31 July 2020) (PDF, 1.3mb)
Last updated August 2018
APEX Medical Laboratory Workers MECA (1 January 2020-31 December 2020) (PDF, 716kb)
Last updated April 2020
Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2019
APEX Psychologists MECA (1 March 2019-1 March 2021) (PDF, 17.5mb)
Last updated September 2020
RDA Resident Medical Officers Collective Agreement (1 April 2018 - 31 March 2021) (PDF, 7.98mb)
Last updated August 2019
MERAS Midwives MECA (1 February 2018 - 31 January 2021) (PDF, 844kb)
Last updated May 2019
PSA Genetic Counsellors ADHB & CCDHB MECA (expires 31 October 2020) (PDF, 2.52mb)
Last updated May 2019
SToNZ Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (10 December 2018 - 9 December 2020) (PDF, 1.5mb)
Last updated January 2019
Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2018
PSA Allied Public Health and Technical – Auckland Region MECA (7 December 2018 - 31 October 2020) (PDF, 6.5mb)
Last updated January 2019
PSA Allied Public Health and Technical – Rest Of NZ MECA (7 December 2018 - 31 October 2020) (PDF, 8.2mb)
Last updated January 2019
E tū Service Food Workers Union (15 June 2018 - 14 June 2021) (PDF, 1.06mb)
Last updated November 2018
APEX Medical Laboratory Workers MECA (7 September 2016 - 6 September 2019) (PDF, 5.2mb)
Last updated September 2018