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 Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora agreements with health sector unions.

Health NZ CA Bargaining - Timeline of expiry dates (PDF 674KB)
Last updated November 2024

Current agreements

Medical

Medical

Nursing and midwifery

Nursing and midwifery

Allied Health professionals

Allied Health professionals

PSA Allied Public Health, Scientific and Technical Collective Agreement (30 November 2023 to 30 June 2025) (PDF 1.6MB) 
Last updated February 2024

 

APEX Anaesthetic Technicians Collective Agreement (1 December 2023 to 30 November 2025) (PDF 10MB)
Last updated June 2024

APEX Biomedical Technicians Collective Agreement (2 July 2022 to 1 May 2024) (PDF 4.57MB)
Last updated February 2023

 

APEX Clinical Perfusionists Collective Agreement (5 April 2024 to 30 June 2026) (PDF 1.5MB) 
Last updated April 2024

 

APEX TWO Clinical Pharmacist Facilitator Collective Agreement 2 Apr 2024 – 30 Nov 2025 signed (PDF 5.9MB)
Last updated October 2024

APEX TWO Clinical Pharmacist Facilitators Collective Agreement (2 April 2024 to 30 November 2025) unsigned searchable (DOCX 260KB)e
Last updated October 2024

 

APEX Clinical Physiology Collective Agreement Errata (16 September 2024 to 31 May 2026) signed (PDF 663KB)
Last updated November 2024

APEX Clinical Physiology Collective Agreement (16 September 2024 to 31 May 2026) signed (PDF 19MB) 
Last updated November 2024

APEX Clinical Physiology Collective Agreement (16 September 2024 to 31 May 2026) (PDF 530KB)
Last updated October 2024

 

APEX Dental Therapist and Dental Assistants Collective Agreement (9 March 2024 to 8 March 2026) (PDF 3.6MB)
Last updated July 2024

 

APEX Dietitians Collective Agreement (27 June 2024 to 31 January 2026) (PDF 16MB)
Last updated July 2024

 

APEX Occupational Therapy Collective Agreement for Te Tai Tokerau District (2 October 2023 to 1 October 2025) (PDF 1.7MB)
Last updated September 2024

 

APEX Medical Imaging Technologists MECA (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2026) (PDF 959KB)
Last updated October 2024

 

APEX Medical Laboratory Workers CA (11 December 2023 to 31 August 2025) (PDF 1.2MB) 
Last updated February 2024

 

APEX Medical Physicists Collective Agreement (19 January 2024 to 31 August 2025) (PDF 888KB)
Last updated April 2024

 

PSA Medical Radiation-Imaging Technologists Collective Agreement (Counties-Manukau, Waikato, MidCentral, Nelson-Marlborough) (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2026) (PDF 1.2MB)
Last updated October 2024

 

APEX Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Nuclear Medicine Technologists Collective Agreement (1 July 2024 to 31 January 2027) signed (PDF 32MB)

 

APEX Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Nuclear Medicine Technologists Collective Agreement (1 July 2024 to 31 January 2027) unsigned searchable (PDF 975KB)
Last updated October 2024

 

APEX Pharmacy (1 December 2023 to 30 November 2025) (PDF 23MB)
Last updated June 2024

 

APEX and TWO Physiotherapy Collective Agreement (19 July 2024 - 31 July 2025) signed (PDF 17MB)
Last updated October 2024

APEX and TWO Physiotherapy Collective Agreement (19 July 2024 - 31 July 2025) unsigned searchable (PDF 841KB)
Last updated October 2024

 

APEX and TWO Physiotherapy Variation signed (PDF 602KB)
Last updated October 2024

 

APEX Psychotherapists SECA (4 July 2022 to 30 June 2024) (PDF 5.13MB)
Last updated April 2023

APEX Psychologists MECA (19 June 2023 to 30 June 2025) (PDF 925KB)
Last updated June 2023

 

APEX Radiation Therapists Collective Agreement (8 April 2024 to 7 April 2026)  unsigned searchable (PDF 679KB)
Last updated October 2024


APEX Radiation Therapists Collective Agreement (8 April 2024 to 7 April 2026)  signed (PDF 19MBKB)
Last updated October 202

 

PSA Radiation Therapists Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley and Mid Central Collective Agreement (8 April 2024 to 7 April 2025) unsigned (PDF 2.2MB)
Last updated October 2024

PSA Radiation Therapists Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley and Mid Central Collective Agreement (8 April 2024 to 7 April 2025) signed (PDF 2.2MB) 
Last updated October 2024

 

APEX Social Worker Collective Agreement for Te Tai Tokerau District (16 October 2023 to 15 October 2025) (PDF 16MB)
Last updated 10 October 2024

 

APEX Sonographers Collective Agreement (1 August to 20 November 2026) (PDF 31MB) signed
Last updated October 2024

APEX Sonographers Collective Agreement (1 August 2024 to 30 November 2026) (PDF 812KB) unsigned
Last updated October 2024

 

APEX Sterile Services Collective Agreement for Hawke’s Bay (18 March 2024 to 28 February 2026) (PDF 4.1B)
Last updated June 2024

 

APEX Tradespersons Collective Agreement (2 April 2024 to 1 April 2026) signed (PDF B)
Last updated October 2024

Home and community support workers

Home and community support workers

Administration

Administration

Services

Services

Policy Advisory Knowledge and Specialist

Policy Advisory Knowledge and Specialist

Health NZ CA Bargaining: Timeline of expiry dates

A graph showing the timeline of expiry dates for CA bargaining from 2023 to 2026. A graph showing the timeline of expiry dates for CA bargaining from 2023 to 2026. A graph showing the timeline of expiry dates for CA bargaining from 2023 to 2026.

Expired agreements

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2024

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2024

APEX Sonographers for South of Auckland MECA (1 December 2022 to 31 July 2024) (PDF 29MB)
Last updated April 2023

APEX Sonographers for Auckland Region MECA (1 August 2022 to 31 May 2024) (PDF 807KB)
Last updated July 2023

APEX Physiotherapy Collective Agreement for Bay of Plenty & Waikato (19 January 2024 to 31 July 2025) (PDF 2.4MB) 
Last updated March 2024

PSA Medical Radiation-Imaging Technologists for Counties-Manukau, Waikato and MidCentral Districts Collective Agreement (2 December 2022 to 30 June 2024) (PDF 1.2MB)
Last updated May 2023

E tū Service Food Workers Union (15 December 2021 - 31 May 2024) (PDF 1.1MB)
Last updated March 2022

APEX Clinical Physiology MECA (20 October 2022 - 31 May 2024) (PDF 18MB)
Last updated April 2023

APEX Radiation Therapists  (2022- 2024) (PDF, 16.2MB)
Last updated October 2022

APEX Medical Imaging Technologists MECA (1 September 2022-30 June 2024) (PDF, 915KB)
Last updated March 2023

APEX Waikato Tradesperson Collective Agreement (1 April 2024 to 1 April 2024) (PDF1.6MB)
Last updated September 2024

RDA Resident Medical Officers Collective Agreement (17 May 2021 - 31 March 2024) (PDF, 5MB)
Last updated July 2021

APEX Dietitians CEA (1 June 2022 - 31 January 2024) (PDF, 14.4MB)
Last updated September 2022

APEX Sterile Services Collective Agreement (Hawke’s Bay) ( 1 July 2022 to 28 Feb 2024) (PDF, 2.6MB)
Last updated April 2023

MERAS Midwives MECA (1 February 2021 - 30 April 2023) (PDF, 1.32MB)
Last updated October 2021

APEX Physiotherapy MECA (27 July 2021 - 26 July 2023) (PDF, 1.85MB)
Last updated August 2021

SToNZ Multi-Employer Collective Agreement (14 December 2021 - 13 December 2023) (PDF 1.2MB)
Last updated May 2023

APEX Medical Physicists MECA (18 July 2022 - 31 August 2023) (PDF, 18.8MB)
Last updated August 2022

APEX Occupational Therapy Collective Agreement Te Tai Tokerau District (2 October 2023 – 1 October 2026) (PDF 2.7MB)
Last updated October 2023

 

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2023

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2023

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2022

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2022

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2021

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2021

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2020

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2020

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2019

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2019

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2018

Expired Multi-Employer Collective Agreements - Settled 2018