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Salary tables / House Officer — RDA (NZRDA) CA 2026-2028 / Category A

House Officer — category A

RDA (NZRDA) CA 2026-2028, category A: runs averaging 65+ hours a week.

Category A · 65+ hours a week · clause 8.3

Rates in effect now 3 August 2026

YearA
65+ hrs
Year 1$145,727
Year 2$154,020
Year 3$162,381

Uprate, applies from 2 August 2027

YearA
65+ hrs
Year 1$150,370
Year 2$158,871
Year 3$167,441

This is the category-A column of the full House Officer table under RDA (NZRDA) CA 2026-2028. Category A applies to runs with an expected average of 65+ hours a week.

Year 1$145,727Year 2Year 3$162,381

Source

Signed agreement, Health New Zealand · checked 3 September 2026

Online version published by NZRDA · checked 3 September 2026 — Salary tables agree digit-for-digit with the signed scan's OCR layer and with page images of pages 13, 14 and 16 of the signed PDF.