v26.03.13.01
13 March 2026
✨ Features
- Pay Insights page — new Insights tab with a shift value calculator (pre-filled from your profile), income tips, and annual earnings tracking all in one place.
- My Pay Year — track your total earnings across the NZ financial year (1 Apr – 31 Mar). Shows year-to-date gross, hours worked, shift breakdown by type, and full-year projection once you have 4+ weeks of data. Set an earnings target and track your progress.
- Shift Value Calculator — reusable calculator component also available on the public landing page. Calculates gross pay for any shift based on MECA rates, day of week, and penal hours.
- Income Tips — practical strategies for maximising take-home pay covering night shift stacking, weekend clustering, public holiday strategy, overtime thresholds, and annual leave timing.
- Help page rewrite — now MECA-aware, only shows content relevant to your selected agreement (NZNO-HNZ or PHC). Organised into free and premium sections.
- Export to Calendar is now a free feature — no longer requires a premium subscription.
- Redesigned desktop XL layout — fortnights display in a responsive multi-column grid with shared action bar.
- FortnightProvider — centralised fortnight state management. Smoother navigation and data loading across the app.
🎨 Design
- Standardised premium upgrade prompts — consistent "visible but blocked" pattern across the app. Feature content is always visible; a clean lock badge replaces the old catalog-style modal.
- Modernised upgrade modal — compact, feature-specific with trial awareness built in.
- Template Manager now opens for free users with sample templates visible behind the lock overlay.
- Normalised font sizes across Help, About, Privacy, Terms, and Feedback pages.
- My Pay Year desktop layout — 3-column grid (earned so far, hours by type, earnings target) with stat cards in a single row below.
🔨 Fixes
- Fixed custom shift type creation bug.
- Fixed shift swap modelling calculation errors.
- Updated NZ public holiday regions and dates.
- Removed duplicate upgrade prompt in Settings.
- Various responsive breakpoint fixes for tablet and desktop layouts.
v26.02.28.01
28 February 2026
✨ Features
- PHC MECA support (Beta) — Pay calculations for practice nurses, enrolled nurses, medical receptionists, admin staff, HCAs and coordinators under the PHC collective agreement. Includes Saturday split penals, night rates and overtime thresholds.
- Fortnight Templates — Save your shift pattern as a reusable template and load it into future fortnights. Set it up once, reuse it every roster cycle.
- Calendar Export — Export your shifts to Google Calendar or Apple Calendar (.ics). Each shift shows up as an event.
- Fortnight Comparison — See how your current pay compares to last fortnight — gross pay, hours, overtime and penal differences at a glance.
- Shift Swap Modelling — Model the dollar impact of swapping shifts before you agree. The app calculates your fortnight both ways and shows the exact difference in gross pay, penal hours and overtime.
- PD Hours Tracker — Track your Professional Development leave entitlement. Log PD activities throughout the year and see how many hours you have left. Works for full-time (40 hrs/year) and part-time (pro-rated).
- APC Renewal Reminders — Get reminded when your Annual Practising Certificate is coming up for renewal, and reminded to claim reimbursement from your employer. Set your renewal month in settings.
- KiwiSaver default rate updated from 3% to 3.5% ahead of the April 2026 change.
v25.11.20.01
20 November 2025
- New era. Migration of users being.
- Paid meal breaks are only paying as base rate.
- Observed public holiday dates are not currently working but not an issue until ANZAC day 2026.
- On Call doesn't support telephone only yet.
v25.11.16.04
16 November 2025
- Complete rebuild as a modern web application
- New pay calculator with fortnight-based calculations
- User accounts with secure authentication
- Comprehensive settings for pay scales and deductions
- Improved UI/UX design
- Real-time pay calculations
v25.10.14.01
14 October 2025
Minor update to temporarily add a specific 03:00-15:30 shift.
- Week days: First 4 hours @ T1.25, followed by 4 hours @ T1, followed by 3 hours OT1, followed by 1 hour OT2
- Weekend: First 8 hours @ T1.5, followed by 4 hours at OT2
- BASIC VIEW ONLY
v25.10.05.01
5 October 2025
Minor update for small fixes
🔨 Fixes
- Fixed overtime shift calculation for weekends - now recognises T2 from midnight Friday to midnight Sunday
- Backend tweaks to isolate Basic and Roster view payslips
v25.10.04.01
4 October 2025
Major update including shift coordinator, overtime shifts, and on-call shifts.
✨ Features
- 7-day trial – try all premium features (no card required)
- Shift Coordinator for RN roles under the MECA
- Overtime calculations with meal break options
- Enhanced fortnight overtime calc for >80 hours
- On-Call integration (full shifts supported)
v25.09.18.01
18 September 2025
Major update — domain changed to app.mymeca.nz
✨ Features
- User login for settings persistence
- Shifts by date with fortnight pay view
- Pay calculations for up to 6 fortnights
- Calendar view
- Toggle for Roster vs Basic view
🔨 Fixes
- UI tweaks for smoother experience
- Fixed 24h mode override issue
- Corrected NZNO levy rates
- Fixed Sunday shift fortnight boundary issue
v25.08.24.01
24 August 2025
✨ Features
- Settings split into Earnings, Deductions, and Shifts categories
- Added 12 new shift types (420 different calculation variables)
- Updated help section and added FAQ
v25.08.23.01
23 August 2025
- Payscales for Senior Designated Nurse & Nurse Practitioner
- PDRP selections for Mental Health Assistants
v25.08.22.01
22 August 2025
- Overtime functioning (fortnight >80hrs)
- PDRP selections for RNs and ENs
- Secondary tax option
v25.08.19.01
19 August 2025
✨ Initial public release