Nursing graduates are having to wait weeks between finishing their study and starting work despite the health sector's staffing crisis. Graduates sit the national registration exam, known as States, on 19 July.
Some will already have been offered a provisional job but none can start work for Te Whatu Ora/ Health New Zealand until September.
They will all have their exam results by 12 August at the latest.
Niva Chittock reports.
