Nurses Strike
The nurses' dispute - complications set in
Nurses have more industrial action planned as frustration with shortages and pay boil over - what's behind the anger? Audio
Pasifika nurses call for more inclusive health system
Striking Pasifika nurses demanding better connections with Pacific peoples from New Zealand's health system. Audio
Nurses' strike cost hundreds of thousands of dollars
The recent nurses' strike cost hospitals hundreds of thousands of dollars in staffing alone. About 30,000 nurses walked off wards on July 12 in a day-long strike over pay and staffing. Details… Audio
Minister offers new accord over nurses staffing
Health Minister David Clark says a joint accord will be launched to ensure safe staffing in hospitals, as nurses prepare to vote on the latest offer from DHBs. Video, Audio
Busy day for nurses back to work after strike
The nurses' 24 hour strike has just finished with nurses around the country now returning to work. Our reporter Nita Blake-Persen is outside Auckland Hospital and RNZ's health correspondent Karen… Audio
Staff returning to work after first national nurses' strike in almost 30 years
Nurses are returning to work as a 24-hour strike over staffing shortages and poor pay comes to an end. Yesterday about 30,000 nurses were on strike and many took to the streets to protest about their… Audio
Nurses return to work after nationwide strike
Nurses around the country are about to return to work. Yesterday 30-thousand nurses walked off the job for 24 hours after their union and DHBs failed to reach agreement on pay and conditions. Our… Audio
Nurses to keep pushing for better pay, conditions
A nurse unhappy with both the union and district health boards says she's ready to go on strike again to ensure their demands are met. Holly Wilson was one of the 5000 or so nurses nationwide required… Audio
NZNO: 'We're right behind our members'
NZNO spokesperson Cee Payne joins Checkpoint live to discuss the nurses strike, which starts at 7am tomorrow. Audio
Nurses to strike for first time in 30 years
Seventy percent of the country's nurses will strike from 7am tomorrow, after last-ditch talks with District Health Boards ended fruitlessly mid-morning. Audio
DHBs await final recommendations on nurses pay dispute
Last-ditch talks between the nurses union and the District Health Boards have ended on a failed note. Video
Nurses strike not about the money - Cee Payne
The Nurses Unions says the only thing that will stop a planned strike is more money. The union has notified DHBs they intend to walk off the job on July 5 if mediation this week doesn't bring an… Audio
Reckons without research
Energetic editioraliser Mike Hosking angered nurses this week by inflating their employers' pay offer - just after telling the media off for "lapping up press releases." Audio
Tired, stressed nurses considering strike action
Nurses have been offered a backdated 2 percent pay deal, a lump sum payment of $1050, pay equity from next year, and a commitment to better staffing, but for many that's not good enough. Audio