Nurses
Nurse Siobhan Lehnhard: why nurses are speaking out
Nurses and their district health boards will head back to the negotiating table on Tuesday following the national nurses' strike on the 12 July. Neither group will talk about the details ahead of the… Audio
Watch this space as DHBs and nurses resume bargaining
The nation's nurses were back bargaining with the DHBs today about their wages and conditions. Audio
David Clark defends overseas trip ahead of nurses' strike
Health Minister David Clark has defended his decision to accompany his family on a holiday to Australia in the days leading up to the nurses' strike. Audio
Health Minister: There's no more money for nurses
Health Minister David Clark has refuted claims by the nurses union that some wards were better staffed during the strike than they are normally, and reiterated there is no more money in the coffers. Audio
Nurses likely to strike again
The nurses held a 24 hour strike yesterday after turning down an offer of pay rises of between 12.5 and 15 percent and 500 extra full-time nurses. The Health Minister David Clark and the Acting PM… Audio
Safe staffing 'should be a given', but it's not, nurse says
Neonatal intensive care nurse Julie Dick says nurses have been undervalued as a work force for decades, and health care funds need to be re-distributed in order for nurses to be paid better. Audio
Protests across New Zealand as nurses strike
Nurses rejected the latest pay offer from their District Health Board employers, and now 30,000 are on strike for 24 hours. Video, Audio
Emergency departments relatively quiet despite nurses’ strike
While Hawke's Bay Hospital had to call on an emergency agreement to get four extra nurses on wards today, other DHBs said they were relatively quiet despite the strike. Video, Audio
Thousands of nurses march during first strike in 30 years
Nurses went on strike today, despite their union recommending they accept the DHBs' latest offer. Why did they strike? What do they hope to achieve? John Campbell asked them when he joined them on… Video, Audio
Hospitals cope in nurses strike
Up to 30,000 nurses are walking off the job in public hospitals around the country today, in the first national nurses' strike in three decades. They are on strike now Audio
Not all nurses want to strike
Nurses are set to walk off the job for 24 hours from tomorrow morning. It's believed that nearly half of those belonging to the nurses union don't want to strike. And Jenny Carryer who is a profesor… Audio
At least 3,500 surgeries deferred as nurses strike
In less than 24 hours a nationwide, 30,000-strong nurses strike looks likely to take place, disrupting health services across the country. That is unless last minute negotiations averts the industrial… Audio
'No more money on table at moment' for nurses - Grant Robertson
Nurses and the district health boards are holding last ditch talks in a bid to reach a deal, but the government says one option that's not on the table is more money. Finance Minister Grant Robertson… Audio
Hospitals 'as ready as can be' as nursing strike looms
Twenty-four hours before thousands of nurses walk out of hospitals in the first national strike for almost 30 years, managers say they're as ready as they can be. The Nurses Organisation has rejected… Audio
Nurses hold out hope for a better pay offer
Nurses have gone against the wishes of their union negotiators and voted to strike on Thursday for the first time in nearly 30 years. Rowan Quinn spoke to three nurses about the way they voted. Audio
Nurses reject pay offer, vote to strike
Nurses have voted to strike after rejecting the latest pay offer from DHBs. The boards and nurses' union are meeting in a last-ditch attempt to avert the nationwide strike. Video, Audio
Nurses strike: ordered into facilitation
Nurses are to strike on Thursday for the first time in 30 years. They're sticking to their guns but the acting Prime Minister Winston Peters says there's just no more money. So, what happens now? We… Audio
Nurses strike what patients need to know
More than 30 thousand of the country's nurses will likely go on strike on Thursday, unless a last gasp effort brings the negotiations back from the brink. Today nurses union members rejected the… Audio
Nurses vote today on new pay offer
Many nurses say they're still upset about pay and conditions and may vote against a proposed new pay deal. Video, Audio
Some nurses still disappointed by DHB revised pay offer
Nurses are voting on whether to accept the district health boards' latest pay offer. Last Friday, the nurses union cancelled a strike scheduled for this Thursday after the DHBs revised the offer. The… Audio