Nurses

There's been plenty of listener feedback about industrial action by nurses. Those on-side and those off. There's no more money in the purse so should nurses be happy with a 9% pay-rise and $2000 lump… Audio

Nurses aren't the only ones who are stressed and busy and need a pay rise. So why aren't they happy with $2000 lump sums and a 9% pay rise? Audio

DHBs spokeswoman Helen Mason says DHBs are doing everything they can to reach settlement with nurses, but have "robust contingency plans" when nurses strike next month.  Video, Audio

Health Minister David Clark joins Checkpoint live to respond to the nurses' decision to reject the DHBs' pay offer and why he offered Counties Manukau dhb acting chair Rabin Rabindran what he said was… Video, Audio

Thousands of nurses are poised to walk off the job next month for the first time in nearly 30 years after rejecting a new pay offer from district health boards. But DHBs say there is simply no more… Video, Audio

District Health Boards say they are optimistic their latest pay offer will prevent a proposed nurses' strike in July. The DHBs say they have effectively doubled the offer made in March. The March… Audio

Thousands of experienced nurses could get pay rises of up to 16 percent under a new package being offered by district health boards. The latest offer virtually doubles the previous DHB offer in March.

A nationwide nurses strike has been announced, the first since 1990. DHBs are now expected to come back with an offer for a pay increase following recommendations. Audio

We return to the story of workers putting in extra hours without pay. Listeners have sent in messages detailing their experiences, from not getting a lunch break to staying late.  Audio

Some nurses say an independent panel's recommendations to boost pay don't go far enough and they hope proposed strikes do go ahead. The panel, which has been working to resolve a pay dispute between… Audio

An independent panel has recommended nurses receive an overall 9 percent payrise over the next two years, but their union says it's less than what they hoped, and might not be enough to stop nurses… Audio

Nurses who can prescribe medicines and make diagnoses are putting themselves forward as one way to solve a looming lack of doctors in rural areas. More than 40 percent of country doctors are due to… Audio

Nurses working late shifts are fearful for their safety with one saying she carries a pair of scissors as a weapon. Just in case. Christin Watson of the Nurses Organisation talks about the conditions… Audio

Nurses will begin voting from today about whether they back strike action to resolve the pay impasse with their district health board employers. An independent panel met for the first time last week… Audio

Nurses are sharing stories of a toxic, bullying culture in the industry. The accounts paint a worrying picture where nurses are yelled at, belittled and given overwhelming work schedules.  Audio

Is there a way to pay nurses a decent wage without bankrupting District Health Boards? We ask health sector menagement expert Robin Gauld of the University of Otago. Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand does not have the kind of Russian diplomat that is being expelled by the US and its European allies, but says NZ would also kick them out of the country… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is urging District Health Boards to set up an independent panel to break an impasse over nurses' pay talks. Video, Audio