Strike
Primary teachers to vote on second strike
Primary teachers are proposing a week of one-day rolling strikes in November. Their union, NZEI Te Riu Roa, says teachers and principals will vote in the first week of the fourth term on the proposed… Audio
Courts to close for two hours on Wednesday due to strike
Courts around the country will close for two hours on Wednesday while staff strike for better pay.
Doctors' unions face off over new rosters
A rebel doctors' union says new hospital rosters that thousands of junior doctors went on strike for have wrecked their training and may be unsafe for patients. So-called safer working hours have been… Audio
Teachers rally for better pay and conditions
The government is urging patience, but thousands of teachers who went on strike today made it clear they are in no mood to wait for better pay and conditions. Education Correspondent John Gerritsen… Video, Audio
Teachers on strike: 'It's a crisis'
John Campbell joined teachers as they walked off the job and hit the streets in the first strike action in 24 years. They tell him how it's come to this, and explain what they want. Video, Audio
Teachers prepared for two-day strike
Striking teachers held rallies throughout the country and showed support for a two-day strike if they don't get an improved offer on pay and conditions. Audio
Primary teachers prepare for first strike in decades
At least 28,000 teachers and principals are going on strike on Wednesday, forcing the closure of most of the country's primary and intermediate schools. They are holding rallies in towns and cities… Audio
Teachers back move to full-day strike
Thousands of primary teachers and principals will walk off the job in a fortnight for the first time in 24 years unless mediation between the union and the Ministry of Education is successful. Video, Audio
Māori TV union members strike over 'unfair treatment'
It's not just nurses and teachers taking to the picket lines. Union members at Māori Televison will walk off the job for 24 hours next week to protest what they are describing unfair and… Audio
Primary teachers to strike for first time in 24 years
Primary school teachers and principals have voted to go on strike for the first time in twenty years. The full-day strike will take place in two weeks' time on August 15. The New Zealand Educational… Audio
Strikers do community work
Dunedin Inland Revenue staff are on strike today but they haven't just been picketing, this afternoon they have been doing volunteer work at the gardens of the Otago Community Hospice. 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
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
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
Patients will be safe during nurses strike - Auckland DHB
Auckland district health board is confident that staff can keep patients safe while nurses are on strike. Hundreds of patients have had appointments and operations postponed to keep the hospital… Audio
Principals group 'not surprised' at primary teachers strike
The president of the Principals' Federation says he's not surprised primary teachers and principals have rejected a pay offer from the Ministry of Education. They have voted to strike for half a day… Audio
Primary school teachers to strike for first time in 24 years
The first primary school teacher strike in 24 years is set to happen in August. Teachers have voted overwhelmingly against the Ministry of Education's latest pay offer, and they plan on striking for… Audio