More than 36,000 Te Whatu Ora nurses, midwives, health care assistants and kaimahi hauora have voted to strike for 24 hours. The Nurses Organisation says the strike is due to Health NZ's failure to address safe staffing concerns.
Health NZ is offering a 3 percent pay rise over two years, plus two payments of $325. But the union said the agency was refusing to provide safe staffing levels in its latest contract offer.
NZNO Chief Executive Paul Goulter talks to Paddy Gower about what it would take to resolve their concerns.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
