Nurses

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

Many nurses say they're still upset about pay and conditions and may vote against a proposed new pay deal. Video, Audio

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

The nurses union has put a new pay offer from district health boards to its members to vote on amid a protracted pay dispute. Nurses have been at an impasse with DHBs for months over pay and working… Video, Audio

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