Urgency for more funding for Māori health providers, pay parity for Māori nurses and continuing to break down barriers for whānau, hapū and iwi were some of the main messages from this year's Indigenous Nurses Aotearoa conference.
The nationwide strike by 1,500 midwives is another sign of growing working-class opposition to the Labour Party-led government’s austerity policies which have produced a crisis in public hospitals.
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The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) stands in solidarity with Midwifery Employee Representation and Advisory Service (MERAS) members’ strike action