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Watch Little respond here: Little said he wanted to be very clear that the proposal put to the nurses, was one proposed by the unions, so the deal nurses have rejected is one put to them by their own union. He said he has heard the complaints of nurses including low staffing and increasing demands on them. "The government acknowledges the stress and despair these circumstances have caused and we are committed to fixing it." He said the latest pay offer would have put an extra $13,000 over the next year alone into the pockets of every full-time employee covered by the collective agreement.

CHRIS SKELTON/Stuff Emergency Department nurse, Kirstin Ramsay, at the nurses protest outside Christchurch hospital during a strike on June 9 around the country. Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) executive director of nursing, Becky Hickmott, confirmed the DHB had recieved the notice on Friday night. “We recognise the need to strengthen and optimise our patient treatment pathways,” she said. Hickmott said the ED had been “regularly exceeding well over 100 per cent occupancy" since late last year. ED staff were integral, she added, and the DHB was committed to improving their wo...

The DHBs have responded saying they will reach out to NZNO tomorrow morning, but has warned the union it needs to engage “in a meaningful way” NZNO lead advocate David Wait said DHBs had made promising moves on pay, but the offer contained too many ambiguities. MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFF Nelson nurses joined a national strike with a vocal protest outside Nelson Hospital. (Video first published June 2021). “Better pay will make nursing more attractive, but it is not clear how the DHBs will be held accountable if they do not provide safe staffing,” he said. The union said it was committ...

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Earlier this month, the Nurses Organisation union (NZNO) agreed to consider the government's pay offer, but it was rejected in a ballott which closed early this evening. The NZNO lifted a notice for a 24-hour strike on 29-30 July so members could consider and vote on an amended offer, but strikes planned for 19 August and 9-10 September will go ahead "unless an acceptable offer is made". NZNO lead advocate David Wait said that while the DHBs had made promising moves on pay, the offer contained "too many ambiguities". "Members have been clear from the beginning th...

New Zealand nurses vote on third sellout offer About 30,000 nurses, healthcare assistants and hospital-based midwives are currently voting on a third pay offer from New Zealand’s District Health Boards (DHBs). Voting ends tomorrow. Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) held an eight-hour nationwide strike on June 9 after rejecting two previous offers that would have lifted wages by just 1.38 percent, less than half the current rate of inflation. The NZNO provoked widespread anger among nurses when it cancelled a strike scheduled for July 29 before presenting the new propos...