About 30,000 nurses in New Zealand walked off their jobs on Wednesday (Jun 9) in a nationwide eight-hour strike after negotiations with the government for better pay and working conditions failed.
The strike action came after the New Zealand Nurses Organization rejected a 1.4% pay hike proposed by the District Health Board earlier this week.
The government says the nurses’ demands amounted to a 17% increase that it can"t afford, but pledged to continue negotiations.