NZNO nurses’ strike Friday 13 December 1-5pm
09/12/2024
New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) union has advised of further strike action planned by its members who include nurses, healthcare assistants (HCAs) and some midwives.
Rolling four-hour strikes are planned for different districts on different days from 10 to 19 December, 1-5pm.
At Rotorua and Taupō Hospitals this is Friday 13 December from 1.00pm to 5.00pm.
Our hospitals and healthcare services will continue to provide acute and emergency care throughout the strikes with the help of other clinical staff. This includes maternity care, intensive care, emergency department care, and ambulance services.
Anyone staying in hospital during the strike action will still receive the care and support they need.
Do not delay in seeking help if you or someone else is in a serious or life-threatening condition.
Our emergency departments will remain open, and we will continue to provide all our emergency services.
If you have a medical emergency, or a sudden decline of your health, do not delay seeking help. Call 111 or go to your nearest emergency department immediately.
Unfortunately, some appointments will need to be rescheduled. If you have an appointment booked for the day of a strike, come to your appointment as normal, unless we have contacted you directly to reschedule.
Our nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants (HCAs) are a highly valued part of our workforce and are committed to caring for our patients. We their right to take industrial action and know the decision to strike is a very difficult one.
Rolling strikes will be on the following days at the following hospitals:
- Auckland: Tuesday 10 December, 1 to 5pm
- South Canterbury: Wednesday 11 December, 1 to 5pm
- Southern: Wednesday 11 December, 1 to 5pm
- Counties Manukau: Thursday 12 December, 1 to 5pm
- Whanganui: Thursday 12 December, 1 to 5pm
- Wairarapa: Thursday 12 December, 1 to 5pm
- Bay of Plenty: Friday 13 December, 1 to 5pm
- Lakes: Friday 13 December, 1 to 5pm
- Hutt Valley: Friday 13 December, 1 to 5pm
- MidCentral: Monday 16 December, 1 to 5pm
- Taranaki: Tuesday 17 December, 1 to 5pm
- Tairāwhiti: Tuesday 17 December, 1 to 5pm
- Northland: Tuesday 17 December, 1 to 5pm
- Waitematā: Tuesday 17 December, 1 to 5pm
- Waikato: Tuesday 17 December, 1 to 5pm
- Nelson-Marlborough: Wednesday 18 December, 1 to 5pm
- Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley: Wednesday 18 December, 1 to 5pm
- Hawke’s Bay: Thursday 19 December, 1-5pm
- Canterbury: Thursday 19 December, 1-5 pm
- West Coast: Thursday 19 December, 1-5pm.