The Health Minister says issues such as pay parity for nurses delayed a campaign to bring in more from overseas. 

A recruitment drive for ICU nurses will begin later this week. 

Health Minister Andrew Little spoke about offshore recruiting in November, but it's only now getting off the ground. 

He told Heather du Plessis Allan some things needed to be in place first. 

“We concluded the collective bargaining negotiations at the end of last year, we’ve now got an agreement on principle on pay equity, and now we’re starting a recruitment campaign.” 

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