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'Be prepared': Health NZ issues warning as 36,000 nurses plan to strike

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Publish Date
Tue, 29 Jul 2025, 6:18pm

'Be prepared': Health NZ issues warning as 36,000 nurses plan to strike

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 29 Jul 2025, 6:18pm

Tens of thousands of nurses will walk off the job tomorrow.

Last-ditch talks between Health NZ and the country's biggest nurses' union have failed to stop a nationwide strike.

Health NZ estimates more than 4,000 planned procedures and specialist appointments will have to be postponed.

National Chief Medical Officer, Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard, says essential services will continue - but warns people needing non-emergency care should contact their GP or Healthline first.

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