NZNO nurses’ strikes planned for 2 and 4 September 2025
Nurses at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike from 7am to 11pm on both Tuesday 2 September and Thursday 4 September. Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only.
GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strikes and will continue to operate as normal.
registered health clinicians (such as. nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, counsellors, psychologists and psychiatrists)
Kaitakawaenga (Cultural Advisors)
youth peer support workers.
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