Nurses make up almost half of the 29 staff at Middlemore Hospital being forced to isolate after contact with a Covid-19 case.
Eleven doctors and 13 nurses cannot be at work for a fortnight after a man was confirmed to have the virus a day after he was admitted to hospital.
New Zealand Nurses' Organisation kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku told reporter Charlotte Cook having that many nurses off the job for two weeks is going to have an enormous impact.
