Nurses are being paid $500 per night to work an evening shift as the staffing crisis around the health sector continues under Omicron.
Hospitalisations and deaths associated with the Covid-19 pandemic are continuing to rise.
On Wednesday there were 971 hospitalisations and 24 deaths, taking the total number of publicly reported deaths to 141.
Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the Auckland hospital numbers should have peaked, where staffing is tighest.
