An Auckland nurse says a bonus being offered to already tired nurses has been snapped up but left nurses even more exhausted.
Nurses, midwives and others employed by the region's district health boards have been given an extra $500 allowance on top of their normal pay for extra shifts overnight.
A nurses' union delegate at Waitemata DHB, Di McCulloch, says the payment is about to end but it shows the DHBs know how critically short staffing is.
She spoke to Guyon Espiner.
