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Christchurch Hospital beds sitting empty due to nurse shortage
Beds at Christchurch hospital are sitting empty because there are not enough nurses.
Medical staff there say a stretched workforce is now at breaking point.
Conan Young reports. Audio
Marine sector worried superyachts moored in NZ will leave
The marine sector is worried the 20 foreign superyachts moored here will sail to Australia, which lets vessels in from New Zealand without quarantine.
The Marine Industry Association is in talks with… Audio
Evening business for 10 June 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Age Concern discusses cases of elderly abuse
An elderly Auckland woman is facing a desperate fight for her home after her daughter allegedly tricked her into signing away her ownership of the property. Age Concern's Auckland chief executive… Video, Audio
Elderly woman fights to keep home after daughter's deceit
An elderly Auckland woman is facing a desperate fight for her home after her daughter allegedly tricked her into signing away her ownership of the property.
The woman's case is one of thousands that… Video, Audio
El Salvador makes bitcoin legal tender in world first
El Salvador has become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.
Hawke's Bay iwi wants more investment to curb homelessness
Iwi in Te-Matau-a-Māui are calling for the government to invest in their rohe so they can further develop housing to curb homelessness and invest in the future of their descendants.
This comes as the… Audio
Nurses on heading back to negotiations after strike
Nurses and district health boards will touch base today to work out what happens from here after thousands took part in yesterday's nationwide strike over poor pay and staff shortages.
Glenda… Audio
DHBs promise to get back to negotiations with nurses
District Health Boards are promising to get back around the table with nurses following an eight-hour strike by nurses yesterday over pay.
Tens of thousands of DHB-employed nurses and their… Audio
Nurses keen to get back to bargaining after strike
Nurses say they're keen to get back to bargaining and find a solution to their row with their District Health Board employers over pay.
Tens of thousands of nurses and supporters took to the streets… Audio
Nurse labels pay negotiations 'frustrating'
Nurses and district health boards say they'll make plans today to resume negotiations after strikes and rallies all over the country.
Nurses walked off the job for eight hours, instead venting their… Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 10 June 2021
Ten-thousand temporary work visas are extended to help ease labour shortages - we speak to Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi New Zealanders caught in Melbourne's Covid lockdown start returning home… Audio
Ōtorohanga victorious as council backs down on pokies policy
Locals in the King Country town of Ōtorohanga are claiming victory after forcing district councillors to backtrack on their plan to relax a clampdown on poker machines.
The debate over the… Audio
Healthcare assistant on why she's unhappy with latest DHB offer
At 11am on Wednesday nurses will down tools to join marches and pickets across the country in a attempt to force a breakthrough in their dispute over pay and working conditions.
Nearly all elective… Audio
Health Minister Andrew Little on upcoming nurses' strike
Tens of thousands of nurses will walk off the job tomorrow for an eight-hour strike over better pay and staffing levels.
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation overwhelmingly voted to reject… Audio
Nurses Organisation on why latest offer not enough
Nurses are set to walk of the job for eight hours on Wednesday.
Negotiations between their union, the Nurses Organisation, and District Health Boards stalled, and nurses rejected the latest offer on… Audio
Nurses to strike for eight hours tomorrow
Tomorrow thousands of nurses across the country will go on strike for 8 hours over what they're calling unsafe staffing levels and poor pay.
Negotiations between their union, the Nurses Organisation… Audio
DHB restructure should be halted until nurses sorted - National
Thirty-thousand nurses will strike for eight hours on Wednesday after rejecting a second pay offer in their current round of collective bargaining.
The Nurse's Organisation says nurses are leaving… Audio
Experienced nurse fears for future of profession
A nurse of 43 years says she fears for the future of her profession.
Thirty-thousand nurses voted to go on strike for eight hours tomorrow after they resoundly rejected the last-minute pay offer from… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 8 June 2021
Nurses are set to strike for eight hours tomorrow New Zealand food exporters are facing a crisis as shipping routes are cancelled and coolstores reach capacity A government review could spell the end… Audio