What are the issues for NZ nurses that are leading them to strike? What is the pay equity settlement? Safer staffing concerns? Sick leave requests? The role of foreign-trained nurses? Wages demands?

I'm a doctor working in a public hospital alongside nurses every day, and even I didn't really know much about the strike issues. I sat down with Nurse Jill Mortimer (a member of the NZNO nurses' union) and asked her a bunch of questions and she did her best to bring me up to speed.

Hope it's as useful for educating you on the issues, as it was for me.

-gary

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