About 50 theatre nurses and healthcare assistants at Whangārei Hospital are striking over their ongoing pay dispute with Health New Zealand. Delays in replacing a fire station in Tauranga at "significant" risk of partial collapse in an earthquake are putting people at risk and causing "intolerable" stress for union members. Combining the roles of cleaners and security guards into one job at two rural Waikato hospitals has left staff worried about their own safety and that of patients. General practitioners will get up to 13.89 percent more funding this year in a new agreement the government hopes will eventually lead to faster care.
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