Nurses

Burnt-out nurses are being told to seek help from one another because of high demand for external counselling services.

The nurses union says the government has not told them about any plans to boost… Audio

Nurses are set to walk off the job three more times in as many months over pay and working conditions.

Last month, 30,000 healthcare workers, mostly nurses, took to the streets in a nationwide… Audio

DHB nurses have voted to strike again, potentially three more times.

The strikes will be on July 29 for 24 hours, an eight-hour strike on August 19 and another 24-hour strike on September 9.

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Joining us on the Weekend Panel today are Lavina Good, and Richard Harman They look at the movie being made about the CHCH mosque shootings, the vaccine rollout, and Auckland being crowned as the… Audio

Rallies and picket lines are organised across the country and tomorrow nurses will strike after negotiations with district health boards reached a stalemate.

At least 30,000 nurses will take part in… Audio

As 30,000 nurses nationwide prepare to to walk off the job tomorrow, Australian medical agencies are actively recruiting some of them. Negotiations between the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and… Audio

We first caught up with New Zealand expat Jackie Miller in Liguria, Italy, for our Calling Home segment in February 2020. Jackie returns for an update on life in a Covid-19 danger zone. Audio

Thousands of general practice nurses are striking around the country today as they bid for equal pay with hospital colleagues.

Rallies are currently being held in the country's main centres, with… Audio

Covid-19 numbers in Victoria are finally dropping. Meanwhile, Australia PM Scott Morrison says he is open to the idea of Christchurch mosque gunman serving out his sentence across the Tasman. Rebekah… Audio

Nurses Organisation Kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says nurses on the frontline are being abused and bearing the brunt of anxious people waiting in long lines at community testing centres for Covid-19… Audio

Research NZ's latest survey asked Kiwis to rate their trust and confidence in a number of occupations and professions. The news is good for emergency service workers, but not so good for… Audio

The Nurses Society is raising alarm bells over some members working in public and private hospitals - while also doing extra shifts in quarantine and managed isolation facilities. Geneva Healthcare… Audio

Today is International Nurses Day with aged care sector nurses in the spotlight. Rhonda Sherriff joins the show, she's a member of the New Zealand Aged Care Association Nursing Leadership Group and… Audio

We're still hearing about patient trials of the Remdesivir and Hydroxychloroquine for treatment of Covid-19 patients, but Nobel Prize-winning professor Peter Doherty says neither option is shaping as… Audio

Sir Michael Morpurgo believes that once the Covid-19 pandemic is beaten, the world will be a kinder, more compassionate place. The War Horse author joins the show to discuss the pandemic and the light… Audio

There are major concerns across medical circles about the lack of Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment for hundreds of frontline staff - and warnings to District Health Boards that this could cost… Audio

The Medical Council and Nursing Council are the organisations charged with accelerating re-certification and re-registration of doctors and nurses offering to return to the frontline. Kathryn talks… Audio

Last week, Jackie Miller joined the show for our Calling Home segment, where she told listeners about her lifestyle in the Liguria region of Italy. Seven days later she is living in a Covid-19 danger… Audio

Mike Hall is a pilot for New Zealand aviation company, Airwork, and has recently been on a humanitarian mission in Mozambique following the Cyclone Idai disaster.  Audio, Gallery

The First World War caused the largest global mobilisation of people the world had ever seen and for New Zealanders the distance traveled was especially significant. But it wasn't just soldiers that… Audio, Gallery