MERAS union midwives on strike outside Hawke's Bay Hospital. Video / Warren BucklandBy RNZSix district health boards (DHBs) have cancelled non-urgent caesarean births and other surgical procedures today during an eight-hour strike by midwives. Capital and Coast, Hutt and Nelson-Marlborough will strike tomorrow between 11am and 7pm, and all DHB midwives will strike between 8am and 8pm next Thursday, August 19. MERAS union midwives strike in Auckland. "LPS is on a voluntary basis, and midwives that agree to cover LPS duties are enabling their MERAS colleagues to strike.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 11, 2021 05:03 UTC