File photo: RNZThe Nurses Organisation union (NZNO) has agreed to consider the government's pay offer and lifted a two-day strike notice. An agreement to take the offer to members was announced this afternoon and the August strike notice has been lifted. Health Minister Andrew Little said he would not go into full detail but it was an improved pay offer with two pay components. Little said lifting the strike notice was a positive move towards settling district health board nurses' pay claims. "There's an agreed date from which pay equity will take effect and that is December 2019 ... there will be a back pay."

Source: Otago Daily Times July 16, 2021 05:15 UTC