Thousands of hospital workers will walk off the job on Monday after rejecting a last-minute offer by their health board employers.
The strike of 10,000 "allied health" workers in district health boards will begin at midnight Sunday and last 24 hours, their union, the Public Service Association, said.
Hospital workers under the "Allied Health" multi-employer agreement include laboratory and anaesthetic technicians, oral health therapists, alcohol and drug clinicians and sterile sciences technicians.
They don't include doctors, nurses or midwives.
The move came after an offer by district health boards was rejected by the union this afternoon.