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'Exhausted' doctors strike after three-year 'pay freeze': 'We want to feel valued'
Senior doctors say the demands of their work have risen "exponentially".
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Focus: Doctors on strike
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More than 5000 senior doctors, dentists strike today
More strikes are planned for the coming weeks.
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Māori health inequity - where do parties stand?
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'We’re desperate and we’re exhausted': Doctors and dentists strike
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Industrial action looms over the next government following medical strike threats
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C-section catastrophe: Patient's 18-month agony - dinner plate-sized tool left in abdomen
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Senior doctors to strike on Tuesday after union rejects offer
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'She clearly cannot be relied on to be honest': Suspended nurse lied on Australian job applications
Maryam Rashidi wasn’t allowed to practise in NZ, so she tried her luck over the ditch.
Auckland woman accused of faking her illness has died
Stephanie Aston, who battled the health system for years, has died.
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The dos and don’ts of taking antibiotics
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Fisher & Paykel’s 30-year master plan requires 'discipline'
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Matt Heath: I finally got Covid - why we need a Willie Apiata when we're unwell
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Revealed: Police discretion, drug use prosecutions, and which way the punitive pendulum is swinging
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Revealed: Babies died of syphilis after ‘missed opportunities’
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Labour bites back with new voter bait as parties prepare for final weeks
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'We don't want to do this': Senior doctors striking for better pay
"Doctors are well-paid, but that’s not the issue."
‘We don’t need this bull***t’: Mental health service shake-up prompts backlash from exhausted staff
Demoralised employees in Wellington say proposed reforms won’t help a system in crisis.
More than 5000 senior doctors, dentists to strike on Tuesday
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How I turned my midlife crisis into a fresh start
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