WEATHER UPDATE: All strikes are still going ahead, but some rallies are cancelled or have moved venues because of strong weather warnings.
Click the link below to jump to our table of updated rally details.
If you're a striking member and your local rally is cancelled, you should still undertake your strike action.
Table of rally details
Nearly 17,000 PSA health members – including allied health staff; mental and public health nurses; home support workers; and policy, knowledge, advisory, and specialist workers – are striking for safe staffing, fair pay, and conditions to give quality care patients deserve.
Though we work in different parts of the health system, our collective bargaining faces similar challenges, caused by the Coalition Government's austerity approach:
- Health NZ’s offers don't address chronic understaffing issues that stop us providing the level of care patients deserve. Unsafe staffing means unsafe workplaces.
- Services are suffering from ridiculous recruitment delays. As a result, health workers are pulling double shifts and working unsustainably long hours. Both patients and workers are at risk.
- The pay offers are effectively pay cuts during a cost-of-living crisis. We risk losing more health workers to Australia.
Overworked and undervalued health workers cannot keep delivering the care patients need or deserve. Communities deserve timely care, at safely staffed services, in excellent clinics.
That’s why health workers are standing up for healthcare that looks after everyone.
If you're part of the striking groups, click the links below to find the information you need for your strike. Otherwise, keep reading for info on how you can support the strikes.
I’m covered by the Allied Health collective agreement.
I’m covered by a Mental Health and Public Health Nursing collective agreement.
I’m covered by the PAKS Collective Agreement.
I’m covered by the Home Care Support Workers West Coast I Te Tai Poutini District Collective Agreement.
Picket and rally information
See the table below for details of pickets and rallies for the day of the strike. We’ll post updates on this page and our social media.
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WEATHER UPDATE: All strikes are still going ahead, but some rallies are cancelled or have moved venues because of strong weather warnings.
If you're a striking member and your local rally is cancelled, you should still undertake your strike action.
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| City |
Time |
Location |
| Kaitaia |
10.30am-12pm |
10.30am – Assemble at Te Ahu cnr SH 1 & Mathews
11am – March to old Pak n Save carpark
11.30am – Rally
12pm – Finish |
| Whangārei |
11.30am-1pm |
11.30am – Assemble Laurie Hall Park carpark
12pm – March to Town Basin
12.30pm – Rally at grassed area by Rayburn House Lane
1pm – Finish |
| Auckland |
12-2pm |
12pm – Assemble in Aotea Square
1pm – March down Queen St
1.45pm – Closing at Komititanga Square
This event has NZSL interpreters |
| West Auckland |
7.30-9.30am |
Corner of Lincoln Road and Universal Road. |
| Thames |
11am-1pm |
11am – Whānau friendly event in Porrit Park
11.30am – Formalities
12pm – Form a human wall along the Queen St side of the park, followed by a hīkoi to Scott Simpson’s office |
| Hamilton |
11.30am-1.30pm |
11.30am – Meet at Band Rotunda, Victoria Street
11.45am – March to Garden Place
12.30pm – Speeches at Garden Place
1.30pm – Finish
This event has NZSL interpreters |
| Taupō |
10.30am-1pm |
10.30am – Gather on Taupō Primary School back field opposite Taupō medical centre
11.25am – Karakia Timatanga
11.30am – Hīkoi
12.15pm – Rally at the I Love Taupō sign
12.30pm – Speeches
12.50pm – Karakia Whakamutunga |
| Tūrangi |
11am-1pm |
Gather at Tūrangi Bridge |
| Taumarunui |
11.30am |
Picket at at Hakiaha Street, outside the Main Street playground (Taumarunui public toilets) |
| Tokoroa |
11am-1pm |
11:00am – Skate Park (corner of O’Sullivan Drive and Roslin Street) |
| Tauranga |
11am-1.30pm |
11am – Meet at Memorial Park
11.30am – Speeches then sign waving
This event has NZSL interpreters |
| Te Kūiti |
11am |
Outside The Warehouse, 31 Rora Street |
| Whakatāne |
11am-3pm |
11.30am – Gather at Council Buildings, Commerce St. Hikoi along The Strand to Wharaurangi for rally and speeches |
| Rotorua |
11am-1.30pm |
11am – Various meeting points then travel to Village Green
11.30am – Arrive at Village Green
12pm – Speeches, sign waving, kai etc
This event has NZSL interpreters |
| Gisborne |
11am-1pm |
Rally at Heipipi Park then march through town finishing at Kelvin Park. |
| Wairoa |
8.30-9.30am |
Gather at the lighthouse, then travel to Gisborne or Napier to join the larger action. |
| Hawke's Bay |
11am-1pm |
11am – Gather at Napier Sound Shell
11.30am – Speakers
12.15pm – March down Emerson Street to Clive Square
1pm – Finish |
| New Plymouth |
11am-1pm |
Rally at the Puke Ariki Landing. Street March through the CBD – Ariki Street – Egmont St – Devon St East – Gover St-Gill St – Ariki St and back to the Puke Ariki Landing |
| Palmerston North |
11.15am-1pm |
Meet at Railway Land Reserve, and march down Church Street to the cenotaph for a rally. |
| Whanganui |
11.30am-1.30pm |
11.30am – Meet at the town bridge and march up Victoria Avenue to Majestic Square
12.30pm – Rally at Majestic Square
1.30pm – Finish |
| Wellington |
12-2pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Levin |
11.15am-1pm |
11.15am – Meet at the Adventure Park (93 Oxford Street, Levin)
11.30am – March through town and back to the Adventure Park
12.30-1pm – Finish |
| Wairarapa |
11am-1pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Nelson |
11.30am-1.30pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Takaka/Golden Bay |
7.30am |
Picket outside Golden Bay High, meeting at Village Green |
| Motueka |
7.30-9.30am |
7:30am – Occupy both sides of road by Toad Hall (chants, placards, megaphones)
8:30am – Move to space outside Motueka Museum for more of the same |
| Blenheim |
11am-2.30pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Greymouth |
11.30am |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Hokitika |
|
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Christchurch |
11.00am-1.30pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Te Tai o Poutini |
9am-2.30pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Mid Canterbury |
11.30am-2pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| South Canterbury |
11.30am-2pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Oamaru |
10-11am |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Alexandra |
11am-1pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Wanaka |
11am-12pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Queenstown |
12-2pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Dunedin |
11.45am-1.30pm |
NEW VENUE
Edgar Centre (confirmed) meet at 11:45am – Rally start will be 12 noon |
| Balclutha |
11am-1pm |
NEW VENUE
Inside Te Pou. |
| Cromwell |
11.30am-1pm |
CANCELLED due to weather |
| Hokonui/Gore |
11am-1pm |
Meet at Eccles St playground for a march to the Trout – Rally at 12 noon |
| Invercargill |
11.30am-1.30pm |
NEW VENUE
ILT Stadium Southland |
Resources
Check out posters, flyers, signs, and more for you to use to spread the word about the strikes.
Posters
Stand together for health poster
Flyers
Stand together for health flyer
A3 signs
Care for us to care for you
Health cuts don't heal
Pay fair for care (green)
Pay fair for care (pink)
Public health for the people
Safe staffing saves lives
Stand together for health
Email signatures
Blue email signature
Green email signature
Orange email signature
Solidarity social media tiles
Green background, pink text
Green background, white text
Green background, orange text
Orange background, pink text
Orange background, green text
Orange background, white text
Pink background, green text
Pink background, orange text
Pink background, white text
