Fight Back for Health

Fight Back for Health - health workers are taking a stand

Despite chronically difficult working conditions, health workers give their all for patients and whānau. But this Government has made historic attacks on our health system. They’ve proposed massive health cuts, increased private companies’ role in health care, and made staffing shortages worse.

Doctors, administrators, medical receptionists, nurses, midwives, health care assistants, radiologists, technicians, support workers, and so many more are fighting back together for a health system resourced to care for all, and look after the workers behind every surgery, immunization, and appointment.

We're sending a clear message to those in power:

Stop the health cuts
We call on the Government for safe staffing
We call on the Government to respect kaimahi Māori and honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi by allowing for culturally-appropriate and mana-enhancing care
We demand pay equity

Fight Back for Health - May Day 2025

FIGHT BACK FOR HEALTH May Day events were organised by the health unions and held across Aotearoa on 1 May.

‘It’s chaos — nurses, doctors brave weather bomb to strike, rally over ‘dangerous’ health system
Kaitiaki Nursing New Zealand, 2 May 2025
Gisborne healthcare workers join hikoi, protest working conditions
Te Karere, 1 May 2025
‘Crisis’ on the horizon as police pull back from mental health callouts
The Post, 3 May 2025
Unions join on May Day to call for recognition of workers’ rights
The Post, 1 May 2025
Nationwide healthcare strike under way, thousands of procedures affected
NZ Herald, 1 May 2025

Ōtautahi/Canterbury Hui for Health

The Ōtautahi Hui for Health was held on 15 May.

Click here to watch the livestream

Waitematā Hui for Health

The Waitematā Hui for Health was held on 16 April.

Click here to watch the livestream and see photos from the hui

Kaitiaki coverage of speakers from the hui: