Hospital nurses have won significant pay increases through collective bargaining and pay equity wins in recent years. Between 2017 and 2023, hospital nurses pay has increased by 49% on average. That's an 8.2% average increase per year. Labour has increased funding for nurses outside Te Whatu Ora to help close the pay gap because we know that a nurse is a nurse wherever they choose to practice. There's a lot more work to do to ensure nurses are valued across the health system with both pay and conditions, however, these policies and funding lifts are a move in the right direction. We need to see Labour commit to full pay parity for nurses and implementing staffing ratios to ensure safe workloads and better patient care.