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Elizabeth Alice

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Elizabeth Alice is a nurse, writer and mother. She lives on the west coast of the lower North Island with her husband and two beautiful sons.

Nurses march from Christchurch Public Hospital to Cathedral Square during the 2002 nurses’ strike. (Photo by Paddy Dillon/Getty Images)

What nurses are fighting for

Having voted down a 2% pay offer from district health boards, nurses will soon decide whether to instigate a strike. In a post first published on Facebook, nurse Elizabeth Alice explains why they're not backing down.

By Elizabeth Alice | 27th March, 2018