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Maranga Mai – Rise Up! We Need Nurses! Saturday 15 April 2023

On Saturday 15 April the Maritime Union of New Zealand will be supporting nurses and other health care workers at rallies throughout New Zealand.

Our health sys­tem is in cri­sis. Peo­ple are not get­ting the health care they need due to mas­sive short­ages of nurs­es and oth­er health care work­ers in hos­pi­tals and the com­mu­ni­ty. Even worse, the nurs­es and health care work­ers we do have aren’t prop­er­ly val­ued for the amaz­ing work they do.

This April 15 we’re tak­ing action. We’re call­ing on polit­i­cal par­ties to com­mit to more nurs­es and bet­ter pay. Come and join us at your local ral­ly, to get us the health sys­tem we deserve.

NZNO mem­bers have solu­tions that will fix this cri­sis. This elec­tion year we need to make sure we are heard.

On Sat­ur­day 15 April we’re tak­ing action. NZNO will be hold­ing com­mu­ni­ty ral­lies across Aotearoa. We’re call­ing on polit­i­cal par­ties to com­mit to more nurs­es and bet­ter pay. Come and join us at your local ral­ly, to get us the health sys­tem we deserve.

The ral­lies will be com­mu­ni­ty-friend­ly events.  Whanau and chil­dren are wel­come!

Con­firmed ral­ly loca­tions 

Kaita­ia 11am-1pm Gath­er at the old Ware­house Carpark, 11 Matthews Avenue, Kaita­ia for the ral­ly with speech­es, peti­tion-sign­ing and then whanau time.
Rawene 11am-1pm Gath­er at the Boat Ramp Carpark, 5 Clen­don Esplanade, Rawene for the ral­ly with speech­es, peti­tion-sign­ing and then whanau time.
Kerik­eri 11am-1pm Gath­er out­side the ANZ Bank, cor­ner of Kerik­eri Road and Fair­way Dri­ve, ral­ly with speech­es, gath­er sig­na­tures on peti­tion, then whanau time.
Whangarei 11am-1pm Gath­er at Patahi Park, Town Basin (next to the Canopy Bridge). Ral­ly with speech­es then whanau time with activ­i­ties (BYO pic­nic lunch).
Dar­gav­ille 11am-1pm Gath­er at Countdown/The Ware­house Carpark, Vic­to­ria Street, Dar­gav­ille, then speech­es fol­lowed by fun and whanau activ­i­ties.
Auck­land 11am-2pm Gath­er at Myers Park (371–381 Upper Queen Street entrance) from 10.30am; march from Myers Park to Auck­land Domain. Ral­ly with speech­es then whanau time with kai at Auck­land Domain.
Hamil­ton 11am-1pm Gath­er at Hamil­ton Gar­dens, Cob­ham Dri­ve (Rose Gar­den side near the Play­gound and Rotun­da by gate 2 entrance and carpark).  BYO pic­nic and join togeth­er for speech­es, activ­i­ties, kai and music.
Tau­ran­ga 11am-1pm Gath­er at NZNO Car Park, Tau­ran­ga.  Hikoi from NZNO Offices 141 Cameron Road, Tau­ran­ga to The Strand and back, stop­ping at Hairy Maclary park and Red Square.  Return to NZNO for speech­es, kai and refresh­ments.  FREE Park­ing avail­able at 94 Durham Street carpark build­ing.  Please do NOT park at NZNO.
Whakatane 11am-1pm Gath­er at Wha­rau­ran­gi, the Strand, for Ral­ly and Speech­es.
Gis­borne 11am-2pm Gath­er at Heip­ipi park from 10am; march from Heip­ipi Park to Kelvin Park at 11am; ral­ly with speech­es then whanau time.
Palmer­ston North 11am-1pm Pic­nic in The Square. Bring your own food and join in the activ­i­ties.
Mas­ter­ton 11am-1pm Meet at Town Hall Square. Bring a pic­nic, your fam­i­ly and a chair.
Welling­ton 11am-1pm Gath­er at Civic Square, march to Par­lia­ment, then speech­es fol­lowed by BYO pic­nic, music and face paint­ing.
Nel­son 11am-1pm Gath­er at Tahu­nanui Beach, behind the Nightin­gale Memo­r­i­al Library, then speech­es fol­lowed by fun and whanau activ­i­ties.
Blenheim 11am-1pm Gath­er in Sey­mour Square, 37 Sey­mour St.
Kaik­oura 11am-1pm Gath­er at the Esplanade oppo­site Dol­phin Encounter.
Christchurch 11am-1pm Gath­er at Bridge of Remem­brance for march to Vic­to­ria Square, then speech­es at Vic­to­ria Square fol­lowed by fun and whanau activ­i­ties.
Ash­bur­ton 11am-1pm Meet at the BBQ area in Ash­bur­ton Domain for the ral­ly and a free sausage siz­zle.
Dunedin 11am-1pm Gath­er at First Church for march to the Octa­gon, then speech­es fol­lowed by fun and whanau activ­i­ties.
Inver­cargill 11am-12pm Gath­er at the Gala Street Reserve.

 

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