Senior doctors and dentists at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike for 48 hours on Tuesday 23 September and Wednesday 24 September. Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only. GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strike and will continue to operate as normal.
About the strike
Places where you can give birth — Canterbury
There are a range of options for where and how you give birth in Canterbury. Canterbury has 5 primary birthing units and a tertiary facility in central Christchurch.
Choices for giving birth in Canterbury
People with complex pregnancies or who prefer to give birth in a hospital can go to Christchurch Women's Hospital. Our primary (community) birthing units are for women who have no complications during pregnancy and want a vaginal birth without intervention.