Nurses are on strike nationwide after voting to reject the latest district health board pay offer.

A further round of talks between the Nurses Organisation and district health boards yesterday failed to avert the industrial action - the first strike by nurses in 30 years.

Nurses striking in Christchurch. Photo / Dan Dalgety The strike at Auckland Hospital. Photo / Dan Cook Nurses striking at Middlemore. Photo / Claire Eastham-Farrelly Nurses striking at Middlemore. Photo / Claire Eastham-Farrelly The strike at Auckland Hospital. Photo / Dan Cook The strike at Auckland Hospital. Photo / Dan Cook The strike at Wellington Hospital. Photo / Richard Tindiller Strike action at Whangarei Hospital. Photo / Edward Gay

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