Striking nurses listen to speeches in The Octagon in Dunedin today. Photos: Gerard O'Brien : Nurses take strike action for 8 hours

ICU nurse and union delegate Debbie Robinson. : Nurses take strike action for 8 hours

Anne Daniels, NZNO delegate for Emergency Department nurses. : Nurses take strike action for 8 hours

New Zealand Nurses Organisation members walked off the job at 11am, after talks to settle their collective wage agreement collapsed. : Nurses take strike action for 8 hours

Glenda Alexander, NZNO's Industrial Services Coordinator. : Nurses take strike action for 8 hours

Frances Weaver, a Health Care Assistant on the surgical ward at Dunedin Hospital. : Nurses take strike action for 8 hours