Junior doctors are accusing their employers of wasting millions of dollars coping with strikes over their employment contract.
A junior doctors' strike outside Auckland Hospital in January. Photo: RNZ / Matthew Theunisson
Members of the Resident Doctors' Association are to go on strike for five days from Monday.
They have already held four two-day strikes since mid-January.
The union said details released under the Official Information Act showed district health boards spent $15 million on healthcare workers, including senior doctors, to provide cover during the strikes.
Re-scheduling operations and other services cost Auckland DHB more than $1.5m, the union said.
Health boards said strikes always created costs and these would be avoided if the union cancelled the next strike.