Writes was joined by her tiny canine friend, Pipatita, breed “menace”, and human friend, nurse and NZNO member Catriona Fay for the hīkoi up Molesworth St.
Writes said she was there on behalf of her entire whānau, “because we absolutely love the nurses”.
“They have saved our baby’s life, and been part of our child’s life for 12 years now, giving him care for over a decade.”
She said she stood with the nurses, midwives and health-care assistants. “We 100 per cent support them in everything they do — and it’s not fair they’re being treated the way they are.

More than 36,000 Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) members turned out in force on Wednesday around Aotearoa as a 24-hour strike launched.
Writes said health-care staff in Health NZ were “incredible” and the country needed them.
She said from the moment her son was born he needed health-care. “He’s had many, many surgeries from when he was a baby — just two weeks ago he had surgery.”
Every single time they had been in hospitals, the nurses and health-care assistants had been “incredible”.

“They have become like family to us. we see all of the sacrifices they make, we see the long hours they do, we see the pressure that’s on them because of poor resourcing. And we see them give and give and give.
“They truly are like family to us, and we stand with family.”