23/10/2025
Why Your Local Pharmacy Hasn’t Been on Strike Today
Today, thousands of health workers & teachers marched for fair pay, safe staffing, and better funding.
We’d love to have been there too — but we couldn’t.
Over 90% of pharmacists work in community pharmacies — small locally owned businesses.
If we took collective action, the Commerce Commission could treat it as cartel-like behaviour under competition law.
So while others took to the streets, we were behind the counter — cheering them on, dispensing medicines, and keeping our doors open.
Not because we don’t care, but because if we closed, our community would pay the price.
Community pharmacy is under real pressure with Govt funding cuts, but we’re doing everything we can to stay here for you. ❤️
