John MacDonald: Pay nurses what they're worth. Then they'll stay

I found a student flat this morning where everyone in the flat was awake before eight o’clock. Which was very useful. Because it's been a long time since I was in my early 20s, and I wanted to run National’s idea of paying off student loans to keep nurses and midwives in New Zealand after their study and training, past people who are studying right now.

And they made a very interesting point, which I’ll get to shortly.