Allied health workers are a group of 10,000 workers across 70 professions such as anaesthetic technicians, oral health therapists, alcohol and drug clinicians and sterile sciences technicians, the statement said.
The statement said as of Friday, it had not received an offer that would pay this group of "overworked and undervalued workers" what they deserved.
"In the meantime, many of these 10,000 workers can't pay the bills and are leaving for higher paid jobs at KFC, or being actively recruited by Australian health agencies.
"We will be taking industrial action from Monday, and will continue to do so until the employers bring an offer to the table that truly recognises the value of these workers."
A Lakes District Health Board spokesperson said industrial action would result in the disruption of allied services. It could also impact some inpatient services and outpatient clinics where allied staff were required would need to be deferred.
When asked what the board was doing to minimise the impact on patients, the spokesperson said the board worked with the national contingency planner and a business continuity plan.
Local contingency planners worked with the departments to ensure the safety of patients was "ongoing" where services were impacted, the spokesperson said.
This included any life-preserving services agreements required with the Public Service Association.
Bay of Plenty District Health Board allied health, scientific and technical executive director Sarah Mitchell said the action taking place was a "work-to-rule" action. During this period, the board would ensure services continued as normal.
No cancellations would occur during this work-to-rule period, she said.
Keriana Brooking, chief executive of Hawke's Bay District Health Board and spokeswoman for the DHBs on the matter, said the Employment Relations Authority has provided a series of recommendations on how the current pay talks between DHBs and the PSA might be settled.
DHBs were reviewing the recommendations with urgency and hope to finalise a formal offer of settlement for PSA members to consider as soon as possible, she said.
"We have agreed some substantive improvements for this workforce in bargaining and appreciate the ERA's assistance which provides a way to approach the outstanding matters.
"DHBs and the PSA are both keen to address issues of low pay for this workforce and reaching an agreement to settle these pay talks so we can focus our efforts and energy on resolving the Allied Pay Equity claim for this group.
"We acknowledge bargaining has been protracted and both PSA members and DHBs have been waiting for some time.
"DHBs hope to prevent further action and that the offer being finalised now will result in the lifting of the strike action."
