The Treaty Principles Bill is top of the agenda, with the Bill being considered by cabinet today. This comes after 440 Christian leaders signed an open letter opposing the Bill. In union and employment news, FIRST Union are advocating for Woolworths staff who were underpaid, Tramways are supporting an Auckland bus driver who was attacked, and the PPTA are raising the alarm about new literacy and numeracy testing requirements under NCEA. In political and economic news, there remains a focus on wealth taxes and Labour’s policy manifesto, ACT are opposing new supermarket regulations, and new research shows long covid could be costing the country $2bn annually.
Union coverage
- FIRST: Hundreds of Woolworths staff incorrectly paid for months after adopting new system
- Tramways: Auckland bus driver ‘badly shaken’ after being attacked by passenger
- PPTA: Porirua College cancels NCEA test amid rising stress, principal says
Employment
Politics
- Controversial Treaty Principles Bill to be considered by Cabinet on Monday
- Treaty Principles Bill: 440 Christian leaders sign open letter asking MPs to vote no
- Sentencing for KiwiRail for drifting ferry
- ACT pledges pushback on supermarket crackdown
- Officials raise alarm after McKee makes rapid gun law change
- ‘Risky, expensive and confusing’ – councils challenge government’s proposed speed limit changes
- 80 percent chance of another Cyclone Gabrielle in next 50 years, Treasury says
- ‘Traditional Labour’: Hipkins signals party revival, tax policy pivot
- Greens co-leader Marama Davidson ‘in the thick of it’ with cancer treatment
Te Ao Māori
- Kiingi Tuheitia’s tangihanga: Epic broadcast marks new epoch for te ao Māori
- ‘Te Māori reawoke all the arts that had been hiding away quietly’: Te Māori exhibition 40 years on
- Councils vs Government in battle over Māori wards
Economics
- Billionaire Mainfreight co-founder Bruce Plested backs wealth tax – with a catch
- Inland Revenue giving thousands of taxpayers’ details to social media platforms for ad campaigns
- Long covid could be costing the economy $2b a year, research says