In union news, the Postal Workers Union is worried a scam that has conned New Zealanders out of millions of dollars is circulating for a fourth time, while FIRST are working with Woolworths to redeploy staff following the announced closure of a store in Tauranga. Latest SEEK data shows that both job ads and applications have dropped. In political news, the Government is signaling changes to the Public Works Act, and have given more information on their overhaul of the Resource Management Act. The Solicitor-General has reversed their decision on trying to address Māori inequities in prosecutions, following backlash from the Government and others.
Union coverage
- PWU: Postal union warns of fourth scam that has defrauded millions
- FIRST: Tauranga’s Woolworths Greerton store to close next month
- Fight to save the ‘temple of Labour’
Employment
- Workers’ rights are being eroded – Sasha Borissenko
- Stanford looks to trusted employers to help unblock work visas logjam
- Job ads, applications both drop: ‘It’s still a pretty subdued market’
- Sir Brian Roche says the public service needs to ‘simplify’
- Māori and Pasifika women working for ‘free’ for the rest of the year from today
Politics
- Government signals coming changes to land-acquiring Public Works Act
- The big change to the Resource Management Act very little is known about
- Govt’s wasteful spending claims ‘misleading’ – Greens
- Glucose monitors for diabetes have finally been funded – but there’s a problem
- Wellington City Council intervention claims run ahead of the facts
- Outgoing Police Commissioner says he was misunderstood at times
- Health NZ managers ate $9000 of canapés as financial crisis loomed
Te Ao Māori
- Solicitor-General reverses prosecution guidelines requiring consideration of impact on Māori after backlash
- Community celebrates 21 te reo Māori names for significant sites
Economics
- Last-minute plan ‘will halt dairy expansion’ in Canterbury
- Five years for ‘wiped out’ first-home buyers to get back on track