The Treaty Principles Bill has been introduced to Parliament, with its First Reading set down for next week. A large hīkoi is set to depart from Te Rerenga Wairua on Monday, with events planned as they head down the motu to Parliament. In employment news, NZDF staff have escalated strike action as pay talks stagnate, while TVNZ are planning to cut jobs and restructure their news service.
Union coverage
- NZNO: ‘Money’s their priority’: Nurses beg government to honour Dunedin Hospital promise
- PSA: NZDF civilian staff escalate strike action as pay talks stagnate
Employment
- Unemployment rises to four year high
- TVNZ plans to axe 50 jobs
- ‘Be professional and politically neutral’: Public Services Commissioner to public servants
- TVNZ proposes cuts to Breakfast, Seven Sharp roles as it aims to save $30m
Politics
- Watch live: Minister makes transport announcement in Auckland
- DOC asking for donations to fund work
- $120m private hospital poised for Mount Cook
- New $42m bridge safeguards Wellington’s drinking water
- New Zealand wanted greater ‘strategic alignment’ with the US – what now?
- ‘Adios amigos’: Tensions flare in the House as Trump’s US election win takes hold
Te Ao Māori
- Launching the waka: The Māori activists rallying a year of protest
- Treaty Principles Bill early introduction before Parliament ‘dishonourable’ says furious Māori leaders
- Treaty Principles Bill: ‘Paruwaru’ politics doesn’t stop hīkoi for kotahitanga
- Treaty Principles Bill protest lands on David Seymour’s electoral doorstep