Today the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti set off from Te Rerenga Wairua and is making its way through the North, stopping in Whangārei for the night. In union news, it has been announced that plastic factory Sistema is likely to cut up to 100 jobs. A new report written by disabled researchers and commissioned by the Hanga-Aro-Rau and Waihanga Ara Rau workforce development councils calls for an action plan to be developed to support employment for disabled people in the construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, engineering, and logistics sectors. Climate change is high on the political agenda, with the world climate conference, COP29, kicking off in Azerbaijan this week. Climate finance will be at the centre of discussions, which will prove more difficult with Trump’s win in the US elections.
Union coverage
- CTU: Young and jobless: The Kiwis whose jobs have ‘fallen off a cliff’
- E tū: Sistema to cut Auckland factory workforce by a quarter
Employment
Politics
- Govt bars journalist from abuse apology at Parliament
- Stalking legislation to bring in restraining orders: Justice Minister reveals new details
- Stalking law: ‘Shouldn’t be up to victims to prove they were scared’
- Rural families panic as government slashes school bus routes
- Rangatahi list climate demands to minister ahead of COP29
- US elections: Climate finance negotiations could be harder after Trump’s victory
Te Ao Māori
- Live updates: Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi day one
- Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi organiser rejects David Seymour’s offer to meet
- Regional fund grants $20m to Waitangi and Rātana grounds
Economics
- Fonterra pushes ahead with sale of Anchor, Mainland brands
- 75 point OCR cut needed to aid economy ‘stuck in rut’, fund manager says