Staff at Kāinga Ora are expecting details of another round of job cuts, with the Green Party claiming more than 500 jobs are set to go. The New Zealand Defence Force has made it easier for people to apply for a job in a bid to get more boots on the ground. A survey found 75 percent of respondents still wanted their KiwiSaver and managed investments to be invested ethically and responsibly.
Union coverage
- CTU: Planned health and safety law changes miss bigger problems – union
- ASMS: HealthNZ response to Nelson Hospital woes just window dressing – union
- Unite: Nine years working at a fast food restaurant, not on a living wage
Employment
- MP says another 500 jobs to go as Kāinga Ora roles ‘reset’ looms
- NZDF drops entry requirements in bid to boost numbers
- Why your next pay could be a little smaller
- Oranga Tamariki CEO Chappie Te Kani steps down
Politics
- Coalition holds on to power in latest political poll
- Economic growth top goal again in Government’s latest quarterly plan
- Waikato medical school needs to go back to tender process – Greens
- Police taking formal statement over alleged assault on Shane Jones’ wife
- Pine planting: Ministers ‘dreaming’ about amount of suitable land, say green groups
- Wharves over troubled water: $70m stoush brewing between Auckland Council and port
Te Ao Māori
- Māori ward councillors prepare for election and referendum
- Rotokākahi mana whenua ‘failed’ by green light for sewerage pipeline
- Te Pāti Māori to hold own hearing after boycotting Privileges Committee
Economics
- New Zealanders stand by ethical investment
- ‘If the number has a four, take it’ ‒ advice as further OCR cut looms
- New club of countries to emerge from Trump tariff turmoil – economist
- Trump tariffs: Trade Minister Todd McClay gets clarification on how the United States’ new regime will work