Unions are pointing out that changes to the pay equity system have made it “virtually impossible” for new claims to succeed. The government will spend more than $600 million to upgrade the country’s rail network as part of this year’s Budget. Cabinet has signed off on introducing the Regulatory Standards Bill to the House.
Union coverage
- PSA, NZEI: Pay equity changes make new claims ‘virtually impossible’ – unions
- MUNZ: Interislander operator KiwiRail promises no ‘price-gouging’ when Aratere retires
Employment
Politics
- Regulatory Standards Bill to be introduced to House
- ACC ‘pauses’ $45m sexual abuse initiative as questions hover over $3.6b liability
- PM on haka punishment: ‘If they want to muck around, so be it’
- Nicola Willis to turn attention to supermarket sector after Budget
- Labour asks Auditor General to consider cost burden in school lunches probe
- Hint of seventh Wellington mayoral candidate to fight for bus lanes
- Greens try to set agenda on pre-Budget tax debate
Budget 2025
Te Ao Māori
- Treaty settlement renames iconic sites in central North Island
- ‘Treaty Principles 2.0’ – law experts concerned by regulatory bill
Economics
- Accountant concerned by potential new tax
- Service sector index drops signalling soft economic recovery
- Z Energy looks to ‘top up’ the supermarket conversation