The TEU estimate that about 300 jobs are under threat at eight of the 16 polytechs, with restructuring plans expected shortly from two more. Three bus drivers in Tauranga have been assaulted by passengers in just five days, including one driver being punched and strangled for asking a man to pay a full fare. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Escalation of the conflict in the Middle East poses a major threat to New Zealand’s economy, including households’ KiwiSaver balances and petrol prices.
Union coverage
- CTU: GDP grows by 0.8% in first quarter of year
- CTU: Employment Relations Act amendments aimed to boost labour market flexibility
- TEU: Polytech job cuts: ‘The mood has changed from anger to sadness’
- FIRST, Tramways: Bus driver punched, choked as passenger lashes out
Employment
- Many NZ sex workers start as children: What’s being done to stop it?
- Auckland couple plan legal action after police officer avoids assault charges
- Who’s Your Boss? Oranga Tamariki chief executive Andrew Bridgman (paywall)
Politics
- Defence Force to send plane to assist New Zealanders in stranded Iran and Israel
- Government announces $16 million support package for Ukraine ahead of NATO Summit
- Prime Minister Christopher Luxon holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing
- ‘Nowhere to go’ for more than 100,000 Kiwis: The worsening reality of homelessness
- Govt urged not to drop asset limits for fully paid old-age care as funding crisis hits sector (paywall)
- Local opposition to Central Otago goldmine conducts public meetings
- Wellington Airport wants veto power over your house
- Brooke v Chlöe: Two visions of Auckland from two very different local MPs (paywall)
Te Ao Māori
- New classrooms for Kura Kaupapa announced
- Cabinet frets over funding for Māori foreshore claims
- ‘By Seymour, for Māori?’ – Tama Potaka defends Māori targeted funding cut
- Scrapping national census raises data sovereignty, surveillance fears for Māori
Economics
- Economies face a potential war shock: Surging oil prices
- What US attacks on Iran mean for KiwiSaver, petrol prices
- Bidders for Northern Expressway public private partnership revealed
- Apps could help households cut power costs (paywall)
- Treaty Principles Bill debate has seen top NZ business leaders recommit to inclusion (paywall)
Opinion
- The Greens have broken dramatically with the James Shaw era
- The Greens – making the intellectual running on the left (paywall)
- Cook Islands standoff a shocking international action (paywall)
- Infrastructure spend? Important. Protecting projects from future governments? Priceless (paywall)
- Boosting Citizens Advice Bureau – the best investment of all? (paywall)
- Arena Williams: Stubborn until the end, National refused a compromise