Foodstuffs has confirmed 180 roles at Victoria Park’s New World supermarket will be disestablished after a fire three weeks ago – Workers First have negotiated an extended redundancy period in support of the workers. Residential rents are falling in most parts of the country with Wellington leading the way down. The public service has leadership issues, Commissioner Sir Brian Roche says off the back of eyebrow-raising public service survey results.
Union coverage
- Workers First, E tū: Unions tell Supreme Court Uber imposes ‘intensive’, ‘unrelenting’ control over drivers fighting to classed as employees
- Workers First: Foodstuffs confirms 180 roles will be disestablished at fire-destroyed New World in Auckland
- NZNO, RDA: Physical and verbal abuse at hospitals becoming routine – doctors
Employment
Politics
- Government changes to anti-money laundering laws aim to cut red tape for small businesses
- Labour hits back at Seymour’s claim NZ is still ‘digesting’ Covid-19 pandemic ‘hangover’
- Culture change needed to stop child homicides – ‘our national shame’ (paywall)
- Campaign group’s dossier on Labour candidates labelled ‘dirty tactics’ (paywall)
- Govt set to quash death sentences on hundreds of quake-prone buildings (paywall)
- New carbon forestry land restrictions only ‘palliative’ – envt watchdog (paywall)
Te Ao Māori
- Far North Mayor Moko Tepania undecided on future as Parliament calls grow
- Te Pāti Māori meeting tonight to decide candidate for upcoming Tāmaki Makarau by-election
- Teen cycles from Whakatāne to Parliament for Māori wards
Economics
- Wellington leads way as rents track downwards
- Warning OCR hold could slow housing market recovery (paywall)
- $140m investment could allow LNG imports, but plans still on drawing board (paywall)