Christopher Luxon says New Zealand’s stance on the US and Israeli bombing of Iran mirrors that of Australia, while Helen Clark has called the position “a disgrace”. More than 3500 PSA health workers have voted to ratify a new collective agreement with Health New Zealand after a drawn out 18-month bargaining process. The former Interislander ferry Aratere has spent five months in New Zealand waters since being retired, with the foreign crew onboard earning below minimum wage.
Union coverage
- PSA: Health workers vote to ratify new collective agreement with Health NZ
- PSA: Newly formed Bioeconomy Science Institute to cut 134 jobs
- MUNZ: Foreign crew on retired Interislander ferry earning below minimum wage
- NZPFU: Firefighters’ Union raises concerns about lack of staff answering 111 fire calls
Employment
- AI needs its own category of copyright law, Researcher says
- Labour considers including volunteers in ACC mental injury cover
- The Office Blueprint: Why ghosting applicants is on the rise (paywall)
Politics
- Luxon says NZ’s position the same as Australia on Iran attacks
- Watch: Foreign Minister Winston Peters urges New Zealanders to leave Iran
- Labour still ahead on cost of living, neck and neck with National on economy – Ipsos survey
- Winston Peters rails against ‘blind ideology’ panic amid talk of Air NZ sale
- Transmission network already threatened by climate hazards, data shows
- Aucklanders protest government’s move-on orders for rough sleepers
- Labour: Supreme Court tariff ruling removes Government’s ‘excuse’ on media law (paywall)
- ‘Trumpian-style environmental vandalism:’ Govt gives councils power to approve killing of protected species (paywall)
Te Ao Māori
- Māori wāhine over represented in criminal justice system and gets worse the further they go
- Hapū seek ocean status to save Taranaki kaimoana
Economics
- Iran attack sparks warning for KiwiSaver, fuel, inflation
- Consumer confidence drops again after four-year high
- Reserve Bank eased capital rules despite expert caution (paywall)
- KiwiSaver laws changing to help farmers buy first homes
- Property market muscles up with strongest February since 2013 (paywall)