Union News for Monday 18 May 2026. Highlights include nurses voting to accept Te Whatu Ora’s offer after a long battle, NZ First announce campaign plan to bring the BNZ into public ownership and make KiwiSaver compulsory, and protesters are calling for the government to halve the fuel excise tax and road user charges.
Union coverage
- NZNO – Nurses Accept Te Whatu Ora Deal After 20-Month Battle | Waatea News
- NZNO – Nurses union votes to accept Te Whatu Ora offer after nearly two years of bargaining | RNZ News
Employment
- Hospital worker wins Employment Court battle over Covid-19 vaccine mandate dispute | Stuff
- Teaching Council ‘urgently assessing’ video of ‘submarine commander’ teacher pointing slug gun in classroom | Stuff
- Auckland school staff allege bullying, fear and broken culture and single out absent principal | NZ Herald (paywalled)
Politics
- The House: The constitutional shift you may have missed this week | RNZ News
- NZ First to make Kiwisaver compulsory, buy BNZ back as Peters takes swipes at ‘neo-liberal’ twits | Stuff
- Hipkins on why Labour hasn’t made more major policy announcements
- Erica Stanford slaps down ‘rogue’ ESOL funding plan | 1News
- Protest in Auckland’s Victoria Park against fuel taxes | RNZ News
Te o Māori
- Waitangi Tribunal: Crown in breach over education Treaty clause review | 1News
- The fight for the Māori vote | RNZ News