Jobs are on the line for back-office staff at the Department of Corrections, as well as at Archives New Zealand and the National Library. A “malicious actor” has accessed and downloaded private information about staff in districts in the lower North Island. Cabinet has agreed to its next steps regarding the country’s supermarket duopoly, set to be announced by the Finance Minister on Sunday.
Union coverage
- PSA: Job cuts on the way for Department of Corrections and Archives NZ
- PSA: Data breach: ‘Malicious actor’ downloaded private information about Health NZ staff
Employment
- New Director of Public Health appointed
- FMA set to axe more than 20 jobs
- The state of the public service: 4% drop in workforce
Politics
- Nicola Willis to announce government plans to encourage third supermarket competitor
- Bishop says $150m for community housing providers levels playing field with Kāinga Ora
- The abysmal state of palliative care for children in New Zealand
- Not everyone’s interactions with police the same – Green MP Tamatha Paul
- Andrew Bayly on Nepal trip: ‘I wanted some time out’
- The missing council boss, secret meetings and two mystery letters
Te Ao Māori
- Historians go head-to-head over constitution, Treaty
- Apple teams up with iwi to add new Māori features in Maps
Economics
- Hydrogen powered trucks hit the highways
- NZ King Salmon not too worried about tariffs: ‘It’s like boxing at shadows’
- NZME management ‘fat and lazy’, largest shareholder says
- Contact Energy appealing decision to decline Southland wind farm consent, reapplying under fast-track act