In another blow to the media landscape, Māori TV’s daily news service is set to end after 20 years, following the announcement that they have cut 27 jobs. PSA members at MBIE have voted to initiate industrial action, after rejecting a pay offer because it failed to keep up with the cost of living. Meanwhile at the Ministry of the Environment, the CEO has warned MPs that funding and staff cuts will mean it may struggle to enact the Government’s proposed RMA reforms. A new report has found that four out of five homeless women in Aotearoa are Māori.
Union coverage
- FIRST: Trafficked workers in NZ left jobless and indebted, union reports
- PSA: Thousands at mega ministry vote to plan industrial action
Employment
- Labour market under further pressure as NZers head overseas
- Pōmārie: Daily TV news to end on Whakaata Māori after 20 years
- ‘Challenging’ to meet officer target by November 2025 – police
- Funding cuts so deep at Environment Ministry, it may struggle to enact RMA reforms
Politics
- Call for NZ to step up to bold climate goal of ‘net negative’
- ‘No apology’ from Ayesha Verrall after clash with Health Commissioner Lester Levy
- The risk of missing the boat on a good deal for the Cook Strait ferries
- Government considers turning Interislander into partially-owned company
- 45 percent of NCEA students fail this year’s online literacy, numeracy tests
- Prison bed capacity across the country to run out by June in worst-case scenario
Te Ao Māori
- Four in five homeless women in Aotearoa are Māori, new report finds
- ‘Racism will not ruin our signs’: Tasman District Council condemns ongoing vandalism
- Whanganui Council wants public’s view on landmark iwi partnership
- Victoria University reopens marae with new regenerative building
Economics
- NZ’s electricity market a problem for productivity – OECD
- Survey suggests businesses more optimistic about economy
- New Zealand losing out to Australia on India trade
- Green Investment Fund questioned over SolarZero collapse