The families of two workers killed in the forestry industry are pushing for a boss connected to both deaths to be pushed out of the industry, highlighting the need for corporate manslaughter legislation. Politicians are heading to Tokoroa to attend the Save Our Mill meeting regarding the significant proposed job cuts at Kinleith mill. In other political news, former governor-general Dame Patsy Reddy has been appointed as Rod Carr’s successor at the Climate Change Commission, and David Seymour’s regulation ministry has advised against his anti-regulation bill. The Green Party has released an alternative emissions reduction plan, with a focus on full employment through green jobs and a Ministry of Green Works.
Union coverage
- CTU: Partners of dead forestry workers want boss out of industry
- MWU: Number of Smithfield workers who have found new jobs under dispute
- E tū: Wellington’s struggling live music scene calls for action
- RDA: Health workers say cuts are actually costing public system more
Employment
- Raft of politicians expected at Save Our Mill meeting in Tokoroa
- ‘Returning on Monday’: Ex-rugby player fired from teaching job over misconduct allegations to return to work
Politics
- Dame Patsy Reddy to be new head of Climate Change Commission
- Govt moves to slash insulation costs, change standards
- Anti-red tape ministry advises against anti-red tape bill
- NZ surrogacy law a mix of modern science and outdated legislation
- ‘Unacceptable’: Children’s Minister not told about second boot camp youth absconder
- The government’s targets in charts: More than half behind track
- A ‘Green Jobs Guarantee’ and Ministry of Green Works: The Green Party’s new vision for NZ
- ‘Forged in fire’: Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick on the Greens’ challenging year
Te Ao Māori
- ‘I’d do it again and again’: Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke talks to John Campbell
- Iwi cold shoulder forces Govt to change engagement
- Te Tumu Herenga Waka, the oldest university marae in Aotearoa, reawakened after years-long closure
Economics
- NZ doesn’t have to just ‘muddle along’ says Reserve Bank chief economist
- House prices: Buying at peak continues to sting property sellers in pocket
- Disingenuous, or careless? Pressure on Govt green bank over SolarZero collapse