The Tertiary Education Union is predicting a “brutal year” for the tertiary sector as 240,000 students and teachers at Te Pūkenga face another year of uncertainty. The Labour Party are holding their caucus retreat, with Chris Hipkins still reflecting on their 2023 election loss and signalling to media that new policies will begin to be rolled out this year. The annual Rātana celebrations have begun with the Māori Queen and Te Pāti Māori arriving today. New figures reveal that government debt is up $419m on last month’s forecast.
Union coverage
Employment
Politics
- ‘We over promised and under delivered’: Labour kicks off caucus retreat with ‘home truths’
- Christopher Luxon expected to deliver reality check on what’s needed to grow economy
- Christopher Luxon goes all in on economy as National MPs accept reshuffle fate
- Willis’ greater economic powers could come at a cost
- Migration stabilising but departures at record annual high of 127,833
- Sunken Manawanui will not be replaced, Collins says
- Tourism growth: A ‘very serious investment’ in infrastructure needed, says mayor
Te Ao Māori
- Minister denies claim Waitangi Tribunal appointments a ‘whitewash’
- Māori health group hopes for open dialogue with new minister Simeon Brown
- Māori queen Ngā Wai hono i te pō to attend her first official Rātana celebration today
Economics
- Buyers have more power in ‘deep’ property downturn, new figures show
- Inflation update soothes fear Reserve Bank might back off 0.5% rate cut
- Government debt up $419 million on last month’s forecast