The CTU’s Fight Back Together hui received widespread coverage across national and local media, with consistent framing about the Government’s attacks on workers’ rights. In other union news, St John ambulance staff have accepted a pay offer following a Government back down on increased funding for the service. In other employment news, it has been revealed that $80m has been spent on public service redundancies since the Government took office. In political news, Andrew Bayly remains under fire for his offensive behaviour, there is a renewed push to make stalking illegal, and the Government has blocked the Otago Regional Council’s freshwater plan through a eleventh-hour law change.
Fight Back Together
- ThreeNews: Union members protest what they call attacks on workers’ rights
- Stuff: Thousands march to Parliament to protest Government’s ‘anti-worker agenda’
- RNZ: Fight Back Together: Workers protest policy reforms and public service cuts
- NZ Herald: Thousands descend on Parliament to protest Government ‘attacks’ on workers’ rights
- Waatea: Unions unite across Aotearoa for rights
- The Post: ‘Stand up, fight back’: Thousands of workers rally nationwide to protest Government cuts
- Manawatū Standard: Standing up, fighting back – unions call for better work conditions
- Waikato Times: Workers rally in Hamilton CBD against Government cuts
- ODT: ‘Wrecking crew’ govt protested
Union coverage
- FIRST: Ambulance staff accept pay offer, as govt announces St John funding boost
- FIRST: St John ambulance staff accept pay offer
- FIRST: Supermarkets closing early to avoid late-night anti-social behaviour
- NZNO: Health minister eyes immigration changes for healthcare staff
- ASMS: Worse food, sweatier hospitals, pricier parking: all the costs Health NZ considered cutting
- Tramways: Public transport union on fatal Auckland bus attack
Employment
- Media job cuts: How many roles have gone
- Public sector cuts: $80m spent on redundancies since govt took office
- Pilot welding programme transforming lives
- Is the grass really greener for construction workers in Australia?
Politics
- All parties support Samoan citizenship Bill
- A push to make stalking illegal in New Zealand
- ‘Middle finger to localism’ as freshwater plan blocked
- Attorney-General ignores survivors’ calls and backs Solicitor-General
- Police Minister rejects claim police raid on gangs ‘state-sponsored terrorism’
- Man called a ‘loser’ by Andrew Bayly a former NZDF member
- ‘Small wine tasting’: Bayly corrects record in House on drinking
Te Ao Māori
- New Māori monarch steps onto the national stage
- Indigenous economics focus of final national hui for Māori unity
- ‘Inherited a fudge of a situation’: Little progress made on land at Ihumātao
Economics
- Low stable inflation in sight, RBNZ’s Adrian Orr says
- Wood processors exposed to high spot pricing before closure – report
- House sales creep higher, but no market boom in sight