Nearly 40,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants took part in strike action to call for safe staffing levels at Te Whatu Ora. The Workplace Relations Minister has announced consultation on safety regulations for chemical laboratories, and the use hydrogen technologies. Te Pāti Māori is calling on the Electoral Commission to check its processes are robust, saying it’s heard hundreds of complaints about people’s details being altered.
Union coverage
- NZNO: Nurses out in force for patient care (paywall)
- NZNO: Waikato Hospital nurses join nationwide strike
- NZNO: Nurse says hospital conditions are ‘worst in 30 years’
- NZNO: Some nursing roles not being replaced at Hawke’s Bay Hospital despite dire need, manager says
Employment
- WATCH: Nearly 40,000 healthcare worker went on strike on Wednesday
- Government touts scholarships as nurse workforce strike over pay and lack of staffing
- Consultation begins on safety regulations for chemical laboratories and use of hydrogen technologies
- ‘No other option’: Tears as tough times bring layoffs
Politics
- Boy racer legislation introduced to Parliament
- New early childhood education law aims to get parents back in labour force (paywall)
- Luxon says New Zealand won’t adopt UK’s stance on Palestinian statehood yet
- ‘System’s obviously flawed’ – Te Pāti Māori calls on Electoral Commission to check its processes are robust
- Labour MP Willie Jackson accuses government of rigging next election
- Vehicles stolen after NZTA breaches privacy of 1000 owners
- Speaker nods towards large changes to Parliament’s Question Time
- Activists vow resistance as Government set to repeal offshore oil and gas ban
Te Ao Māori
- Māori see highest increase in life expectancy – Stats NZ
- ‘It’s got a lot of significance spiritually’: The managed retreat of marae
- Councillors to vote on new agreement of Lake Taupō and the Upper Waikato River with local iwi
Economics
- Women feeling brunt of tough economy, Retirement Commission data shows
- Debt collectors harassing borrowers at their homes and workplaces, charity warns
- Business confidence rises for second month in a row but residential construction slumps
- Not-so-Kiwibank? Willis opens door to partial sale