FIRST Union members at Woolworths worksites around the country are taking strike action today, in a fight for better pay and conditions. Mill workers at Winstone Pulp are awaiting a decision on the future of the mill and whether they will still have jobs. The Treaty Principles Bill remains high on the agenda, with cabinet making changes that would include reference to hapū and iwi, however this won’t mean the PM will support it beyond first reading. In other political news, a patient has died in an ED waiting room in Rotorua. In economic news, house prices continue to drop.
Union coverage
- CTU: Paris Olympians to give evidence in landmark legal battle with government sport agency
- FIRST: Woolworths supermarket workers to walk off the job
- FIRST: Woolworths staff to walk off job: Mass strike action planned across country
Employment
- Mill workers wait to find out whether they will lose jobs
- Surge in non-disclosure agreements at Health NZ sparks Labour complaint
Politics
- Questions surround Treaty Principles Bill
- Live: No way Treaty Principle Bill will get National’s support – Luxon
- Patient dies in ED waiting room at Rotorua Hospital
- Is the health system set up to deliver the new cancer drugs?
- NZ’s next climate target needs to be more ambitious, says diplomat
- Concerns mount over IRD handing Kiwis’ data to social media giants
- Auckland-Whangārei highway could cost 10% of infrastructure budget
- ‘Completely absurd’: The police station full of leaks and mould
- Kitteridge oversees Crown bosses responding to abuse inquiry
Te Ao Māori
- Treaty Principles Bill to now include specific mention of hapū and iwi
- Health Minister Shane Reti intervenes to scrap Hawke’s Bay health policy targeting Māori and Pasifika
Economics
- House prices drop despite big increase in activity
- Glut of houses on the market keeping values down – QV
- SkyCity casino shut down after vulnerable player loses $1m: ‘We made mistakes’