NZCTU President Richard Wagstaff has published an opinion piece which makes the case for a different approach to economic development, as proposed in the CTU’s Aotearoa Reimagined programme. The number of people studying to become teachers has jumped after several years of low enrolment. The coalition has directed Health New Zealand to say “women” instead of “pregnant people” in its communications about health issues. The coalition government’s new “golden visa” for investors – which came into being at the start of April – appears to be attracting significant interest.
Union coverage
- CTU: A different prescription for economic growth
- NZEI: Number of people studying to be teachers surges
- PSA: More Health NZ jobs on the line as another restructure looms
Politics
- Education Minister Erica Stanford announces new school in Auckland, extra classrooms
- Government invests $13.5m to ‘turbocharge’ tourism marketing
- Coalition directs Health NZ to stop saying ‘pregnant people’
- Surge in ‘golden visa’ applications and interest
- ‘It’s a backward step for education’ – principal on plan to cut Kāhui Ako
- Amalgamations on table as Govt restructures and scales back councils
Te Ao Māori
- Final kilometre of Tarawera sewerage pipeline work to restart
- The Treaty principles bill is gone; now Govt’s real Treaty agenda picks up pace
Economics
- Biggest bank cuts more home loan rates below 5%
- Service sector struggling to recover
- Average price to buy a business falls despite demand outpacing supply
- Xero launches no-cost service to boost small business financial literacy