The TEU is calling the government’s disestablishment of Te Pūkenga a “disaster for regional New Zealand”. ASMS and NZNO have accused Nelson Hospital of booking patients for appointments that didn’t exist to make their numbers look better. The RMTU says it was not consulted on KiwiRail’s melatonin ban, and the inability for members – many of whom are shift workers – to use medication to help them get to sleep is a serious problem. The two major political parties want a bipartisan approach towards dealing with climate adaptation and property buy-outs during weather events.
Union coverage
- TEU: Tertiary Education Union says sector’s become a political football, slams Te Pūkenga disestablishment
- RMTU: KiwiRail shift workers concerned over melatonin ban
- NZNO, ASMS: Nelson Hospital accused of making ‘ghost’ appointments for patients
Employment
- PM’s department confirms job losses as restructure under way (paywall)
- ‘Policing is policing’: Australian recruiters say they’re just making sure Kiwi cops know they have other options
Politics
- National, Labour agree changes needed for weather-event buyouts
- Tasman communities hit by growing trees not slash – forestry industry leader
- Local Government Amendment Bill introduced to remove council wellbeing provisions
- Scrapping census could compromise infrastructure planning (paywall)
- More students passing maths and reading, fewer in writing
- Ray Chung’s ‘vile’ email condemned across the political spectrum
- No senior NZ Govt officials to attend Cook Islands Constitution event
- RNZ reviving a national news wire as it aims to be journalism’s cornerstone
- Space Minister Judith Collins goes to ground over alleged government failures managing NZ’s first space mission
Te Ao Māori
- Tāmaki Makaurau by-election to be held in September
- Chatham Islands waka find detailed in new report
Economics
- European markets drop after Trump’s latest tariff warning
- Housing market quiet as buyers exercise caution (paywall)
- RBNZ says ageing population could drive interest rates lower (paywall)
- Commerce Commission takes Foodstuffs North Island to court over alleged ‘cartel conduct’
- The State of Auckland: Its productivity problem is holding back NZ (paywall)