Health NZ has accused nurses of failing to honour their commitment to provide so-called “life preserving services” during a partial strike. However, NZNO is blaming Health NZ for rejecting a plan for dedicated on-call staff to cover gaps during their two weeks of “working to rule”. The Public Service Commission is undertaking an independent review of its purchase of social media adverts, which related to public sector negotiations. Mayors say complying with a 4 percent rates limit is achievable but will require tradeoffs – and could mean higher fees for things like parking, libraries and pools.
Union coverage
- NZNO: Health NZ and nurses union at loggerheads over strike plan
- PSA: Public Service Commission’s social media advertising under independent review
Employment
- Has the freedom of hybrid work made us happier?
- Organisations overlooking the cost of job insecurity in the workplace – expert says
- Difficult decisions and trade offs loom for ACC over injury prevention (paywall)
Politics
- Rates caps may mean more expensive parking, libraries and pools, mayors say
- Relying on forestry for carbon removal is placing ‘eggs in one basket’, MPs warned
- Better laws needed to protect sexual violence survivors – Helen Clark Foundation
- Infrastructure Commission suggests phased approach to highway builds could counter costs
- David Seymour, Paula Bennett defend $357k exit payment to former Pharmac head
- Parents horrified children ate mouldy mince in government-funded school lunches
- Peeni Henare and Winston Peters just a couple of Northland boys in the foreign affairs space, Hipkins say
Te Ao Māori
- Te Pāti Māori wants electorate seats recalculated (paywall)
- A ‘miscommunication’ led to the $138,000 shock removal of two ex-police houses
Economics
- Consumer and business credit demand improves again in October
- Taxpayers lose as ‘zombie’ firms feast on GST and PAYE loopholes (paywall)
- Home ownership at the core of the ‘Kiwi Dream’, but 85 percent ‘given up hope’ – survey
- Transpower hopes to be allowed to invest more, earlier (paywall)