Kmart staff will now be among the highest-paid retail workers after Workers’ First secured a pay deal which they are calling a “gold standard” for the industry. The Defence Force is cutting 255 civilian roles as part of a restructure, which the PSA are saying will lead to more stress and burnout. 1300 specialist staff at the Ministry of Education are striking due to the ministry’s pay offers and proposed changes to working conditions.
Union coverage
- Workers’ First: Kmart staff among highest-paid retail workers after union secures pay deal
- PSA: Defence Force cuts 255 civilian roles to focus on front-line personnel
- PSA: PSA slams defence cuts during global tension (paywall)
- NZEI, PSA: Specialist education staff strike over pay and conditions
- PPTA: School curriculum rewrite had serious problems, managers considered using AI to help
Employment
- Four-day work week reduces burnout and improves job satisfaction – study
- Auckland YMCA accommodation staff scared of job losses if restructure goes ahead
- Financial support considered for greyhound trainers and owners when industry ends
Politics
- New working group looks to demystify Pharmac fund
- NZ and allies condemn ‘inhumane’, ‘horrifying’ killings in Gaza and ‘drip feeding’ of aid
- Waikato University promises planned medical school won’t be downsized despite less govt funding
- Defence spoke to tech company behind US-Mexico border security towers
- Government’s $6b infrastructure announcement welcomed by struggling sector (paywall)
- New Plymouth rates blunder caused by lack of financial reporting knowledge – review
- Rates overhaul proposed to target Wellington landbanking (paywall)
Te Ao Māori
- Waitangi Tribunal pushes pause on seabed mine claim
- Urban, Māori and disconnected – the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election
- New kaupapa Māori health hub opens for young parents in East Auckland
Economics
- Sky TV to buy Three owner Discovery NZ for $1
- Supermarket pricing errors cost NZers millions a year – Consumer NZ
- Canterbury dairy conversions surge amid soaring milk prices and looser rules (paywall)
- New Zealand businesses warned as Microsoft SharePoint targeted in cyber attack