Dame Marilyn Waring has worked with a group of former women MPs to form the People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity, which will gather evidence on the recent pay equity changes in lieu of a parliamentary select committee process. The Postal Workers’ Union says posties have been instructed by NZ Post that letters and cards addressed to the street address of hospitals must be returned to the sender. The future of the school lunches programme is unclear as the minister responsible, David Seymour, says the Government “still has to work out” whether to keep it.
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Employment
- Pay equity changes: ‘People’s select committee’ to gather evidence
- Ex-National MP Marilyn Waring leads ‘select committee’ on pay equity changes
- ‘We’re feeling very confident’: Former National MP forms ‘people’s select committee’ on pay equity
- ‘Forgot where they came from’: Why Ria Bond joined pay equity inquiry
- Jobseeker sanctions: ‘Forcing people to volunteer is a contradiction in terms’
- Health NZ’s elective surgery plan sees training shortfall warning
Politics
- ‘Serious concern’ as future of school lunches programme uncertain
- Labour says new Nelson Hospital plan lets residents down
- Labour’s finance spokesperson gives few details about party’s fiscal policy targets
- Hipkins pushes back on Peters’ ruling out Labour again
- Police Commissioner slams shoplifting directive as ‘confusing and unhelpful’
- Govt ‘actively considering’ financing home solar via council mechanism
Budget 2025
- Budget 2025: None of year’s child poverty targets met
- Greens claim $700m ‘uncosted hole’ in Budget
- Budget 2025 decisions ‘strange and unnecessary’ – Labour leader
- Budget 2025: Māori educators say boost won’t fix poor school buildings
Te Ao Māori
- Fast-tracking of seabed mining revives decade-long fight
- Māori leaders give disappointed reaction to ‘yeah-nah’ Budget
Economics
- Economy could earn extra $10b in five to seven years through better land use – report
- Former Timaru meatworks site sold for undisclosed amount