The CTU has launched a campaign to ban the import, supply and use of engineered stone in an effort to save workers’ lives. Last-ditch mediation between Health NZ and the senior doctors’ union has failed to avert an unprecedented 24-hour strike. Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced the government is halving its operating allowance. Tory Whanau has pulled out of the Wellington mayoral race, saying the entrance of Labour-endorsed Andrew Little has “changed the game”.
Union coverage
- CTU: Health and safety goes beyond the workplace
- ASMS: Health NZ disappointed that Association of Salaried Medical Specialists strike to go ahead
- PPTA: Government announces $53m boost for teacher registrations, practising certificates fees
Employment
- ‘Hīkoi for Health’: Doctors on journey to change New Zealand’s public health system
- Police applicants who failed physical test still admitted for training
Politics
- $1b cut to operating allowance coming in Budget, Nicola Willis says
- NZ to sign defence agreement with Philippines
- Government takes action against foreign attacks on ground-based space operations
- Healthcare providers funding immunisations out of own pockets, Health NZ admits ‘work to do’
- Why the climate commission says more carbon credits are needed
- Poor scores for govt agencies on record keeping – Chief Archivist
- Seymour’s mayoral truancy letters ‘at odds with government direction’
- Tory Whanau quits Wellington mayoral race
- Andrew Little gets Labour party backing for mayoral race
Te Ao Māori
- Auckland iwi boss accuses NZ First, ACT MPs of ‘scaremongering’ with Waitākere Ranges claims
- Tapu Te Ranga marae rebuild waits on Wellington infrastructure woes
Economics
- ‘Complicated’ card surcharge fees need to be simplifed – Retail NZ
- ‘We don’t have a digital ambition’ – Tech leaders on lack of national plan
- Auckland Airport issues master plan update