The Budget tomorrow is today’s main focus.
Join us for our Facebook Live event tomorrow at 5:30pm from the National Library following our co-design event Te Tahua a te Iwi Whānui Kua Tārehu | The Peoples’ Budget Lock-Up 2026.
Union coverage
- CTU: Unions say government needs to put workers at heart of Budget | RNZ News
- PSA: Hundreds gather in Wellington for PSA protest against proposed cuts | 1News
- Workers First: ‘There’s a lot of concern’: Meeting held in Kaitāia as future of town’s mills up in the air | Stuff
Budget 2026
- Willis and Sepuloni clash over ‘cynical’ social housing changes in Budget | Stuff
- Budget 2026: Government should have gone ‘harder, sooner’ on cuts, Steven Joyce says | NZ Herald
- Govt’s Budget 2026 spending and cuts – everything we know so far | 1News
Employment
- Government looking at centralising back-office operations to save billions | RNZ News
- Staff shortages at rural hospitals leave beds sitting empty – report | NZ Herald
- Public sector workers still looking for jobs after two years | RNZ News
- Most public servants say they aren’t able to do their jobs properly, even before cuts | Stuff
- Gisborne worker killed by shredder ‘failed’ by company | 1News