The Reserve Bank will be announcing a change to the Official Cash Rate this afternoon, with most economists expecting a cut of around 50 basis points. The Government is reallocating $30,000 towards more senior doctors and specialist nurses, but some including the NZNO say that this is a “sticking plaster” which shows that shows the government “has no vision to fix the broken health system”. In other news, the Māori electoral roll has grown by more than 3000 people – after organisers of the hīkoi mō te Tiriti promoted a switch from the general roll.
Union coverage
Employment
- Counting people and pay: The ministry with one senior Asian manager
- Public sector job cuts: Te Whatu Ora considers more redundancies
- Community housing should be treated the same as Kāinga Ora — Bishop
Politics
- Health funding changes more a ‘sticking plaster’ than a real cure – doctors
- ‘Asleep at the wheel’: Science group calls on Minister to step up over issues in sector
- Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau says council ‘didn’t feel we needed deep cuts’, defends keeping Golden Mile
Te Ao Māori
- Ngāti Kahungunu celebrates return of ancestral pou after Cyclone Gabrielle
- Treaty Principles Bill: David Seymour’s acknowledgement of rangatiratanga raises ‘a whole lot of questions’
- More than 3000 join Māori electoral roll after Treaty hīkoi
- David Seymour demands apology from Willie Jackson before Treaty debate
Economics
- KiwiSaver supervisor braces for surge in hardship withdrawals
- Official Cash Rate: Another interest rate cut expected Wednesday
- The Annual Report: Winston Peters says tax cuts failed to grow the economy
- Home buyers eye anticipated OCR cut
- NZ’s biggest solar player, BlackRock-backed solarZero, in liquidation
- Economists critical of govt’s economic management