Some of the country’s leading pay equity specialists may be at risk of losing their jobs following the Government’s overhaul of the system, with one ministry confirming it is examining the structure of its team. A crackdown on public servants leaking information has been revealed in an email leaked to RNZ. A question mark hangs over the fate of Te Kāhui Auaha campus in central Wellington, with a proposal that may see it close in the face of declining student numbers. Power prices are now rising faster than the rate of inflation, and Powerswitch is worried that the current model is thriving on customer “confusion and inertia”.
Union coverage
- TEU: Wellington’s Te Kāhui Auaha campus could close under proposal
- PSA, NZEI: Pay equity specialists in firing line after Govt changes
Employment
- Crackdown on public service leaks is leaked to RNZ
- How many public sector jobs have really been axed?
Politics
- Taking the biscuit: Embedded in the Luxon and Willis post-Budget factory tour
- MPs urged to ‘lead by example’ and trim superannuation subsidy
- Climate target failure would bring overseas scrutiny, government warned
- Transdev threatened to axe hundreds of Wellington trains over stoush with regional council
- Sri Lanka and New Zealand discuss ways to deepen bilateral trade and investment ties
Budget 2025
- Billion-dollar defence bill a ‘fiscal hole’ in Budget, Labour says
- Barbara Edmonds says Govt’s ‘Investment Boost’ good for business
Te Ao Māori
Economics
- Power prices rise faster than rate of inflation
- Truck operators angered at Port of Auckland fee hike
- Christian Hawkesby readies to front first full OCR call ‒ a likely cut