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Chairs, Board Members Named For New Science Mergers

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 5:59 pm | RNZ

NIWA and GNS Science's chairs have been named to lead two of the new research institutes. More >>

18,000 Register Support For Tribunal Claim Against Regulatory Standards Bill

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 5:55 pm | RNZ

Toitū Te Tiriti, the group behind last year's Hīkoi, is leading the claim over the Regulatory Standards Bill. More >>

Waitangi Tribunal Already Doing Exactly What It Was Originally Intended To Do, Treaty Law Experts Say

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 5:53 pm | RNZ

A government review announced last week the Tribunal will be refocused back to its 'original intent', but Treaty law experts say it's already doing that. More >>

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RNZ Obtains Two OIA's - One Redacted, One Not

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 5:25 pm | RNZ

Analysis: What official documents should be shown to the public? It might depend on which part of government you ask. More >>

New Public Research Organisation Boards Dominated By Men

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 5:12 pm | PSA

The gains that women have made in science over the past few decades are in no way reflected here. How can we possibly expect women to join STEM professions when our public institutions don’t represent them or their interests? More >>

New Global Data: New Zealand Ranks Alarmingly Low For Child Wellbeing, Mental Health

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 1:57 pm | UNICEF Aotearoa NZ

UNICEF Aotearoa CEO Michelle Sharp says the data should be a wake-up call and the upcoming Budget is an opportunity for the government to create positive change. More >>

Green's Budget Gets Thumbs Up From Tax Reform Group

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 1:33 pm | Better Taxes for a Better Future

“The Green Budget recognises that we face enormous challenges as a country and we need to fund government better in order to respond to them,” says Glenn Barclay, spokesperson for the Better Taxes Campaign. More >>

PSA Welcomes Green Budget Which Restores Funding To The Public Service

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 11:48 am | PSA

The Green Budget, released today, reinstates funding to the public service including areas the Government has sharply cut and underfunded - primary health care, Oranga Tamariki and public housing. More >>

Greenpeace Slams Govt For Failure To Commit To Protecting Rivers

Wednesday, 14 May 2025, 11:45 am | Greenpeace

"People across the country are standing up for better protection for lakes, rivers, and drinking water. If the politicians won’t take action, then they should expect resistance." More >>

Ngāti Hāua Treaty Settlement Begins Journey Through Parliament

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 6:49 pm | Moana Ellis - Local Democracy Reporter

A small delegation of tribal members will travel to Wellington on behalf of Ngāti Hāua to attend the first reading of the Bill on Thursday. More >>

Public Service Work From Home Policies Dispute Heading To Employment Relations Authority

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 5:22 pm | PSA

Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi National Secretary, Fleur Fitzsimons, said they were dismayed to have not settled the matter quickly for public sector workers. More >>

National, Labour Clash Over Who's Lying About Pay Equity Changes

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 4:28 pm | RNZ

Labour's been calling the move a pay cut, but National says that's a lie. More >>

Anti Bases Campaign Congratulates Methodists For Divesting From Rocket Lab

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 3:56 pm | Anti Bases Campaign

Rocket Lab no longer pretends to be anything other than an increasingly vital part of that war machine. Recent headlines trumpet that it is ready to "serve the Pentagon" and that it is going to help the US and UK develop hypersonic missiles. More >>

Minister Mark Mitchell Defends Police Amidst Jevon McSkimming's Pornography Scandal

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 3:18 pm | RNZ

Jevon McSkimming has resigned from deputy police commissioner. More >>

Unions Barred From Budget 2025 Lock-Up

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 1:42 pm | NZCTU

Workers will be significantly impacted by the decisions made by government at Budget 2025, and it is important that the NZCTU can accurately report on Budget decisions to ensure working people are properly briefed. More >>

NZ Government Blocks “Pay Equity” Claims For Hundreds Of Thousands Of Workers

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 1:33 pm | Socialist Equality Group

The amendment was announced on May 6 by Workplace Relations Minister Brooke Van Velden, from the far-right ACT Party. It was rushed through parliament the next day under anti-democratic “urgency” provisions to limit public discussion and scrutiny. More >>

Government Borrowing $100 Million For High-Risk Gambling

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 12:16 pm | Taxpayers' Union

Corporate welfare might make for a good photo op, but $100 million of taxpayers’ cash is a steep price for a splash in the papers, Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman James Ross said. More >>

Working From Home Dispute In Mediation Today - Will Govt Support Women On This?

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 7:03 am | PSA

The PSA filed action with the Employment Relations Authority last December to stop the Government from restricting flexible workplace practices, which disproportionately impacts women who make up 62% of public service workers. More >>

Forest & Bird Says National Parks Not Game Parks

Monday, 12 May 2025, 7:51 pm | Forest And Bird

Undermining the incredible landscapes and habitats of Fiordland National Park so that a few hunters can shoot a small number of deer each year, is catering to a handful of vested interests at the expense of all New Zealanders. More >>

Australian Politician Who Sparked Social Media Ban Says It's 'Worth It' Even If Kids Find Way Around It

Monday, 12 May 2025, 7:37 pm | RNZ

New Zealand will be a "fast follower" because "immense harm" is being done, the Education Minister says. More >>

US Cuts Back On Generals To Boost 'Lethality' - Should NZDF Follow Suit?

Monday, 12 May 2025, 7:26 pm | RNZ

Critics say the NZ Defence Force is top heavy and combat light. More >>

Nearly $3m Wasted On Consultants Hired To Plan Axing Of Health Workers

Monday, 12 May 2025, 8:51 am | PSA

The public health system has been starved of money by this government. It should have been expanding the Health NZ workforce and not paying expensive consultants to help lay off so many loyal workers. It’s a slap in the face for those shown ... More >>

The House: Labour's 'Conviction Politician' Waves Parliament Goodbye

Sunday, 11 May 2025, 4:34 pm | RNZ

After over two decades, Labour stalwart David Parker is calling time on a long career with just a few things left unachieved. More >>

Shouting Out, Singing In: Rockquest At Parliament

Sunday, 11 May 2025, 4:32 pm | RNZ

In Parliament, MPs were shouting about pay equity and wildlife protection - next door, the mood was more upbeat and louder. More >>

Firearm Registry Is An “Expensive Illusion" Of Safety

Sunday, 11 May 2025, 2:40 pm | COLFO

COLFO recommends the Government reviews the registry each year, looking for a downward trend in firearm crime once half the licensed firearm owners are registered. This was the premise on which the registry was introduced; that registering firearms would ... More >>

Women's Rights Party On The Pay Equity Issue

Sunday, 11 May 2025, 2:22 pm | Women's Rights Party

The Women’s Rights Party says that cutting back on pay equity for women workers will have a long-lasting effect. More >>

Wellington Queer Communities Protest Against NZ First’s Anti-Trans Bill

Saturday, 10 May 2025, 4:14 pm | Queer Endurance in Defiance

Now more than ever, trans communities need support. Join Queer Endurance in Defiance, or your local queer organisation, and help us demonstrate that we will not be defined out of existence. More >>

Protests Against New Pay Equity Legislation Continue

Saturday, 10 May 2025, 3:32 pm | RNZ

The pay equity legislation backlash continues, with one march in Nelson on Saturday attracting 1500 protesters. More >>

Daily Blog Backs Compulsory Military Service

Saturday, 10 May 2025, 10:37 am | Socialist Equality Group

While advertising itself as “liberal” and “left wing,” the Daily Blog promotes the same nationalist and militarist agenda as the entire parliamentary establishment, the union bureaucracy and the corporate media. More >>

Councillor Calls For Snap Election Over Pay Equity Changes

Friday, 9 May 2025, 8:29 pm | Emily Ireland - Local Democracy Reporter

Under the new legislation, 33 current claims would be stopped and would need to restart under the new threshold. More >>

NZ Lagging Behind Most Comparable Countries On Space Spend Per Capita

Friday, 9 May 2025, 6:10 pm | RNZ

The government has invested 20 times less per head than the US, and only about half the UK's per capita spend. More >>

Alcohol Lobbyists Given Input On Health Policies, Documents Reveal

Friday, 9 May 2025, 5:38 pm | RNZ

Industry groups helped develop several initiatives about alcohol harm - including one on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. More >>

Greenpeace Serves Luxon A Mock Poisonous Porridge To Highlight Glyphosate Rule Change

Friday, 9 May 2025, 3:44 pm | Greenpeace

Our kids, and every New Zealander, have a right to safe food. But this Government is proposing to allow 100 times more of a probable carcinogen onto the grains that feed us every day. More >>

Moves To Amend Equal Pay Act 1972 Is An Abusive False Economy

Friday, 9 May 2025, 3:23 pm | Primary and Community Health Aotearoa

PCHA Board Chair Steve Chadwick says the government’s fast tracked changes to the Equal Pay Act 1972 and halting progress of any existing claims is a kick in the gut to the many nurses who work in primary and community healthcare. More >>

Government Fails Yet Again; Totally Ignores The Recommendations Of The Royal Commission

Friday, 9 May 2025, 3:19 pm | Cooper Legal

Cooper Legal’s Principal Partner, Sonja Cooper says the Government’s pre-Budget announcement regarding redress is a further kick in the guts for survivors. More >>

YWCA Aotearoa New Zealand Calls For Urgent Action Following Equal Pay Law Changes

Friday, 9 May 2025, 9:56 am | YWCA

The statement highlights the disproportionate impact these changes will have on young women, wāhine Māori, Pacific women, and those working in undervalued, female-dominated sectors across Aotearoa. More >>

ACC Backs Down Over Māori, Pasifika Injury Targets After ACT Pressure

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 6:37 pm | RNZ

ACT had accused the ACC of not complying with a directive that public services be delivered on the basis of need not race. More >>

Medical Council Fears Political Interference Over Doctor Shortage

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 4:48 pm | RNZ

Politicians should not be allowed to decide who can practise, the Medical Council warns. More >>

Current And Former Commissioners Call For The Release Of Equal Pay Amendments' Human Rights Analysis

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 3:28 pm | Human Rights Commission

Our parliamentary processes are in place to protect democratic participation rights and should not be circumvented, especially on an issue like this which has significant consequences for so many people. More >>

Police Commit To Removing Thousands Of Incorrectly Applied Historic ‘Hate Flags’

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 2:45 pm | Free Speech Union

Training previously released by Police to ‘recognise, record, and respond’ to ‘hate speech and hate crime’ was a reckless path to pursue. More >>

Government Passes Kiwi Killing Bill Under Urgency

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 2:09 pm | Greenpeace

Greenpeace says it’s the latest escalation in the Luxon Government’s war on nature and is calling for the immediate repeal of the amendment and for the Government to strengthen, not weaken, protections for the country’s endangered wildlife. More >>

Government’s Attack On Pay Equity A Major Setback For Māori And Pacific Wāhine

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 2:00 pm | PSA

Announced without consultation and passed into law last night, the rollback creates new barriers to pay equity claims and undermines hard-won gains in fairness and justice, says PSA Te Kaihautū Māori Janice Panoho. More >>

Democracy Blindsided

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 1:46 pm | St Peters on Willis Social Justice Group

The impact of this reduction in due process is being paid for by women across New Zealand as they strive to support themselves and their families. More >>

Protests Against The Government’s Pay Equity Legislation

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 12:47 pm | PSA

The changes will take money from underpaid, predominantly female workers to plug the gap in the Government’s budget caused by its reckless, unaffordable policies such as multi-billion dollar tax relief for landlords. More >>

Kindergartens Call On Government To Value Women

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 12:34 pm | Kindergartens Aotearoa

The pay equity process offered a way for low paid women workers to have their skills and effort valued properly. Kindergartens Aotearoa calls on the government to honour the contribution made by women and to reward them fairly for their work. More >>

Unions Otago To Join Nationwide Protests Against Government Attack On Pay Equity

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 11:40 am | Unions Otago

Unions Otago spokesperson Jen Wilson says the decision will halt current pay equity claims for thousands of workers in female-dominated occupations and make future claims significantly more difficult. More >>

Financial Statements Of The Government Of New Zealand For The Nine Months Ended 31 March 2025

Thursday, 8 May 2025, 10:48 am | The Treasury

Core Crown tax revenue, at $89.5 billion, was $0.2 billion (0.2%) higher than forecast. While GST and other individuals’ tax were both above forecast by $0.5 billion each, this was broadly offset by source deductions and corporate tax which were below forecast ... More >>

Social Media Ban: Parents Need To Step Up, Not The Government - Retired Judge

Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 5:19 pm | RNZ

It should be the parents' job to police young people's social media use, an internet law expert says. More >>

Pay Equity Changes: Two Sides Of The Coalition Brought Out

Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 5:15 pm | RNZ

Analysis: ACT ministers were popping champagne after the sudden announcement, but National's were on the defensive, writes Jo Moir. More >>

$19,480 And Rising: The Cost Women Workers Are Paying To Plug Govt’s Budget Holes

Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 2:47 pm | PSA

With no new pay equity settlement being agreed, care and support workers have seen their hard-won pay equity settlement eroded by inflation and the failure to maintain relativity above the minimum wage. More >>

Greenpeace Slams PM’s Science Pick: "Polluters Are Running The Show"

Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 2:08 pm | Greenpeace

Working with Federated Farmers and Beef + Lamb, DairyNZ has pushed for a system called no additional warming to measure methane emissions. Greenpeace says this approach isn't grounded in science and is designed to justify doing less. More >>

Unions Launch Petition To Protect Pay Equity

Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 1:43 pm | NZCTU

Unions behind the petition are home to tens of thousands of working people who’ve experienced the life-changing impact of pay equity - including hospital administrators, social workers, nurses, and Allied health professionals. More >>

Unemployment Data Shows Real Weakness Behind The Headline Rate

Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 12:34 pm | NZCTU

The weakness of current economic growth is also being reflected in the wage data. Total weekly gross earnings rose by less than inflation at 2.4% annually. Youth unemployment continues to rise. More >>

BREAKING: Luxon Government To Pass Law Tonight That Legalises Killing Kiwi

Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 5:57 pm | Greenpeace

The amendment to the Wildlife Act, New Zealand’s foundational wildlife protection law, would allow the Director-General of Conservation to grant companies permission to kill native animals if they get in the way of projects like roads, mines or dams. More >>

Proposed Changes Will Halt The Social Service Workers Pay Equity Claim

Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 4:58 pm | Te Pai Ora SSPA

These proposed changes to the Equal Pay Act add another layer of uncertainty and concern. Our kaimahi work tirelessly to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and whānau, and it is important that their efforts are recognised and fairly compensated. More >>

Mental Health And Addition NGO And Community Sector Shocked At Government Decision To Abolish Current Pay Equity Claims

Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 4:34 pm | Platform Trust

“Platform Trust and the 95 NGOs we represent cannot understand why the Government would throw out years of extensive work we have done to move towards a fair settlement that values support workers for the work they do,” says Sally Pitts-Brown, Chairperson ... More >>