NZ Post Delivery Target Announcement Not a Surprise

New Zealand Post’s announcement that it is revising its “across-town” delivery target is a predictable result of its closing mail processing centres, says the union for postal workers, the EPMU.

From October all standard letters will be delivered within three working days, instead of the next working day for “across-town” deliveries.

“New Zealand Post has always had a three-day target on paper,” says Joe Gallagher, EPMU postal industry organiser. “They’ve almost always exceeded it in the past.  This announcement just confirms that they won’t be able to in the future.

“It’s a predictable result of NZ Post closing half its major mail processing centres and moving all the work to its Auckland, Manawatu and Christchurch centres.”

NZ Post has proposed further serious cuts to its services, including reducing postal delivery to three days a week and replacing post offices with self-service kiosks.

“We don’t see any need for those proposed cuts,” says Joe Gallagher. “Despite some decline in the amount of mail NZ Post is processing, it remains profitable and these drastic cuts are unnecessary.” 

“New Zealand Post is a vital public service that millions of Kiwis rely on to stay connected to their families, their communities and their customers.”

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