The PSA says a settlement with Health New Zealand over the agency’s proposed restructure of its Data and Digital and Pacific Health teams has saved around 200 roles from being cut. A third of New Zealanders have needed help accessing food in the past year, according to Consumer NZ, and its chief executive says it should be a wake-up call that the country’s grocery market is not working as it should. Two separate reports into Oranga Tamariki care facilities highlight dozens of allegations of abuse by staff including excessive force including punching children in the head.
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Employment
- Third of New Zealanders need help with food
- Ex-LG staff plead guilty to obstructing commerce investigation
- Coalition clash over injury prevention plan for Māori and Pasifika
Politics
- ‘Disturbing’ staff abuse allegations in OT children care facilities
- Chris Bishop makes announcement on Auckland’s Northwest Rapid Transit
- Defence Ministry puts out tender for help strengthening systems ‘increasingly vulnerable’ to cyber attack
- Student needs unmet because of lack of teacher aides
- Climate Change Commission sees room to release $1b of extra carbon credits
- Three-day hospital stay bill will result in unintended consequences, NZ College of Midwives says
- Labour wants Christopher Luxon to step in over Winston Peters’ comments on RNZ funding
- PM will not step in over Peters’ comments in RNZ interview
- John Campbell on Destiny Church: ‘I’ve never encountered so much fear’
Te Ao Māori
- ‘Me tū, me haka!’: Te Pāti Māori MPs defend haka in Privileges Committee written submissions
- Speaker: Te Pāti Māori haka defence ‘a complete nonsense’
Economics
- Review to probe ‘complex issues’ stemming from emergency hydro storage
- Christopher Luxon promotes NZ’s rocket, tech talents to UK businesses
- China trade tariffs not sustainable – US Treasury Secretary Bessent
Opinion
- Beyond roads and rail: NZ’s infrastructure blind spot
- Mobilising local industry to share in the defence dollars
- Early Super for Māori, or better health for all?
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