RNZ is reporting on claims from frontline workers that nursing roles at Te Whatu Ora are not being replaced, and on a story that TEU are supporting its members at Taranaki’s tertiary education provider, WITT, which is consulting with staff over proposed cuts to jobs and courses. In political news, Government is caving to pressure on delaying the full rollout of new literacy and numeracy tests and is unlikely to meet its public service targets. They are also responding to rising violent crime statistics and defending their policies.
Union coverage
- CTU: Pacific workers more at risk from employment law changes – union
- FIRST: Woolworths Katikati staff strike for better pay and conditions, want understaffing and safety issues addressed
- TEU: Taranaki’s largest tertiary education provider proposing cuts to jobs and courses
Employment
Politics
- Government extends alternative to tough literacy and numeracy tests
- Government at risk of not meeting two of its nine public service targets
- Victims advocate urges frontline investment after increasing violence statistics
- Government releases list of 35 critical minerals as part of mining strategy
- Experts oppose speed limits increase
- Justice ministry battles leaks and ministers over Treaty bill
- Hipkins loses support in latest TPU-Curia poll
- Hipkins to attend British Labour Party conference
Te Ao Māori
- A ‘forever language’ – te Wiki o te Reo Māori marks 52 years of extraordinary progress
- ‘Hugely important’: Culture Minister on Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Economics
- Business loans gone bad put family homes on the line
- East Coast forestry industry facing the axe
- More than 30 New World supermarket liquor licences suspended after advertising breach
Opinion
- Capital Conversation: How to make up the wealth Wellington has lost
- Bill does nothing about vaping’s hold on youngsters who have never smoked
- Hard to see quite where Government is going with the ‘critical minerals’ list
- Coalition policies are not about ‘needs’ or ‘race’
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