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LiveNews PublisherSource: NZCTU Major Aotearoa unions have launched a new petition calling on the Government to reverse their proposed amendments to the Equal Pay Act and restore existing pay equity claims. Unions behind...
Source: PSA The Government’s decision to rewrite pay equity laws to save its Budget means 65,000 mainly female care and support workers will continue to be underpaid by $148.50 a week,...
Source: Porirua City Council The public’s help is being sought as a project gets underway to memorialise more than 1,800 former Porirua Hospital patients. The Porirua Lunatic Asylum, later Porirua Hospital,...
Source: NZCTU Unemployment data released today by Statistics New Zealand shows ongoing weakness in the labour market, with falling employment, falling hours of work, and nearly half of all workers...
Source: Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington The Honourable Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban DNZM, will be awarded an honorary doctorate by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington at the graduation...
Source: EMA The EMA says today’s unchanged unemployment rate hopefully underlines the bottoming out of the economic bad news, although member businesses are facing ongoing financial pressures. The latest numbers released...
Source: Statistics New Zealand Unemployment rate remains at 5.1 percent in the March 2025 quarter – 7 May 2025 – The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in the...
Source: Heritage New Zealand Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and the Christchurch Archaeology Project are joined by the heritage organisations, archaeology companies and museums of Ōtautahi to offer a fantastic...
Source: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND In response to reports that the Government is amending the Equal Pay Act under urgency, Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand’s Movement Building and Advocacy...
Source: Robert Half 70% of Kiwi workers believe hybrid work has a positive impact on their productivity levels 32% of workers believe working in the office full-time has a negative...
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) Almost half of New Zealand schools are within a short walking distance of a specialist vape retailer, despite a law aimed at preventing vape stores...
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand 7 May 2025 – Risks to the financial system have increased over the past six months, Reserve Bank Governor Christian Hawkesby says in...
Source: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – Doctors Without Borders The undersigned 55 organisations operating in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) call for urgent action from the international community against...
Source: Office of the Privacy Commissioner Privacy Week 2025 lands on the second week of May (12-16 May), with a full week of free webinars to promote privacy education. Privacy Commissioner...
Source: Ara Ake The first complete inventory of all the fossil fuel machines in New Zealand has found there are over ten million of them in the country and that 84%...
Source: Consumer NZ Now is a great time to brush up on digital hygiene or share advice with someone you care about – in your family, workplace or social circle....
Source: Greenpeace The Luxon Government has just introduced a bill into the House that would make it legal to kill protected wildlife. Greenpeace understands the Bill is being rushed through all...
Source: Auckland YWCA The Government’s proposed amendments to the Equal Pay Act 1972 represent a major setback for pay equity and a breach of women’s fundamental rights, says leading gender advocate...
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand 6 May 2025 – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has published the results from the 2024 General Insurance Industry Stress Test. The exercise...
Source: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi is slamming the Government’s proposed changes to the Equal Pay...
Source: Workers First Union Workers First Union has described today’s announcement that the Government will attempt to shut down existing pay equity claims and make it harder to file new ones...
Source: BusinessNZ BusinessNZ supports amending the pay equity process to make it more transparent, evidence-based, and more able to achieve robust settlements. BusinessNZ Chief Executive Katherine Rich says the current process...
Source: Porirua City Council Bislama, the official language of Vanuatu, has been added to the list of Pacific Language Weeks to be celebrated in Porirua in 2025. Language weeks are important...
Source: PSA The Government’s proposed changes to the Equal Pay Act will severely limit people in female-dominated professions to be paid fairly, said the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga...
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation Changes by the Government to make pay equity claims harder to lodge and resolve are an attack on women, New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki...
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Southland Police are reminding heavy motor vehicle drivers of the importance of road safety as the country makes its way towards winter. “There have...
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) Police are appealing for information following a suspicious car fire in Bluff on Sunday 4 May. About 3.40pm, a Ford Courier ute was set...