Inflation has fallen to its lowest point in the last 3.5 years, but many costs remain high, and unemployment is expected to get worse. An OIA response received by the Green Party has revealed that Brooke van Velden's contractor proposals are almost word for word from an Uber proposal. TEU staff at University of Auckland are set to strike for a second time in recent weeks. Labour's wage theft Member's Bill has passed its second reading thanks to the conditional support of NZ First. Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau is seeking to give assurances that a long-term plan will be announced by the end of the year without further rate rises, following her meeting with the Minister for Local Government.
Union coverage
- CTU: 'Deep in the pockets of Uber' – Government accused of copy-pasting company's position
- CTU: Political reaction mixed to lowest drop in inflation in over three years
- CTU: 'Never seen such a sustained period of financial stress'
- CTU: Petrol prices have decreased, but is that just because of the Auckland Fuel Tax cut?
- TEU: University of Auckland staff set for second strike in weeks
- APEX: Christchurch Hospital staff exposed to toxic fumes given health advice
Employment
- Labour member's bill passing second reading with NZ First support
- Staff have changed duties: Police Minister Mark Mitchell told new gang and public safety units leaving some regions vulnerable
Politics
- Data anonymisation tool 'difficult' to reverse – IRD
- Disabled NZers 'shut out of care' after funding freeze
- Senior southern region doctors send PM warning letter over stalled Dunedin Hospital rebuild
- Tory Whanau denies need for Crown Observer after meeting with Simeon Brown
- No intervention expected, Tory Whanau promises new plan by year's end
- Wellington mayor pledges not to increase rates after urgent meeting
- Labour's Barbara Edmonds to National: 'Why are you so afraid' of a capital gains tax?
Te Ao Māori
- MPs consider request to halt tikanga law course
- Call for rethink on prosecutions welcomed in some quarters while government disputes need
- Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi from Far North to Parliament about Māori unity, organisers say
- 'Blown away' by extreme need as whānau swamp free dental clinics
Economics
Opinion
- Wellington's City to Sea bridge should not be demolished
- Who should decide the value of journalism? It's not Google or any government
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