Council of Trade Unions Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges has taken New Zealand's pay equity fight to the International Labour Organisation conference in Geneva. Opposition parties say the government should be going much further, much faster in sanctioning Israel. Government ministers did not get advice on what the changes to pay equity would mean for specific claims in their portfolios, ahead of the legislation that would discontinue the claims being introduced. New Zealand's food and fibre export revenue is expected to have reached $59.9b in the year ending June 2025, an increase of 12 percent from the previous year.
Union coverage
- CTU: Council of Trade Unions take NZ's pay equity fight to international conference
- PSA: 'Where was the care of thought?': Greens criticise ministers over pay equity advice
Employment
Politics
- Two 'extremist' Israeli politicians banned from travelling to NZ
- New Zealand's sanctions on Israel too little, too late – opposition parties
- Kāinga Ora to use wool carpet in new state homes
- A bold dream gets a cut as Predator Free 2050 Ltd is disestablished
- Denser housing coming for Auckland, but not (necessarily) in your back yard (paywall)
- Documents reveal why Adrian Orr suddenly quit as Reserve Bank Governor
- Inside the Reserve Bank's Adrian Orr crisis communications plan (paywall)
- 'Trump of the North' will not seek re-election as Kaipara mayor
- 'Not every single Māori in the country supports you': The Labour/Te Pāti Māori conundrum
Te Ao Māori
- Oranga Tamariki report finds stark outcomes for Māori in state care system
- Pita Tipene to step down as Waitangi National Trust chair
- Māori dollar: Ngāti Toa triples its assets while paying down debt
Economics
- 'Golden visa' nets $25m investment in two months (paywall)
- Plan to double tourism value by 2034 unveiled
- US-China trade deal 'welcome relief' for Kiwi exporters – Minister
- Ministry of Primary Industries forecasts export revenue increase of 12% for food, fibre sector
- Major NZ retailers sign up to use facial recognition technology (paywall)
- The real reason Meridian shut down its grand green hydrogen project (paywall)
Opinion
- The death-by-1000-cuts approach to employment rights (paywall)
- An understatement to say these sanctions are too little, too late (paywall)
- NZ should hold fire on 'Golden Dome' (paywall)
- New Zealand must take the helm to protect the ocean (paywall)
- Was it only a matter of time before Trump used force against his own people?
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