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Councils Going After Mortgages For Unpaid Rates, Collecting Millions
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:29:02 +1200 | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Councils are so distracted by a massively broadened scope that they have forgotten they work for the ratepayer, who now rightly expects them to focus on the basics; roads, rubbish and pipes.More >>
May Day 2025: Take Back Democracy From The Billionaire Coup
Wed, 30 Apr 2025 07:57:25 +1200 | ITUC
On May 1, trade unions will mobilise to take their demands to their governments. One week later, the ITUC will elevate these demands to the global level. The union will address the leaders of the world on 8 May 2025, marking 80 years since the defeat ...More >>
History Shows Patients At Risk From Physician Associates
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:35:22 +1200 | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
The introduction of physician associates is an unnecessary quick and cheap fix to the doctor shortage when we have a competent and experienced nurse practitioner workforce available to do this work.More >>
Unions To Hold Nationwide Day Of Action On May Day
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:32:06 +1200 | NZCTU
We are sending send a strong message to those in power that we demand a better deal for working people, and an end to the attack on unions. We will also be calling on the Government to deliver pay equity and honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi.More >>
Ruapehu Council’s $700k Blunder Shows Need For Standardised Council Accounting
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:43:03 +1200 | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Taxpayers’ Union Spokesman James Ross said: “If councils are serious about transparency, they must adopt clear, consistent financial reporting standards. Ratepayers deserve better than excuses.”More >>
Free Speech Union Submits On Phase 2 Of Covid-19 Inquiry: Speech Rights Undermined During Pandemic
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:24:33 +1200 | Free Speech Union
Suppressing legitimate questions and professional judgments ultimately undermines public trust and weakens democratic institutions. More >>
Health NZ Disappointed That Association Of Salaried Medical Specialists Strike To Go Ahead
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:40:08 +1200 | RNZ
Hospitals and emergency departments will remain open, and the union is working with Health NZ to ensure life-preserving services continue. More >>
Unions Launch Campaign To Ban Engineered Stone
Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:48:00 +1200 | NZCTU
Silicosis is a debilitating disease that cannot be cured. The evidence is clear that the only solution is to stop workers from being required to process engineered stone, which exposes them to the dangerous silica dust.More >>
Govt Vocational Education Reforms Will Cause Massive Disruption
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:13:06 +1200 | NZCTU
“The NZCTU remains fundamentally opposed to these reforms, which will create further disruption across the sector and come off the back of a period of disruption and change in the sector over the past five years,” said NZCTU Acting President Rachel ...More >>
REVEALED: $310k Spent On Cars For Ex-PMs
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:57:25 +1200 | Taxpayers' Union
The Department of Internal Affairs buys and replaces these cars for ex PMs and/or spouses, with the exception of Chris Hipkins, who wasn’t in the job more than two years, and John Key, who declined the entitlement.More >>
Public Toilet? More Like Public Rip-Off
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:37:07 +1200 | Taxpayers' Union
The final location had to be signed off by both local hapū and Heritage New Zealand, with excavation carried out under the watchful eye of both a cultural monitor and Heritage NZ representatives.More >>
Mayor Wayne Brown Needs To Front Up Over Newsroom Allegations
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:24:28 +1200 | Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance
Does Auckland Council's conflict of interest policies mean anything at all, or are they just a fig leaf? If the Council can't deal with this in a robust and transparent manner, it's appropriate for the Auditor-General to step in.More >>
Health CEO Paid More Than The PM — Then Got A Golden Handshake
Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:16:14 +1200 | Taxpayers' Union
While hospitals are under pressure and frontline workers are crying out for resources, the top brass are looking after their own. It’s bureaucratic back-handers at its worst.More >>
‘Cultural Safety’ Must Not Trump Speech Rights And Qualified Care For Patients
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:34:51 +1200 | Free Speech Union
Practitioners face increasing overreach from regulators that threatens to undermine not only their individual liberties, but the important contribution dissent, debate, and the contest of ideas play in our healthcare sector.More >>
Housing Costs Keep Soaring, What Will It Take To Cap Rates?
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:56:49 +1200 | Taxpayers' Union
“Ministers Willis and Watts needs the courage to slash inflationary overspending and cap council rates hikes. That’s the pathway back to a growing economy.” More >>
Inflation Data Confirms Real Terms Minimum Wage Cut
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:52:28 +1200 | NZCTU
This data is another piece of evidence about who is winning and losing in the economy. The poorest working people are facing higher costs they can’t avoid – but with less money to pay.More >>
UCOL Cuts Will Cause Lasting Damage
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 10:11:34 +1200 | Tertiary Education Union
The proposal impacts on the roles of approximately 27 academic staff and 47 administration and support staff in areas like disability support, enrolment and cultural support. More >>
CTU Economist Craig Renney Launches His Brand New Podcast 'Locked Out With Craig Renney' At 4am, Thursday 17th April
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:52:18 +1200 | Blindfish Media
“Locked Out will examine the numbers being thrown around in New Zealand and will take a critical eye to areas of politics, economics, and society” says host Craig Renney.More >>
Health Infrastructure Plan Ushering In Privatisation Of The Health System
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:13:52 +1200 | PSA
Privatisation will inevitably mean syphoning money off from providing health services for all to pay profits to private corporations. This will result in only those who can pay being able to access adequate health care and other vital services.More >>
Tauranga Council’s $125m Office Fit For Wall Street, Not Main Street
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:51:46 +1200 | Taxpayers' Union
Council staff already enjoy perks like $100,000 life insurance, bonus annual leave, and subsidised bus cards. Now they’re adding $470,000 in coffee machines and a Wall Street-style fit-out on the ratepayer tab.More >>
