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Community Groups, Rural Māori Communities Hit Hard By Brutal Govt Cuts To Funding Support Services
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 4:10 pm | PSA
The Community Operations team supports hundreds of community, iwi and hapū groups who rely on advisors to navigate Lottery Grants, central and local government funding, and philanthropic funds More >>
PSA Slams Racist, Last-Minute Changes To Local Government Bill
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 12:51 pm | PSA
"Make no mistake, this change - made quietly and quickly without consultation as parliament wraps up for the term - is squarely targeted at tokenising mana whenua representation in local government." More >>
Next Govt Must Make Pay Equity For Care And Support Workers A Priority
Wednesday, 16 September 2026, 11:22 am | PSA
New report from PSA calls on next Govt. to settle claim within first 100 days More >>
Simeon Brown Must Come Clean With Voters - Is National Planning To Sell Off The State’s Silver Again?
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 12:24 pm | PSA
"New Zealanders are heading to the polls, and they deserve to know now, not after the election, whether National are planning to sell off the assets we all own," said Fleur Fitzsimons, PSA National Secretary for the PSA Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. More >>
Nurse Maude Support Workers To Strike For The Fourth Time As Facilitation Granted By Employment Relations Authority
Monday, 14 September 2026, 7:41 am | PSA
"This is now the fourth strike. These workers want their employer to hear them, and to put forward a fair offer that doesn’t cut their sick leave." said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for Public Service Association, Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi More >>
MSD Errors Just The Beginning As The Impact Of Cuts Is Felt
Thursday, 10 September 2026, 4:33 pm | PSA
MSD has cut more than 700 roles, almost 10% of its workforce, under the Government’s drive to cut costs. MSD workers were on strike yesterday. More >>
Restoring Pay Equity Would Boost Income Of 91,000 Families By $300/week - PSA Analysis
Wednesday, 9 September 2026, 7:22 am | PSA
New PSA analysis shows 136,000 children in 91,000 families would be better off by $300 a week on average if pay equity was restored, confirming again how damaging the Government’s decision to axe claims has been. More >>
10,000 Public Servants Will Strike Tomorrow
Tuesday, 8 September 2026, 10:23 am | PSA
"All these public servants want are fair deals for themselves & their families. And we haven’t ruled out further industrial action if employers don’t bring that to the table," said Duane Leo, National Secretary of PSA Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga ... More >>
Wellington City Council Job Cuts A Short-Sighted Hit To The Capital
Monday, 7 September 2026, 2:17 pm | PSA
Workers affected include those working in climate change response and resilience, mana whenua engagement, administration, and resource consenting. More >>
Nurse Maude Support Workers On Strike Again Tomorrow
Sunday, 6 September 2026, 1:57 pm | PSA
Workers first went on strike on 31 July and again on 10 August. More >>
Moa Point Failures Demonstrate Why In-House Public Services Must Be A Priority
Wednesday, 2 September 2026, 3:52 pm | PSA
The in-house expertise on managing assets like Moa Point is drastically reduced from councils, leading to systemic, decades-long failures like the ones revealed today. More >>
Our Precious History Under Threat As National Library And Archives Face More Govt Cuts
Wednesday, 2 September 2026, 3:43 pm | PSA
The key custodian of our nation’s history, the National Library and Archives NZ is again being savaged by Government spending cuts, with a proposal to shed 12% of its workforce. More >>
Labour Backs PSA’s Call For Public Good Test
Wednesday, 2 September 2026, 3:09 pm | PSA
The PSA asked all parties likely to be in parliament after November’s election to address its biennial Congress. All except NZ First and ACT agreed. More >>
Govt Should Settle The Industrial Dispute Not Attack The Workers Raising It
Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 12:17 pm | PSA
"Workers have a fundamental right to strike, and the Government should respect that and focus on settling this dispute," said PSA National Secretary Duane Leo. More >>
10,000 Public Servants To Strike On 9 September
Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 8:28 am | PSA
Tension has been building for months, and now it’s at breaking point: public servants are fed up with a government that overworks and undervalues them. More >>
Enough Is Enough: Public Good Test Needed To Stop Govt's Reckless Restructures
Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 7:32 am | PSA
At a minimum, a legislative public good test should be contained in the Public Service Act 2020 and apply to State services as defined in the Act; this would go beyond the core Public Service. More >>
Health NZ Must Guarantee Jobs For 1200 Home Support Workers After Contracts Axed
Friday, 28 August 2026, 3:18 pm | PSA
The PSA is calling on Health New Zealand to transfer their jobs to the new providers on the same terms and conditions. More >>
Rushed Law Changes, And Automated Decision-Making On Top Of Job Cuts Mean MSD Will Make More Mistakes
Friday, 28 August 2026, 10:43 am | PSA
"These aren’t just administrative glitches, they’re what happens when you pass complex law changes under urgency, hand them to a workforce that’s already lost hundreds of colleagues to cuts, and expect nothing to go wrong," said Fleur Fitzsimons More >>
Government's Proposed Rates Caps Not The Answer
Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 4:08 pm | PSA
The combination of no new taxes and rates caps would be extremely challenging for councils," Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi national secretary, Duane Leo, says. More >>
Ruling Out Bed Tax Is Magic Thinking By National - PSA
Monday, 24 August 2026, 11:03 am | PSA
"Local govt has become a convenient scapegoat for people critical of so-called excessive public spending. But the reality is that there’s no more fat to cut in local government," says PSA Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi national secretary, Duane Leo. More >>
