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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 >>
Labour Urged To Commit To Rolling Back Public Service Cuts
Sunday, 23 August 2026, 4:55 pm | PSA
These cuts are arbitrary and underpinned by no clear strategy except to save money, they would result in thousands of public servants losing their jobs and cause further serious and irreversible damage to public services that New Zealanders rely on. More >>
Govt’s Axing Of Pay Equity Cost Jobs & GDP Growth - PSA Analysis
Saturday, 22 August 2026, 11:52 am | PSA
We need to see clear commitments from opposition parties to pay equity which means and properly accounting for it in their fiscal plans and fixing the Equal Pay Act 1972. More >>
PSA Calls On Public Service Commission To Withdraw Te Reo Māori Parade Guidance
Friday, 21 August 2026, 10:52 am | PSA
"We are calling on Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche to withdraw this flawed guidance and send a clear public message that public servants are encouraged to attend the parade," said PSA Te Kaihautū Māori Jack McDonald. More >>
Squeeze On Conservation Funding Sees 28 More Roles Proposed To Go At DOC
Thursday, 20 August 2026, 12:51 pm | PSA
"DOC has been forced to reduce staff numbers again and again thanks to the coalition’s crunch on public sector spending," says Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi national secretary, Duane Leo. More >>
Exposed - Govt Plan To Deliberately Starve Hospitals Of Staff To Save Money, PSA Report
Wednesday, 19 August 2026, 8:07 am | PSA
The report reveals that Health NZ Commissioner Prof Lester Levy & Interim CE Dr Dale Bramley told the Health Minister in March 2025 that its savings plan for the 2025/26 budget would be ‘underpinned by maintaining strong controls over recruitment'. More >>
Aged Care Report Step In Right Direction, But Reform Must Fix Pay Equity For Care Workers
Monday, 17 August 2026, 4:58 pm | PSA
We support a genuine workforce strategy for care and support workers, but it needs to be developed in real partnership with unions, not just consultation after the decisions are made. More >>
ACT Wants Public Service To Be A Bad Employer, Exposing The Real Agenda Behind Its ‘Reset’
Sunday, 16 August 2026, 12:51 pm | PSA
We need a new government that protects public services and ensure they deliver to the needs of New Zealanders. More >>
Over 5,000 Public Servants At MSD Latest To Hold Stop-Work Meetings Amid Bargaining For Better Pay And Service Delivery
Monday, 10 August 2026, 7:51 am | PSA
There are currently over 10,000 public service workers currently in collective bargaining, while having to work with the devastating consequences of the Government’s public service cuts. More >>
