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PSA Seeks Urgent Injunction To Halt Crown Law Restructure
Saturday, 7 November 2026, 4:17 pm | PSA
Crown Law staff do vital work upholding the rule of law for every New Zealander. We're asking the Authority to hit pause so this is done properly and staff are heard. More >>
Govt Spends Over $45 Million Axing Kāinga Ora Workers As It Guts Social Housing
Friday, 6 November 2026, 2:26 pm | PSA
"This is money wasted to gut a critical public agency at a time of desperate need for social housing, it’s shameful," said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. More >>
Govt’s Health Squeeze Leaves Mason Clinic Short-Staffed - PSA Takes Health NZ To The Authority
Friday, 6 November 2026, 11:28 am | PSA
"Staff told us in July they were at breaking point. When we wrote again in September, Health NZ didn’t reply until we chased it a month later," said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. More >>
New Survey Reveals Soaring Fuel Costs Are Putting Vital Home Support Care At Risk - Government Silent
Friday, 6 November 2026, 10:10 am | PSA
Home support workers are bearing the brunt of skyrocketing fuel expenses out of their own pockets, said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pukenga Here Tikanga Mahi. More >>
Health NZ IT Staff Cuts Delaying Patient Care And Protection For At Risk Children
Friday, 6 November 2026, 8:44 am | PSA
New information released under the OIA since the report was published paints an alarming picture. It shows Health New Zealand has experienced more than one priority 1 outage a day on average. More >>
Govt Muzzling Our Watchdogs That Hold Power To Account - PSA Report
Thursday, 5 November 2026, 9:17 am | PSA
The PSA is calling for watchdog funding to be restored, and for their budgets to be set by a cross-party parliamentary committee, independent of the Government they scrutinise. More >>
PSA Takes Solicitor-General To Era Over Rushed Crown Law Restructure
Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 11:44 am | PSA
The PSA has sought an urgent time-bound direction to mediation from the Authority and a priority hearing if the matter is not settled. More >>
War On Culture Ramps Up - Film Archive Faces Losing A Third Of Staff From Govt Cuts
Thursday, 29 October 2026, 8:52 am | PSA
Ngā Taonga itself states that with fewer people, some work will have to ‘reduce, slow down or stop’. That means less access for the public, a growing backlog, fewer new films and recordings collected, and some taonga left at risk. More >>
Almost Half Of Public Health Funding Now Flows To The Private Sector
Tuesday, 27 October 2026, 8:58 am | PSA
Private sector providers captured 80% of the $3 billion increase in combined Health NZ and ACC health spending since 2022/23, according to the report, Who Owns the Health System? More >>
The Real Cost Of Rates Capping: Libraries, Pools And Community Facilities Will Be Sold
Thursday, 22 October 2026, 8:32 am | PSA
The PSA is calling on the Minister for Local Government Simon Watts to guarantee that no libraries, pools or other community facilities will be closed as a result of rates capping. More >>
Deep Cuts To National Library And Archives NZ Confirmed Despite Huge Outcry
Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 3:40 pm | PSA
"Historians, researchers, choirs, orchestras and many others spoke out loudly and strongly against these cuts and yet they’ve been ignored. It’s a slap in the face for staff and the many communities they serve," said Fleur Fitzsimons More >>
Police Pay Result Must Set The Bar For Public Service Dispute
Wednesday, 21 October 2026, 8:58 am | PSA
Ten thousand public servants from Internal Affairs, MBIE, MSD, the National Emergency Management Agency, and the Ministry for Ethnic Communities walked off the job last month in protest at current offers. More >>
PSA Says Greens Public Service Announcement Necessary To Start Rebuild Of Public Services
Thursday, 15 October 2026, 12:25 pm | PSA
"The Government’s cuts have been made with no plan and no thought to the current and future needs of New Zealanders", says Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons. More >>
New Mega-Ministry Admits It Can't Do The Same Job As It Plans To Cut 400 Roles
Wednesday, 14 October 2026, 1:26 pm | PSA
"The Ministry's proposal says, ‘a smaller organisation cannot simply undertake the same volume of work in the same way.’ That's a department telling New Zealanders in black & white that work will stop," said Duane Leo, National Secretary for the ... More >>
Geohazard Centre Goes Dark Again - More Proof Govt. Is Breaking The Basics
Tuesday, 13 October 2026, 10:13 am | PSA
The centre opened in 2018 so that analysts would monitor geohazard events around the clock, rather than relying on scientists on call from home. More >>
Mental Health Workers In South Island Stand Strong And See Off 90-Day Trials After Long Community Campaign
Sunday, 11 October 2026, 2:37 pm | PSA
The settlement follows years of protracted bargaining, mediation and facilitation through the Employment Relations Authority, and community rallies. More >>
Fixing The Basics? Govt Cuts Let Geohazard Monitoring Centre Go Dark Last Night
Saturday, 10 October 2026, 3:09 pm | PSA
The Prime Minister should front up to New Zealanders, admit that these cuts should never have occurred, and take responsibility for the centre being closed last night. More >>
National's Drug-Testing Plan Is Populist Rhetoric That Won't Work And Will Stretch MSD Staff Even Further
Thursday, 8 October 2026, 2:16 pm | PSA
The policy says testing would be "integrated into MSD's work-readiness and employment planning", starting with 10,000 tests in the first year "with the programme expanding". More >>
Home Support Workers Can’t Afford To Do Their Jobs As Petrol Prices Hit Record High
Thursday, 8 October 2026, 11:08 am | PSA
The PSA has written to Health Minister Simeon Brown this week calling for a rate increase and asking for the outcome of the 2026 review of rates, which was due on 1 July. More >>
Kids Waiting In Pain As Children’s Dental Service Starved Of Funding - New Report
Thursday, 8 October 2026, 9:33 am | PSA
Dental workers describe in the report how underfunding has worsened over the past three years under the National-led Government, leading to reduced services and more staff vacancies. More >>
