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A Black Budget Built On Human Misery
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 2:50 pm | PSA
Nearly 9000 public service workers - one in seven - face losing their jobs over the next three years as $2.4 billion is ripped out of budgets. More >>
Privacy Commissioner’s Findings On Manage My Health Breach Another Wake-Up Call To Resource Health IT Properly
Wednesday, 27 May 2026, 10:59 am | PSA
"This finding should be a wake-up call. Nearly 100,000 New Zealanders, many of them in Northland, had their most sensitive personal information stolen because security was not up to scratch," said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for PSA More >>
Underfunded, Understaffed, And Struggling - PSA Survey Confirms Grim Impact Of Cuts
Wednesday, 27 May 2026, 7:25 am | PSA
The Government’s priorities are clear. Give tax breaks to landlords and big tobacco, while the workers who keep this country running are sacked, overworked and undervalued. More >>
Te Puni Kōkiri Restructure Heads To Mediation
Monday, 25 May 2026, 9:11 am | PSA
The proposed cuts would come on top of earlier losses of 75 FTE roles, meaning that more than 20 per cent of Te Puni Kōkiri’s workforce would be cut if the restructure goes ahead. More >>
Defence Boost Must Ensure Civilian Workers Get Pay Rise
Saturday, 23 May 2026, 5:56 pm | PSA
The proof of the Government’s commitment to Defence won’t just be in the hardware it buys. It will be in how it treats the people who make it all work. More >>
Snap Rally Sunday In Defence Of Public Services
Friday, 22 May 2026, 11:32 am | PSA
"Since the Government’s announcement on Tuesday, we’ve seen an outpouring of support for public services and the people who deliver them," said Fleur Fitzsimons. "New Zealanders know that public servants cannot be replaced by Artificial Intelligence" More >>
Birthright Hutt Valley Closes As Government Leaves Single-Caregiver Families Out In The Cold
Thursday, 21 May 2026, 3:17 pm | PSA
There has been no response from Oranga Tamariki, no plan, and no replacement. Hutt Valley families have been left out in the cold. More >>
Cuts Impact Early Childhood Centre Regulation
Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 2:59 pm | PSA
The change was recommended in a review by the Ministry of Regulation, an entity he championed and now oversees as Minister. More >>
One In Four Workers To Be Sacked At Agencies In Firing Line - Willis Wrecking Ball Exposed
Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 1:23 pm | PSA
With 10 agencies exempted from the cuts, the entire burden of the planned cull of 8,700 jobs falls on the remaining 30 agencies, which employ 36,965 people. That means 23.4% of workers at those agencies will be sacked More >>
Public Services Will Be Decimated By Reckless Plan To Fire Nearly 9,000 Workers
Tuesday, 19 May 2026, 2:27 pm | PSA
"The Government claims savings of $2.4 billion - that’s money gone from services simple as that. Less, means less. Lower quality, slower and fewer services. More >>
Nicola Willis Sets Out Reckless Plan To Savage Public Services And Sack 10,000 Public Servants
Tuesday, 19 May 2026, 7:57 am | PSA
Based on Stats NZ population projections of 5.5 million, that would mean a workforce of roughly 55,000 - meaning up to 10,000 public servants will lose their jobs. More >>
Sexual Violence Prevention Organisation To Close After Govt Pulls Funding
Monday, 18 May 2026, 7:14 am | PSA
Wellington-based RespectEd Aotearoa delivers specialist sexual violence prevention education to local schools, workplaces, prisons and communities - work that changes attitudes, builds skills and stops harm before it happens. More >>
More Waka Kotahi Workers Thrown Into Upheaval As Restructures Pile Up
Thursday, 14 May 2026, 3:18 pm | PSA
Final redundancy decisions are announced in July for workers in Transport Services and in August for Commercial and Corporate, and System Leadership staff. More >>
Budget 2026 Will Further Damage Public Services And Drive More Workers Out The Door
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 3:28 pm | PSA
A recent PSA survey of public service workers found one in four public service workers is thinking about leaving. More >>
Shock Survey Result - One In Four Public Service Workers Thinking Of Leaving NZ
Monday, 11 May 2026, 7:09 am | PSA
The 7,600 members who responded were asked whether they either agreed or strongly agreed that they were thinking about leaving the country for better pay. More >>
Heartless Govt. Proposes More Job Cuts At Kāinga Ora - Tenants And Workers In Regions Pay The Price
Friday, 8 May 2026, 4:30 pm | PSA
The PSA will fight the latest cuts and will keep reminding voters that come November they have a choice to change this heartless government. More >>
Proposed Cuts At Maritime NZ Will Make Our Waters Less Safe
Thursday, 7 May 2026, 4:31 pm | PSA
The proposal to significantly reduce the investigations and legal teams would make it much harder to investigate serious incidents and prosecute offenders. More >>
New Figures Show Home Support Workers Have Lost $27,728 One Year On From Pay Equity Betrayal
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 9:00 am | PSA
One year ago today the Government cancelled 33 pay equity claims, ripped up the rules and slammed the door shut on fair pay for more than 180,000 workers - most of them women. More >>
Councils Must Work With Unions And Communities In Fast-Track Reform
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 1:37 pm | PSA
"We expect to see councils work closely with unions to make sure staff can be heard on their views and managed through the process. No-one knows a local community better than the people on the frontlines. More >>
National MP’s Tone-Deaf Attack On Workers Exposes Who This Govt. Really Serves
Wednesday, 29 April 2026, 12:08 pm | PSA
"This is giving with one hand and taking with the other, and New Zealanders won’t be fooled by it," said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. More >>
