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Cuts To Health NZ Team Likely Spells End To Innovative Student Placement Programme
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 2:17 pm | PSA
Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi national secretary, Fleur Fitzsimons, says that they’re extremely disappointed to hear that Health NZ has decided to cut another essential group of staff. More >>
Privatising Road User Charges Risks Higher Costs For Drivers
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 2:07 pm | PSA
Privatisation is a problem masquerading as a solution. The only people who will see any benefit from this scheme are the corporates who take their cut to gather the tax, says Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the PSA. More >>
Govt Kept Secret Cuts To Science Funding To Finance New Applied Tech Institute
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 8:17 am | PSA
MBIE has now revealed to media that there is no new money for the institute, but the $231 million budget comes from cutting science funds and from other science pools. More >>
Treacherous Betrayal Of Women Over Pay Equity Laid Bare In Official Documents
Friday, 1 August 2025, 11:28 am | PSA
"We knew it was constitutional vandalism and wage theft, now we know the Government actively suppressed human rights and went to extraordinary lengths to hush it up in the Beehive," said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public Service ... More >>
New Low From Govt In Public Service Act Changes Aimed At Ending Long Term Planning, Diversity & Inclusion & Pay Equity
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 11:50 am | PSA
Under the proposed amendments, detailed in the Public Service Amendment Bill, diversity and inclusion, pay equity and long-term planning would be downgraded. More >>
MBIE Facing Legal Action Over Attempt To Curb Flexible Work Including Working From Home Arrangements
Friday, 25 July 2025, 8:43 am | PSA
The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has recently introduced a new Flexible Work Policy to align with the Government’s directive to restrict flexible work arrangements for public service workers including reducing days working ... More >>
Govt Funding Squeeze Sees DOC Cutting A Further 71 Roles
Thursday, 24 July 2025, 5:07 pm | PSA
Removing support staff, who monitor the radios used by DOC staff working away from the office to stay safe, poses health and safety risks, PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says. More >>
Axing Same-Day Enrolment To Vote Exposes Impact Of Govt Starving Another Key Agency Of Enough Funding
Thursday, 24 July 2025, 3:58 pm | PSA
Why has the Government chosen to build obstacles around people’s basic right to vote, instead of funding the Electoral Commission properly? More >>
Govt Wrong To Cut Another 255 Civilian Defence Jobs At Time Of Rising Risks
Monday, 21 July 2025, 4:27 pm | PSA
This is all about saving money, not strengthening security. It doesn’t make any sense when tensions are rising across the Asia Pacific area and in Europe. It was only a few months ago that a warship from China was in the Tasman Sea. More >>
1500 Specialist Education Workers Represented By PSA To Strike
Monday, 21 July 2025, 11:56 am | PSA
1500 PSA members and 800 NZEI members to strike from 10am-12pm on 22 July in support of current bargaining between their respective union and the Ministry of Education. More >>
Seymour’s Attack On UN Official ‘Offensive And Irresponsible’ - PSA
Friday, 18 July 2025, 3:08 pm | PSA
David Seymour’s disrespectful response to the Rapporteur not only undermined Foreign Minister Winston Peters who is responsible for leading our diplomatic relations, it was also ignorant and reeked of colonial defensiveness. More >>
Talented Scientists Already Lost Thanks To Government: New PRO Will Struggle
Friday, 18 July 2025, 2:04 pm | PSA
As of June, dozens of public researchers from Callaghan Innovation were made redundant. Many of the team were experts in subjects like artificial intelligence, which are at the centre of the NZIAT. More >>
PSA Decries Closure Of Specialist Mental Health Facility Segar House
Thursday, 17 July 2025, 5:11 pm | PSA
"We’re calling on Health New Zealand and the government to reverse this decision and commit to properly funding Segar House. New Zealanders want - and deserve - public mental healthcare that serves everyone, even and especially those with complex needs." More >>
Union For Local Government Workers Supports LGNZ Recommendations To Improve Voter Turnout
Thursday, 17 July 2025, 10:40 am | PSA
Private companies should not be running local body elections, it is not appropriate for something so important to the functioning of local democracy, said PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons. More >>
ACC Strike Picket Tomorrow
Tuesday, 15 July 2025, 3:55 pm | PSA
More than 1,000 members will strike across the country in response to an unacceptable pay offer that would see more than 160 workers earning less than the living wage. More >>
ACC Workers To Strike For Fairer Pay
Monday, 14 July 2025, 7:09 am | PSA
Strike action will start with a one-hour withdrawal of labour from 11am to noon on Wednesday 16 July. Further action is planned for Wednesday 6 August. More >>
Mental Health Worker Numbers Don’t Tell Full Story Of Service Under Stress And Strain
Friday, 11 July 2025, 10:55 am | PSA
The Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey today said Health NZ payroll data showed total full-time staff employed in mental health growing by more than 9 per cent year on year between Quarter 3 in 2023 and Quarter 1 2025. More >>
Capping Rates Will Accelerate The Privatisation Of Locally Owned Assets
Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 9:27 am | PSA
Rates are the main tool councils have to ensure it can meet the needs of communities for quality facilities and services. Capping rates would see councils forced to make difficult decisions to run down facilities like libraries, sports grounds and pools, ... More >>
First-Ever Strike At Pharmac
Monday, 7 July 2025, 3:44 pm | PSA
Pharmac staff will be picketing outside their office at 40 Mercer Street from 10:30am-11:30am during the industrial action. More >>
PSA Welcomes Settlement Of Te Roopu Taurima Industrial Dispute
Thursday, 3 July 2025, 10:04 am | PSA
The settlement follows an 8-month dispute. The employer banned Kaitaataki and Poutaaki (residential whare leaders) from working additional hours before Christmas and threatened a six-week suspension in response to low level strike action. More >>
