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Private Health Contracts Advance Govt’s Health Privatisation Agenda
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 10:00 am | PSA
Stripping money out of the public health system to pay private, for-profit providers will not solve the Government’s underfunding of health, Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says. More >>
Cancellation Of Health Charter A Giant Step Backwards For Health And Community Support Workers
Monday, 16 June 2025, 5:05 pm | PSA
The coalition continues to show us who and what they value. It’s very clear that they’re continuing to completely under-value the workers, and especially the women workers, who prop up the system to serve New Zealand whānau when they need it most. More >>
Māori Marginalised By Changes To Pae Ora Act
Monday, 16 June 2025, 2:18 pm | PSA
"These amendments strip away the very mechanisms Māori advocated for and were promised, particularly the ability to shape local service design and delivery through Iwi-Māori Partnership Boards IMPBs)," says Janice Panoho. More >>
War On Women Intensifies As Govt Takes Axe To Sick Leave For Part-Time Workers
Monday, 16 June 2025, 12:58 pm | PSA
This latest attack on women comes just six weeks after the Government ripped up the pay equity rules, depriving 150,000 women of the pay they deserve and making it harder to lodge claims in the future. More >>
ERA Releases Recommendations To Settle Te Roopu Taurima Dispute Due To Public Interest
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 12:46 pm | PSA
The ERA recommendations include reference to the current salary for kaitaataki (leaders in the houses providing residential disability support) not having increased for two years. It recommends an increase from $70,500 to $74,000 from 31 May 2025 and ... More >>
Govt Cuts Will Undermine Access To New Zealand’s History
Friday, 13 June 2025, 1:35 pm | PSA
The proposal to cut historians threatens the existence of Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand, which is a vital online resource for New Zealanders and a window to the rest of the world to learn about our rich history. More >>
New Zealand’s Ability To Monitor Geohazards Weakened By Science Job Cuts
Thursday, 12 June 2025, 11:01 am | PSA
The National GeoHazard Monitoring Centre, operated by GNS Science, provides round the clock monitoring of potential tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and landslides, and was set up after the Kaikoura Earthquake in 2016. More >>
PSA Welcomes Mayoral Candidate's Commitment To Pay Equity
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 2:16 pm | PSA
"Local body candidates around the country have the chance to do the right thing and recognise the true value library workers bring to their communities," said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary of the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here ... More >>
PSA Welcomes Withdrawal Of Suspension Of Disability Workers At Te Roopu Taurima
Monday, 9 June 2025, 2:35 pm | PSA
The PSA and Te Roopu Taurima attended facilitation run by an Employment Relations Authority member recently. The Authority member then provided recommendations to settle the collective agreement. More >>
Rally Auckland 2pm To Protest Suspension Of 38 Disability Workers
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 1:21 pm | PSA
Te Roopu Taurima o Manukau Trust is the country’s largest kaupapa Māori community disability provider. It operates residential whare in Te Tai Tokerau/Northland, Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, Waikato, Waitaha/Canterbury, and a residential mental health whare ... More >>
Sunday Rally To Protest Outrageous Suspension Of 38 Disability Workers
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 1:35 pm | PSA
The action comes after Te Roopu Taurima tried to introduce harsh terms of employment including restrictions on secondary employment and 90 day trials as well as a pay increase that fails to meet the increased cost of living facing these workers and ... More >>
Petition Launched To Save Rauaroha - Segar House Psychotherapy Service
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 2:39 pm | PSA
Rauaroha - Segar House received notice in May that Te Whatu Ora is considering its disestablishment, 50 years after it was first opened in Auckland. More >>
WorkSafe Needs More Investment To Keep Workers Safe, Not A Road Cone Hot Line
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 12:18 pm | PSA
WorkSafe has received no extra Budget funding from this government and almost one in five workers has been shown the door in recent years. More >>
Community Corrections Staff Gearing Up For Industrial Action
Friday, 30 May 2025, 11:38 am | PSA
"We will be looking to take industrial action if we do not get an improved offer from Corrections, and the mediation, set down for Wednesday 4 June, fails," says Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary for the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga ... More >>
Govt Squeeze Forces Waka Kotahi To Cut Women's Jobs
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 1:17 pm | PSA
The change proposal revealed today proposes a net loss of 18 out of 110 roles among team administrators, personal assistants, and office support people, with 85% of the affected roles filled by women. More >>
PSA Calls On Te Roopu Taurima To Abide By ERA Recommendations
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 1:53 pm | PSA
Kaitaataki and Poutaataki continue to be subject to a lockout of additional hours, despite how this can affect tangata, kaiawhina (support workers they lead) and their own whānau, says Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi National ... More >>
Govt Funding Squeeze Sees DOC Propose Cutting 84 Roles
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 7:47 pm | PSA
PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says more than 90 per cent of the staff facing redundancy are women, based on the PSA membership data, which includes 90 affected workers. More >>
PSA Supports Peoples’ Select Committee On Undemocratic Pay Equity Changes
Monday, 26 May 2025, 9:47 am | PSA
Women, unions and employers have spent hours and thousands of dollars working on the detailed hard graft of pay equity claims, and this work should be recognised by having their say in a proper select committee process. More >>
Government Abandons Māori And Pacific Whānau Through Kāinga Ora Cuts
Friday, 23 May 2025, 7:09 am | PSA
Te Kaihautū Māori of the PSA Janice Panoho says many of the workers losing their jobs are Māori and Pacific, whose cultural competence and lived experience are essential to connecting with communities in a way that upholds mana. More >>
Budget Confirms $12.6 Billion Theft Of Wages From Women - Pay Equity Betrayal Laid Bare
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 2:42 pm | PSA
The Government promised to tackle the cost of living - how does taking billions of dollars from the pay of so many underpaid women help them balance their own budgets? It’s just another broken promise, and kiwi women are paying for this. More >>
