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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 >>
Nurse Maude Workers Strike Again Over Low Pay Offer And Removal Of Sick Leave
Sunday, 9 August 2026, 12:45 pm | PSA
If the organisation is genuinely negotiating in good faith, workers would have seen a fair offer by now. They haven’t, Nurse Maude Chief Executive Louise Zacest said. More >>
Govt's Pay Equity Defence ‘Cynical And Opportunistic’, Unions Tell High Court As Landmark Hearing Concludes
Thursday, 6 August 2026, 4:40 pm | PSA
The Crown has told the Court its changes were genuine, good faith law reform intended to make the pay equity system "more robust, workable and sustainable," and denies any bad faith or discrimination. More >>
Not If, But When: Staff Fear Violence At MSD Offices With Proposed Reduction Of Security
Wednesday, 5 August 2026, 11:17 am | PSA
After reducing the number of security guards at 20 regional MSD Service Centres earlier this year, the agency has proposed to cut teams at a further 22 sites from three security guards per site to two. More >>
400+ Science Workers Will Strike Tomorrow - Govt’s Science Institute Attempting To Revert To Inequitable Performance Pay
Monday, 3 August 2026, 4:21 pm | PSA
Workers will rally for an hour from 11am to 12pm on picket lines at PHF Science sites in Mt Albert (Auckland), Kenepuru and Wallaceville (Wellington), and Ilam (Christchurch). More >>
Major Wellington City Council Restructure Is Wrong Time For Upheaval
Friday, 31 July 2026, 4:36 pm | PSA
Wellington City Council is proposing to disestablish 144 roles, including five fixed-term positions, and create 80 new roles, a net loss of 64 jobs across four business groups. More >>
