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Disestablishing IR's Māori Research Team Will Disadvantage Whānau
Friday, 5 September 2025, 9:13 am | PSA
Inland Revenue plans to shut down Te Mana Rangahau and push the work to a broader Customer Interventions group from 1 September, without first building the cultural capability needed to do it effectively More >>
Time For Urgent Action On ACC Culture Problems - Much Needs To Be Fixed
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 4:24 pm | PSA
The report identifies serious problems with a lack of trust - workers don’t trust current complaint processes should they have concerns. More >>
PSA Supports Report Calling For Tech Giants To Pay Fairer Share Of Taxes
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 7:08 am | PSA
The report Big Tech Little Tax details the ways international tech corporations pay minimal tax on billions of dollars of revenue. They do this by moving the bulk of their revenue to their parent companies in low tax countries, which leaves them little ... More >>
Statistics NZ Proposes Axing Māori Learning Capability Team In Latest Cull
Wednesday, 3 September 2025, 11:50 am | PSA
PSA Kaihautū Māori Marcia Puru says that Stats NZ will be failing on its legislative functions such as quarterly reporting on the Te Ture Mo te reo Māori (Māori Language Act). More >>
NZ Initiative's Simplistic Approach Would Weaken Public Services
Tuesday, 2 September 2025, 8:59 am | PSA
Responding to the New Zealand Initiative's report "Unscrambling Government", PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons said the report overlooked the important New Zealand context behind why agencies exist. More >>
Prime Minister Must Act On Van Velden's ERA Interference
Monday, 1 September 2025, 3:25 pm | PSA
The Prime Minister must send a clear message about the standards he expects of his Ministers and make clear that the Employment Relations Authority will follow the law, not the political whims of Ministers, PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons ... More >>
PSA Condemns Pharmac Move To Dismantle Te Tiriti Policy And Māori Protections
Monday, 1 September 2025, 11:09 am | PSA
Removing the Te Tiriti policy without consultation or engagement puts the agency at risk of non-compliance with these statutory obligations. More >>
Department Of Internal Affairs Job Cuts Will Mean More Violent Extremism And Child Exploitation
Friday, 29 August 2025, 11:10 am | PSA
"These cuts mean more child exploitation and violent extremism: it’s that simple. These cuts are dangerous and irresponsible and will do harm," Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi National Secretary, Fleur Fitzsimons, says. More >>
Restriction On Right For Defence Staff To Strike Unjustified
Thursday, 28 August 2025, 2:20 pm | PSA
"This legislation will make it harder for Defence personnel and their families to achieve fair pay rises and it is by design," PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons said. More >>
Cuts To Public Service Commission’s Le Fale Puts NZ Work In The Pacific At Risk - PSA
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 4:20 pm | PSA
PSA national secretary Duane Leo says the proposal is devastating for staff, who work both within New Zealand and across the Pacific to improve public services. More >>
Women To Rally Outside High Court As Pay Equity Challenge Formally Filed
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 1:02 pm | PSA
The five unions are seeking a declaration that the amended Equal Pay Act 1972 is inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, arguing it breaches freedom from gender-based pay discrimination, the right to natural justice, and the right ... More >>
Government Must Front Up On Plans For Ministries
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 9:44 am | PSA
Along with its gutting of pay equity and clamp-down on the use of te reo Māori in the public sphere, this move is part of this Government's attacks on under-represented New Zealanders. The hardworking staff of these Ministries deserve better than to More >>
New Data Shows Human Misery Of Public Sector Cuts
Tuesday, 26 August 2025, 10:08 am | PSA
Data from 75 public organisations shows there were almost 286,000 applications for 10,000 public service jobs in the first half of this year - a ratio of 28.5 applications per role, compared to just eight applications per role in 2023. More >>
PSA Files Ombudsman Complaint Over Minister's ERA Interference
Friday, 22 August 2025, 2:27 pm | PSA
The PSA made the complaint after Van Velden this morning declined to retract her comments and commit to respecting ERA independence. More >>
Minister’s Political Interference In The ERA Outrageous - PSA
Thursday, 21 August 2025, 2:00 pm | PSA
"The Minister should be supporting an impartial justice system that serves all New Zealanders fairly, not trying to stack it to deliver a political outcome," Fitzsimons said. More >>
Collins Admits Plans To Restrict The Right To Strike
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 8:31 am | PSA
PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says Judith Collins needs to come clean about exactly what the Government is planning, as mediation and facilitation already exist and are regularly used. More >>
One Day's Notice Shows Rushed Approach To Gutting New Zealand's Science Funding
Tuesday, 19 August 2025, 2:05 pm | PSA
The $15 million cut to the Marsden Fund is in addition to the cuts that were already announced in Budget 2025. More >>
Five Unions To Take Government To Court Over Pay Equity
Monday, 18 August 2025, 7:48 am | PSA
The NZNO, PSA, PPTA, TEU and NZEI Te Riu Roa are filing proceedings in the High Court seeking a declaration that the amended Equal Pay Act 1972 is inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. More >>
More Pay Equity Specialist Expertise To Be Lost In Further Betrayal On Pay Equity
Friday, 15 August 2025, 10:05 am | PSA
The Ministry of Education proposal would disestablish 28 roles, citing the Government’s changes to pay equity legislation in May and what it describes as "evolving government priorities." More >>
Government Must Come Clean On Plans To Restrict Public Sector Collective Bargaining
Thursday, 14 August 2025, 10:39 am | PSA
The PSA is seeking an urgent meeting with Minister Collins to discuss these concerning comments and the Government's intentions regarding public sector workers' rights. More >>
