Woolworths has proposed a major restructure of its New Zealand store operating model, leaving workers worried their hours and pay could be cut. Public servants are being asked how productive their office is, how much they use AI, and whether they’re overloaded with meetings as part of a “census”. An economist is warning New Zealand might soon be in the firing line for US tariffs amid an escalating global trade war.
Union coverage
- Unite, First: Unions and employers divided over wage theft law
- First: Woolworths proposes major restructure in supermarkets’ operating model
Employment
- What questions public servants are being asked in ‘census’ survey
- ‘Sworn at, spat on and threatened’: how drunks treat ED doctors
- Two ACC deputy chief executives stood down, under investigation
Politics
- ‘Public institutions’ like schools and hospitals shouldn’t be owned privately – Chris Hipkins
- Doctors slam Government’s ‘pathetic response’ to bowel cancer prevention
- Labour MP gets $53,000 pay cut for ‘promotion’
- Judith Collins ‘not aware’ of diversity quotas in public service after Winston Peters’ comments
- Nicola Willis mulls upping KiwiSaver contributions as Treasury rings alarm bells over cost of ageing population
Te Ao Māori
Economics
- Second firm halts plans for offshore wind farms
- NZ might soon be in firing line for US tariffs in Trump’s trade war – economist
- Infrastructure summit: Italian business among potential bidders for building Northland Expressway
Opinion
- Brown’s surgery puts health system at increased risk
- The flap over DEI: woke, or just awake?
- Milford Sound tsunami risk could surpass Whakaari disaster – Tim Davies