NZ Unemployment Pain Hits Workers Hard
The Government can spin the numbers however it likes. But 163,000 people unemployed and 406,000 underutilised is not recovery. It is warning sirens.
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TOP’s Tax Reset Takes Aim At NZ’s Property Obsession
TOP has finally dropped the tax grenade both major parties are too terrified to touch: stop rewarding property speculation and start investing in people.
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UN Complaint Filed Over NZ Pay Equity Rollback
The Government’s pay equity rollback is no longer just a domestic political fight, it’s now the subject of an international human rights complaint.
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Greens Attack Government’s Council Shake-Up
Councils are already under pressure from infrastructure costs, climate events and reform fatigue, and now the Government wants to restructure the sector at speed.
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Labour Blasts Rising Unemployment Under National
More Kiwis are out of work, wages are falling behind inflation and entire communities are being hit by closures. And Labour says National has no answer.
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PSNA Demands Action After NZ Citizens Assaulted
New Zealanders trying to deliver aid to Gaza were allegedly beaten and detained by Israeli forces. And PSNA says the Government can no longer stay silent.
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EDS Calls For Fisheries Amendment Bill To Be Scrapped
Environmental groups warn the Government’s Fisheries Amendment Bill puts industry interests ahead of sustainability while oceans heat and fish stocks come under growing pressure.
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AUTSA Calls For Winter Energy Support For Students
Cold flats. Empty fridges. Rising power bills. Student leaders say tertiary students are being abandoned during the worst cost-of-living crisis in years.
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Migrant Surcharge ‘Discriminatory’, Campaign Warns
A $6-a-day migrant surcharge won’t fix New Zealand’s infrastructure crisis, but critics say it will make vulnerable workers pay for decades of political failure.
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Santa Marta Pushes Global Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Forward
This wasn’t another climate talkfest. Santa Marta put fossil fuels on the chopping block, and civil society is watching to make sure governments don’t flinch.
