NZ Union News

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More than 36,000 Te Whatu Ora nurses, midwives, health care assistants and kaimahi hauora have voted to strike for 24 hours of what they say is a failure by Health NZ to address their safe staffing concerns. Erica Stanford has unveiled a plan to double the economic benefits brought into the country by international students. A group of industry bodies and independent energy retailers have launched a new campaign calling for an overhaul of the energy market. Labour MP Peeni Henare has been confirmed as his party’s candidate for the Tamaki Makaurau by-election.

Union coverage

• CTU: NZ to block corporate lawsuit rights in Asia trade deal (paywall)
• NZNO: Nurses vote to go on 24-hour strike, citing safe staffing concerns
• NZNO: Thousands of nurses to strike at the end of July (paywall)
• TEU: No need for bill protecting campus free speech, unis and legal experts say

Employment

• Oranga Tamariki paying nearly $2m a year to communications staff
• Young and shut out: Gen Z face the harshest job market in years (paywall)
• Mental health minister says workforce is recovering from chronic understaffing

Politics

• Government unveils plan to lift international student enrolments
• Long-term changes needed to bailouts, natural disaster responses – Christopher Luxon
• Doctors warn private health moves risk a US-style system
• ACT leader David Seymour wants a fast-track for new supermarket companies (paywall)
• ACT sets out plan to party faithful: ‘Keep the government and make it better’
• ‘Regrets’, but no ‘sorry’: Ray Chung backs down on Tory Whanau apology pledge (paywall)

Te Ao Māori

• Peeni Henare to contest Tāmaki Makaurau by-election for Labour
• ‘It is an interesting time’ – Tania Simpson takes over as chair of Waitangi Trust
• Reviewers of legislation Treaty clauses expected to report back in months

Economics

• Stock markets retreat as Trump ramps up trade-offensive
• New Zealand’s manufacturing slump continues, slowing economic recovery
• Manufacturers still struggling despite hopes for recovery (paywall)
• Electricity market concerns outlined in new campaign

Opinion

• Is the Government just paying lip service to cost of living concerns? (paywall)
• When it comes to digitising NZ, we’re missing a bold strategy (paywall)
• The new politics of climate adaptation. Who gets saved? (paywall)
• Tāmaki Makaurau by-election throws up curious quirk of MMP