Pay Equity Cancelled Cheque Presentation Event To Highlight Impact On Care And Support Workers – PSA
$20,644.45 — that’s what pay equity cancellation cost each worker. Now they’re turning that loss into a public reckoning.

$20,644.45 — that’s what pay equity cancellation cost each worker. Now they’re turning that loss into a public reckoning.

If this is who National might run… what exactly are voters being asked to sign up for?

The Alliance Party has announced eight new South Island candidates for Election 2026, with a strong Christchurch focus and a renewed democratic socialist platform.

Floods in Waikato and Wellington expose the gap between climate science and Government policy, as Civil Defence funding is cut during escalating disasters.

The Alliance Party prepares for the 2026 General Election at its Christchurch National Conference, confirming policy, constitution changes, and campaign strategy.
Some may balk at these suggestions. I make no apology for making them.
On a day when our young people succeeded in prodding grownups to take notice of the looming climate change disaster bearing down on us, other “grownups” had more nefarious, murderous thoughts in mind. On a day which should have been positive and filled with idealism and hope, we ended with tragedy and tears.
The real devastating failure of the city rebuild is the plight of low-income families left high and dry by the Christchurch City Council.
What this situation shows most clearly is the complete lack of public service ethos in these individuals. It is a lack of ethical behaviour which now pervades the senior levels of our public services across the country – both in government and local body organisations.
I leave Christchurch residents to decide if they think this is corporate fraud, sloppy council oversight, greed, sharp business practice, conflict of interest, immoral, unethical, outrageous or a mixture of these.