A Black Budget Built On Human Misery – PSA
Today’s Budget makes clear the heavy price public services, and all New Zealanders will pay to make Nicola Willis’s numbers…

Today’s Budget makes clear the heavy price public services, and all New Zealanders will pay to make Nicola Willis’s numbers…

Defence is getting more money. The people keeping its ships, aircraft and systems running now want proof they will not be left behind again.

The PSA says Budget 2026 risks driving exhausted public servants out the door while essential services across New Zealand are already stretched to breaking point.

More than 1,100 Kāinga Ora jobs have already gone. Now the Government wants to centralise maintenance teams while tenants wait longer for repairs.
Police have hit pause on a dangerous mental health withdrawal plan after workers warned patients and frontline staff were being put at risk.
A 46-page restructure. Seven days to respond. The PSA says Te Puni Kōkiri didn’t consult — it dictated.
Australia is cutting fuel use. New Zealand is forcing workers back into traffic. In a fuel crisis, that’s not just bad policy — it’s expensive.
Cut the people who hold the Crown accountable to Te Tiriti — then pretend the relationship still works. That’s the play.
$20,644.45 — that’s what pay equity cancellation cost each worker. Now they’re turning that loss into a public reckoning.
More than 100 roles gone. So what happens to the work that still needs doing?