Budget 2026 Will Further Damage Public Services And Drive More Workers Out The Door – PSA
The Prime Minister’s Budget 2026 preview today confirms what public service workers already feared: more cuts are coming, and New…

The Prime Minister’s Budget 2026 preview today confirms what public service workers already feared: more cuts are coming, and New…

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?
They were warned. They cut anyway. Now the system is breaking.
A temporary increase in the mileage allowance for home support workers is a welcome response to the fuel crisis but…