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Women’s work gets the middle finger

Women’s work gets the middle finger

Changes to the Pay Equity Act saved the Government an estimated $12.8 billion, but the producers of a new podcast, Shortchanged, argue that our economic system has long discriminated against women in the workforce.
By Angela Meyer & Tania Domett

On May 6, 2025, the Government wiped 33 pay equity claims overnight. No warning, no consultation, no press release to the 180,000 workers affected. One day the claims existed. The next they didn’t. Ministers called the existing framework “loose and unworkable” and moved on.

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https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/30/womens-work-gets-the-middle-finger/

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Govt board members’ fees soar as private sector directors tighten their belts

Fees paid to non-executive directors and chairs overseeing Crown and local government-owned organisations have increased 9 and 13 percent respectively over the past year, a new report shows.

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'We'll swallow our ego': Te Pāti Māori ponders the ultimate tactical sacrifice

Te Pāti Māori’s co-leaders have not ruled out a strategy of deliberately engineering an overhang in the next Parliament, as part of a strategy to force the coalition out of power.

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