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![Health Ministry staff fire back at pay freeze; changes to Suicide Prevention Office revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Health Ministry staff fire back at pay freeze; changes to Suicide Prevention Office revealed
A lump-sum payment is instead being delivered, based on staff performance.
![Ministry of Health confirms final job cut tally](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ministry of Health confirms final job cut tally
The Ministry of Health held an all-staff meeting on the plan this morning.
![Another 146 job losses at Ministry of Education take total past 700](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Another 146 job losses at Ministry of Education take total past 700
The ministry's digital division will cut about 146 positions.
![Ministry of Justice proposes over 150 job cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ministry of Justice proposes over 150 job cuts
The Ministry of Justice is the latest to announce workforce cuts.
![Ministry for the Environment to cut 303 jobs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ministry for the Environment to cut 303 jobs
The environment ministry's workforce is proposed to be slashed by one third.
![Union files legal action against Ministry of Education over job cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Union files legal action against Ministry of Education over job cuts
A total of 755 roles are proposed to be slashed.
![Oranga Tamariki spends more than $800k on contractors, consultants on plan to axe 447 jobs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Oranga Tamariki spends more than $800k on contractors, consultants on plan to axe 447 jobs
Minister for Children Karen Chhour is defending the spend-up.
![Blood service strike: urgent hospital surgeries postponed; surgeons to warn ‘no guarantee of blood transfusion’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Blood service strike: urgent hospital surgeries postponed; surgeons to warn ‘no guarantee of blood transfusion’
Patients told: "I cannot guarantee you will be able to receive a blood transfusion".
![Public sector cuts: ‘No reprieve’ for staff as ministries signal 3-5 yrs of fiscal restraint](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Public sector cuts: ‘No reprieve’ for staff as ministries signal 3-5 yrs of fiscal restraint
Some agencies expect years of fiscal restraint.
![ACC cutting 390 jobs - nearly 10 per cent of workforce](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
ACC cutting 390 jobs - nearly 10 per cent of workforce
The public sector union said the cuts included 'vital' injury prevention staff.
![ACC spending cuts expected to be announced today, 100 jobs possibly on the line](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
ACC spending cuts expected to be announced today, 100 jobs possibly on the line
The agency's bosses said changes will not impact frontline services like rehabilitation.
![Voluntary redundancies bring MBIE job cuts to 341](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Voluntary redundancies bring MBIE job cuts to 341
The ministry accepted another 59 voluntary redundancies last week.
![Seymour wanted Ministry of Regulation to have three times more staff than Productivity Commission](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Seymour wanted Ministry of Regulation to have three times more staff than Productivity Commission
David Seymour said red tape and regulation are 'out of control' in this country.
![Is this the darkest day for the civil service? Latest job cuts push total over 3000](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Is this the darkest day for the civil service? Latest job cuts push total over 3000
Kāinga Ora, Ministry of Housing, Stats NZ, Ministry of Ed, NZQA had cuts today.
!['Reckless': 170 jobs on line at Kāinga Ora and housing agency as axe falls across public sector](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Reckless': 170 jobs on line at Kāinga Ora and housing agency as axe falls across public sector
Workers have been told not to make a decision 'on a whim'.
![After spending $700k-plus on pins for Covid-19 workers, department now cutting costs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
After spending $700k-plus on pins for Covid-19 workers, department now cutting costs
Some 80,000 frontline pandemic workers were given the pins.
![Oranga Tamariki left with no lawyers in Gisborne or Southland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Oranga Tamariki left with no lawyers in Gisborne or Southland
The ministry's lawyers work with vulnerable children across the country.
!['Fattening the profits': Oranga Tamariki calls in consultants to help with job cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Fattening the profits': Oranga Tamariki calls in consultants to help with job cuts
The agency is looking at cutting 447 net roles in its change proposal.
!['Irresponsible and dangerous': Customs and DIA look to cut a further 100 roles](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Irresponsible and dangerous': Customs and DIA look to cut a further 100 roles
The PSA says jobs would be cut from airports and counter-terrorism teams.
![Audrey Young: Police push their luck on pay as mass layoffs continue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Audrey Young: Police push their luck on pay as mass layoffs continue
OPINION: Police's flat rejection of the latest offer seems slightly detached from reality.
![Why is the Govt slashing thousands of public sector jobs - and how will it affect Wellington?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Why is the Govt slashing thousands of public sector jobs - and how will it affect Wellington?
ANALYSIS: The Government's cuts will hurt, but their wider impact might be muted.