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Editorial: Oranga Tamariki boss must have missed memo on handling leaks and staff morale
OPINION: Chappie Te Kani slams staff leaks as his organisation lets hundreds go.
'Reckless and disturbing': New public service cuts risk allowing more violent extremism, scams, sex abuse online- union
Over 6000 jobs have been cut across civil service as part of Govt-requested cost savings.
Pause in Education Ministry job cuts after union challenge
The ministry has made a series of decisions that cut more than 700 roles to save money.
Public Purse: The $457,000 in exec’s severance pay Te Pūkenga declined to disclose until the Ombudsman investigated
OPINION: Te Pūkenga's brush with Ombudsman and public interest in exec's severance pay.
Health watchdog taking years to investigate complaints - amid ‘significant pressure’
Covid backlog, ancient IT system part of problem, but upgrade request for latter rejected.
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
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
The ministry's digital division will cut about 146 positions.
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
The environment ministry's workforce is proposed to be slashed by one third.
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
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’
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
Some agencies expect years of fiscal restraint.
Inside a $2 billion pay-equity debacle
The union says many care and support workers are back to square one.
Education Review Office to cut 13 jobs, union says
ERO was directed to slash 6.5 per cent of its spending amid wider public sector cuts.
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
The agency's bosses said changes will not impact frontline services like rehabilitation.
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
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
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
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
Some 80,000 frontline pandemic workers were given the pins.
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
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
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
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?
ANALYSIS: The Government's cuts will hurt, but their wider impact might be muted.
Class warfare: Education Ministry cuts 'strike at heart', Govt promises to reinvest
More than 1000 roles are set to be axed from the two agencies alone.
'Savage cuts': Ministry of Education and Oranga Tamariki look to slash 1000 jobs
The PSA has called it a 'brutal day' for the public sector.
Public service cuts: Number of job losses set to rise
Public servants today will see job cuts in the sector run to more than 2000.
'Fattening the profits of law firms': DIA legal team in proposed cull, says union
The changes are the latest proposal in a string of public service staff reductions.
Tertiary Education Commission and Crown Law to slash roles
The PSA is concerned women are bearing the brunt of cuts at the commission.