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WorkSafe New Zealand charged WasteCo NZ Ltd on or around May 4 2026 with three alleged breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 following the May 2025 death of worker Lynda Marion Kelly at the Te Anau transfer station.
The Ministry for Regulation now targets a permanent structure of 91 full-time staff, more than four times the headcount of the New Zealand Productivity Commission it replaced in 2024.
A median full-time worker paid $15,148 in personal income tax for the year ended June 2023. That amount more than doubled the $7,427 paid in the year ended June 2011. Real wages failed to keep pace with the increase.
The New Zealand government will cut 8700 core public service jobs over three years. The plan reduces full-time equivalent staff to no more than 55,000 by July 2029.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis will set an explicit target to reduce New Zealand's core public service below 60,000 full-time equivalent staff by 2029 in her pre-Budget speech today.
New Zealand's services sector remained in contraction in April 2026. The BNZ-BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index rose 2.7 points to 48.9 from a revised 46.2 in March.
Health New Zealand carries a $1.8 billion liability for past Holidays Act compliance errors. The Employment Leave Bill 2026 targets this fiscal burden with simpler rules.
Associate Education Minister David Seymour announced on 15 May 2026 that the Healthy School Lunches Programme will save taxpayers $122 million in 2027 while delivering meals to 242,000 students each school day.
The seasonally adjusted BNZ-BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index dropped to 50.5 in April 2026 from 53.2 in March, marking the weakest expansion in months as fuel costs surge.
Lyttelton Port Company will eliminate 14 container terminal roles after the Maritime Union of New Zealand decided against a Supreme Court appeal.
