New Zealand News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 21, 2025.
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Employment – Kmart workers secure new “industry-leading” two-year living wage deal
Source: Workers First Union Kmart workers are celebrating today after Workers First Union members ratified a new 2-year pay deal that includes minimum living wages after six months’ service for both 2025 and 2026, union-only bonuses and more. Rudd Hughes, Deputy Secretary (Retail) at Workers First, said he believed the new agreement put Kmart workers among […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Employment – 1500 specialist education workers represented by PSA to strike
Source: PSA PSA members have voted to strike in support of their bargaining with the Ministry of Education, which has stretched on now for nine months. The staff represented by the PSA work on several programmes of work to support educators, ranging from education reform to managing emergency responses. “The Ministry is threatening flexible working arrangements […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Property Market – It’s a deal: Home buyers and sellers finally agree on price – RealEstate.co.nz
Source: Brainchild PR for RealEstate.co.nz Sellers are getting, on average, more than their final asking price for properties listed on realestate.co.nz 8 out of 19 regions recorded higher average selling price than asking price Wellington homeowners getting on average $17,000 more for homes than they were expecting. An analysis of house price data on realestate.co.nz […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Northland Regional Council News briefs – 21 July 2025
Source: Northland Regional Council Enroll to vote Northlanders keen to vote in this year’s local elections – including a poll to keep or remove Māori constituency seats – must be enrolled by Friday 01 August to receive a standard voting pack. After this date, you’ll need to cast a special vote. Meanwhile people keen to stand […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Employment – Workers to deliver 80,000 strong pay equity petition – CTU
Source: NZCTU What: Pay equity petition handover Where: Forecourt, Parliament, Wellington When: 1pm, Wednesday 23 July Women representing the more than 300,000 workers in female-dominated industries affected by the Government’s gutting of New Zealand’s pay equity system will deliver a 80,000 strong petition to opposition MPs at Parliament this Wednesday. Workers will make the case to MPs that […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Elles Road roundabout, Invercargill, gets its fourth leg
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Invercargill’s Clifton industrial area will get a new, safer and more efficient access point from next week. New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) advises the new access off the Elles Road roundabout, across the recently upgraded KiwiRail level crossing, will be available from Monday 28 July. It will be […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Work begins soon to raise flood-prone area near Te Karaka, SH2
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Work begins soon on a major flood resilience project – Hakanui Straight (formerly Nesbitt’s Dip) – on State Highway 2 near Te Karaka. The upgrade will see an 850 metres long flood-prone section of the highway raised by 3 metres, new drainage installed, the main culvert for Hakanui Stream replaced […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Child Poverty – Families below the Income Floor face growing crisis – new research
Source: Child Poverty Action Group Many low income households across Aotearoa are now living below the income floor, with increasingly fewer households able to cover the bare essentials, according to new research released today by Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG). The research builds on modelling by the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) and ext MIL OSI […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: BEYBLADE X National Champion Crowned – Kiwi Blader to Represent New Zealand in Tokyo
Source: NewzEngine.com Auckland, NZ – Sunday 20 July The battle is over and a New Zealand champion has emerged! The BEYBLADE X National Tournament came to an epic close at The Maritime Room in Auckland City, where top bladers from across the country spun, clashed, and competed for a single, coveted title. The venue buzzed […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Advocacy – Gaza is Starving: A Last-Minute Call for Action – PSNA
Statement issued by the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) issues this urgent and desperate call: Gaza is starving, and we must act now. Hospitals and emergency clinics in Gaza are overwhelmed. Unprecedented numbers of Palestinians — children, women, and the elderly — are collapsing from hunger and exhaustion. Medical […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Advocacy – Gaza is Starving: A Last-Minute Call for Action
Source: Palestine Forum of New Zealand The Palestine Forum of New Zealand joins the international cry of alarm: Gaza is starving — and the world must respond with urgency and conscience. In recent days, shocking scenes have emerged from Gaza’s hospitals: children too weak to cry, elderly people collapsing from exhaustion, entire families on the […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Youth to mobilise for severe weather response
Source: New Zealand Government An immediate one-off grant to mobilise and coordinate young people to assist in the response to the severe Nelson Tasman weather events has been provided to the Student Volunteer Army (SVA), Youth Minister James Meager has announced. Mr Meager confirmed the $50,000 funding to support youth volunteers aged between 12 and […]