Wednesday 25 June
RMTU members have started industrial action at Napier Port amid negotiations for better pay for about 185 workers. The draft National Infrastructure Plan is challenging the government to “lift its game” on project planning, saying it has often been “short-term and reactive”. Record numbers of people are chasing a dwindling number of jobs, while wage rises are barely keeping pace with inflation, according to Seek. Treasury advised the government not to buy rail enabled Cook Strait ferries three weeks before it announced it would.
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