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Business commentator Rebecca Stevenson
The NZ Super Fund has hit an all-time high and was valued at $76.6 billion for the year to June 30, an increase of $11.2 billion on the prior financial year. Audio
Junior doctors walk off the job again
Junior doctors have walked off the job again today, while Health New Zealand says its new offer is a good one. Ruth Hill reports. Audio
Around the motu: Todd Niall in Auckland
Stuff Senior Auckland Affairs Journalist Todd Niall takes us behind the bus drivers strike in the city and talks about the complex funding formula in which the budget constraints at Auckland Council… Audio
What it's like to be a high school teacher in New Zealand
Tens of thousands of secondary teachers have walked off the job this year in a fight for better pay and conditions. Just how bad is it? Audio
Secondary school teachers reject latest pay offer, rolling strikes continue
New pay offers have failed to stop secondary and area school teachers resuming industrial action and primary teachers could yet join them.
The Education Ministry made revised offers to all three… Audio
Exhaustion, missed breaks, working while ill a reality at Gisborne Hospital unit
Exhausted, working while sick and injured, missing meal breaks and the constant fear of making a fatal mistake.
That's the daily reality inside Gisborne Hospital's acute care unit, according to… Audio
Thousands of teachers strike for better conditions
School was out again today for 20,000 high school teachers - and their 280,000 students - with a second nationwide strike in less than a fortnight.
And they're warning there's more to come, unless… Audio
Thousands of teachers march across NZ for better conditions
Angry, forgotten, under-appreciated. And out in their thousands today, teachers up and down the country stepping out of the classroom to say enough is enough.
Marching and chanting in rallies today… Video, Audio
The Week in Detail: Museums, Mittens and the Mill
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Kawerau Mill strike: The cracks that can't be papered over
Workers have been locked out, threatened with legal action and left without any means of income - and it's not the first time. Audio
The Week in Detail: Firefighters, Taiwan, and alcohol
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Coming up
Frustrated firefighters ramp up the heat
A dispute over pay has morphed into much more as our professional firefighters face long hours, stretched staff resources and failing equipment. Audio
Nationwide nurses strike action suspended
The community spread of the Delta variant in Auckland has resulted in nurses immediately calling off their strike. Around 30,000 nurses, midwives and health care assistants from the Nurses… Audio
Burnt-out, underpaid midwives shout for better conditions
Burnt-out and underpaid midwives say mothers and babies could be hurt if conditions in the sector don't improve.
About 150 midwives and supporters marched to Parliament today, with midwives walking… Video, Audio
Nurses, DHBs head to court over strike action
Nurses and their bosses are heading to the courts over strike action, as both accuse each other of not doing enough to keep patients safe.
About 30,000 district health board nurses have issued a… Audio
Striking nurses begin to rally around the country
30,000 nurses have just walked off the job in support of their pay claim. They'll be holding pickets and rallies around the country. One of the first is in Christchurch. Kathryn speaks with RNZ… Audio
Health Minister to meet nurses on strike at Parliament
Rallies and picket lines are organised across the country and tomorrow nurses will strike after negotiations with district health boards reached a stalemate.
At least 30,000 nurses will take part in… Audio
NZ bus driver pay dispute continues
NZ Bus pay dispute lock out with its drivers continues causing tens of thousands of commuters to find alternate transport. Audio
Secondary principals abandon pay talks, consider strikes
The government is facing the prospect of yet more strikes in schools.
Secondary principals have walked away from their pay talks with the Education Ministry, with unions saying it doesn't have enough… Audio
Principals deliver warning letters to Education Ministry
Primary and intermediate school principals took their campaign for a better pay deal to the steps of the Education Ministry today, fronting up to nine of the ministry's regional offices to hand over… Audio