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Public Service Association
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Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)

A democratic union of 95,000+ people working in Aotearoa's state, community, local government and health sectors.
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65% of people in Aotearoa support striking workers!

#StandTogetherForHealth #NZPol #AotearoaUNions #TradeUnions #NZUnions
A graphic tile showing a pie graph indicating 65 percent of people in favour of strikes. 25%totally opposed and 10% unsure. Tabolt Mills research poll is in the bottom left corner.
October 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Thousands of health workers are striking across the motu on October 23rd.
They’re standing up for health, asking for safe staffing and fair wages.
We’ve put all the location information for PSA members on our website along with some FAQ’s.
Stand together for health on 23 October
On 23 October, nearly 17,000 PSA health members are striking for safe staffing, fair pay, and conditions to give quality care patients deserve.On 23 October, nearly 17,000 PSA health members are strik...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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📢 1,700 Policy, Advisory, Knowledge and Specialist health workers have voted to join strike action on 23 October. The strike follows the failure of Health NZ Te Whatu Ora to provide an offer during bargaining that fairly reflects their value to the public health system.
A graphic tile that says Breaking news 17,00 Policy, Advisory, Knowledge & Specialist health workers to strike on Thursday October 23. The Stand Together For Health and PSA logos are in the corners.
October 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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PSA Delegate Carolyn Cook helps cancer patients recover from surgery in her mahi as an Allied physiotherapist. She's striking on 23 Oct because people in Aotearoa aren't getting the healthcare they deserve. 

full story from Stuff & ThreeNews by Zane Small:
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
October 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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📢🎆 51 Home Support Workers on the West Coast will strike from 12pm - 2pm on Thursday October 23. They're standing up for decent pay and the access to training they need to do their mahi safely.
A graphic tile that says Breaking news West Coast home support workers to strike on Thursday 23 October. The Stand Together For Health and PSA logos are in the corners.
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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BREAKING NEWS: More than 3,500 mental health and public health nurses have voted to strike for 24 hours on Thursday 23 October for better pay and conditions.
The image is a dark-green photo of a blurred scene from a PSA rally. The text reads: 'Breaking news'. '3,500 Mental Health & Public Health Nurses to Strike on Thursday October 23.’ PSA logos are in the bottom corners.
October 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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The Living Wage is an hourly rate. Set apart from the minimum wage, it’s worker and whānau focused.

Paying the Living Wage rate is voluntary. Employers who pay the Living Wage want to make sure their workers get enough money to live with dignity. #nzpol

www.livingwage.org.nz/accredited_e...
On a large billboard outside St Matthew in the City text above photo reads Poverty Over It. Below the photos text reads: JUST PAY THE LIVING WAGE
October 1, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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BREAKING NEWS: More than 11,500 Allied Health workers will strike for 24 hours on Thursday 23 October for safe staffing levels and better pay and conditions.
The image is a dark-orange photo of a blurred scene from a PSA rally. The text reads: 'Breaking news'. '11,500 Allied health workers to strike 24 hours on Thursday October 23'. PSA logos are in the bottom corners.
October 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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To live a dignified, full life in Aotearoa, a person needs to be paid at least $28.95 an hour. In this local election, your vote can support the living wage in local government.
Visit psa.org.nz/local2025 to find out more about the living wage in local government, and which candidates support it.
The image is a photograph of a Living Wage event in Wellington overlaid with a reddish-brown filter and yellow and white text. The text reads “VOTE FOR THE LIVING WAGE. VOTE FOR A BETTER FUTURE. People, just like pipes, need to be paid a decent wage. And, just like infrastructure, you get what you pay for. Workers who are not stressing about how they’re going to pay for their kid’s shoes or dog-tired from working a second job, are better workers. Better workers make for better services for local communities – whether that be rubbish collection, running the library, or repairing roads. FIND OUT MORE: psa.org.nz/local2025 There is a PSA logo in the bottom right-hand corner.
September 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Happy Father’s Day to all the union dads 🧢🚩💜
September 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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📣 A message of solidarity from our Pōneke delegates in support of NZNO members who are striking across the motu today.

We stand with striking nurses! 🚩✊💜

#StandUpFightBack #WeStandWithNurses #MarangaAke #aotearoaunions #nzunions
September 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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The message is clear: Pay equity is not optional. Livelihoods should never be on the political chopping block. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Add your voice to the call at the Women's Day of Action!
📩RSVP: www.together.org.nz.
#WomensDayOfAction #RiseUpForPayEquity #ProtectPayEquity #NZPol
The tile has a background of an image of the crowd from outside the filing at the High Court overlaid with a pink filter. In the centre of the image is a screenshot of the RNZ article with the headline “Union 'ready to fight' government on pay equity law changes” and a group photo beneath.
September 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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@nzpsa.bsky.social response to Collins looking into suppressing the right to strike.

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Public Service Minister Judith Collins’ admission in Parliament that the Government is looking at restricting public sector workers' fundamental right to strike is deeply concerning and demands further explanation, says the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi. Public Service Minister Judith Collins’ admission in Parliament that the Government is looking at restricting public sector workers' fundamental right to strike is deeply concerning and demands further explanation says the PSA In response to questions in Parliament yesterday from Camilla Belich, Collins stated the Government is "looking at how we can strengthen the bargaining system so that people might have better options available before racing off to strike, such as, for instance, mediation or any other sorts of facilitated bargaining." PSA National Secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says Judith Collins needs to come clean about exactly what the Government is planning, as mediation and facilitation already exist and are regularly used. "Judith Collins admitted in Parliament that the Government is looking to further limit the right to strike. This is a very serious matter and demands an urgent explanation. "The right to strike is a cornerstone of our democratic workplace relations system. Any attempt to restrict this fundamental right would be a direct attack on working people's ability to negotiate fair wages and conditions. "This Government has already shown it is willing to remove basic rights without consultation when it stripped away women's pay equity rights in the dead of night. It has also already undermined the right to strike by introducing pay deductions for partial strikes. "Collins talks about 'better options' but what she's really talking about is forcing workers into new processes that favour employers and which remove the remaining few tools workers have to push back. There are already significant limits on the right to strike in New Zealand.
August 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Have you made your submission on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill yet?? Good news - you’ve still got time!

Today’s the last day you can submit and push back against the Fire at Will bill.

Add your voice to the call 📢✊

www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/pu...
August 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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PSA members from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage were out this morning rallying against the proposal to cut its workforce of historians. #SaveOurHistory!
#NZPol #Kikorangi
Outside looking back toward Lambton Quay. A close-up of a person holding up a placard that reads “GOVT SO BAD EVEN THE INTORVERTS ARE HERE…” Two other people are standing behind looking toward the speaker.
June 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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1/3 Ignorance is bliss - a story of Minister Van Velden’s disastrous Q&A interview in nine panels.
a screenshot of Jack Tame asking a question with the text “Why does a punitive approach work for cracking down on poor people, but not for corporations?” Smaller text saying “Jack Tame 1news.co.nz” a screenshot of Brooke van Velden ‘answering’ a question with the text “I just don’t think you can try and compare any of these policies with each other…” Smaller text saying “Minister Brooke van Velden ACT” a small picture of what seems to be a badly taxidermied cat with it’s arms spread wide as if asking a question, with bold text in the middle saying “WHY NOT?”
June 16, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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2/3 Ignorance is bliss - a story of Minister Van Velden’s disastrous Q&A interview in nine panels.
a screenshot of Jack Tame asking a question with the text “What evidence do you have that reducing the number of road cones won’t cause even more deaths?” Smaller text saying “Jack Tame 1news.co.nz” a screenshot of Brooke van Velden ‘answering’ a question with the text “Well we don’t know exactly what will happen with the road cone policy…” Smaller text saying “Minister Brooke van Velden ACT” a bigger picture of what seems to be a badly taxidermied cat with it’s arms spread wide as if asking a question, with large bold text in the middle saying “WHY NOT?” The text is duplicated slightly.
June 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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3/3 Ignorance is bliss - a story of Minister Van Velden’s disastrous Q&A interview in nine panels.
a screenshot of Jack Tame asking a question with the text “Who that will be materially effected [by The Pay Equity Amendment Bill] did you consult with?” Smaller text saying “Jack Tame 1news.co.nz” a screenshot of Brooke van Velden ‘answering’ a question with the text “Look, there was not widespread consultation…” Smaller text saying “Minister Brooke van Velden ACT” a very large picture of what seems to be a badly taxidermied cat with it’s arms spread wide as if asking a question, and another of the same cat below it, with very large bold text in the middle saying “WHY NOT?” The text is duplicated multiple times so it looks like it is coming out of the image.
June 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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UPDATE: withdrawal of suspension & lockout of disability workers at Te Roopu Taurimu!
🗞Article as seen in the NZ Herald this morning📰
#AotearoaUnions #NZPSA #MarangaAke #TradeUnions #NZUnions
The image is a clipping of an article from a print paper surrounded by an orange frame. There is a photo of attendees at Sunday's rally outside the offices of Te Roopu Taurimu. The people in the image are holding various union placards and PSA flags. The rest of the image is the printed text of the news article.
June 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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After half a century of serving some of Aotearoa’s most vulnerable mental health clients, Rauaroha-Segar House is the latest health service to be in the coalition Government’s firing line.
Add your voice to the call and sign the petition:
www.together.org.nz/save_rauaroh...
The image is a photo of a close-up from a Fight Back for Health Rally. There are multiple placards, signs and banners with Fight Back for Health and Invest in our Health themed slogans. The image is overlayed with an orange filter and has white text, The text reads: "Sign the petition:" "SAVE SEGAR HOUSE Psychotherapy Service" "http://together.org.nz/save_rauaroha_segar_house...". A white PSA logo is at the bottom.
June 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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The ITUC Global Rights Index came out on Monday. It's the the only comprehensive, worldwide annual study of the violation of workers’ rights, and this year it detailed the "profound deterioration of workers' rights across the globe. Read more here: www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...
June 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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The Regulatory Standards Bill is designed to put profit ahead of people, erase Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and make effective provision of public and community services incredibly difficult.

One of the best things we can do to stop it is make a submission. 📃🖊

👉 Go to psa.org.nz/rsb to find out how.
Image is a reddish-brown tile with an image from Hīkoi mo Te Tiriti just visible underneath. The tile has blocks of white and yellow text: “SUBMIT AGAINST THE REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL” “FIND OUT MORE: psa.org.nz/rsb”.
June 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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#PSADelegtes in Whanganui-a-Tara standing in solidarity with members at MSD who are in bargaining today!
#AotearoaUnions #TradeUnions #NZUnions #NZPSA #MarangaAke
Indoors. a large group of people are facing the camera, captured mid-cheer. They are holding a variety of PSA flags, stand together and union themed placards and solidarity signs for MSA bargaining.
May 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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NEW ZEALAND: Public service union condemns New Zealand’s ‘wage theft’ budget www.themandarin.com.au/292753-publi...
Public service union condemns New Zealand's 'wage theft' budget
The New Zealand Public Service Association has slammed the 2025 budget's celebration of savings from restricting pay equity claims.
www.themandarin.com.au
May 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social
LWMANZ is a collaboration of faith, community orgs & unions.

Many of us are low-waged workers, or people who deal directly with the impacts of poverty in our communities.

We’re diverse, but share a common view – that the Living Wage is one way to lift working people from poverty and inequality.
Attendees at a Living Wage event stand facing the stage. Their hands are raised in a gesture of solidarity and strength - a fist. Living Wage members/supporters stand in front of a red Living Wage banner. Members/supporters and Resene Workers at a community meeting in support of Resene being a Living Wage Employer. Performers at a Living Wage event are in front of a Living Wage banner, facing the crowd singing.
May 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM