Inequality

It would seem National are not done with stomping on the backs of NZ’s most vulnerable. On Saturday Housing Minister Phil Heatley struck another blow to our already desperately under-resourced state housing. Ignoring the Green’s call for substantial new building projects, National have been slashing budgets again.   Now they will unceremoniously dump thousands of…

Alasdair Thompson, the CEO of the Employers and Manufacturers Association, today legitimised the pay gap in New Zealand. He claimed that women’s lesser pay relative to men was due to their having to take more time off work, due to having their period and looking after children. The statement, on behalf of New Zaeland’s business…