27 Nov 2024

1500 more Te Whatu Ora jobs to be axed - PSA

From Checkpoint, 4:42 pm on 27 November 2024

1500 more Te Whatu Ora jobs are on the chopping block according to the union and that is on top of a round of voluntary redundancies. The Public Service Association claims that more than 1100 roles are going from the digitial and data group at Health New Zealand. Along with more 350 jobs from the National Public Health Service, including advisers who help people quit smoking. Former chair of the Te Whatu Ora Pacific Senate Sir Colin Tukuitonga spoke to Lisa Owen.