Job losses

It called for voluntary redundancies in August as it tries to cut costs to head off a huge deficit.

Willie Jackson has labelled proposed cuts at Whakaata Māori “really sad”, and says he’s sick of hearing the government blame Labour for the organisation’s lack of funding.

Analysis - Between 40 and 60 jobs are expected to be affected by the government’s restructure of Te Arawhiti.

Almost 4500 more people have signed up to the Jobseeker Work Ready benefit since the start of May.

An anonymous official in a Government ministry says a consultation document is expected next week.