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PUBLIC SERVICE
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Public Service added thousands of new hires late last year, data shows (paywalled)
Jemima Huston and Pretoria Gordon (RNZ): Public sector workers 'angry, annoyed' at government job cuts
RNZ: Minister for Employment Louise Upston 'really feels' for public servants losing their jobs
Rachel Thomas (Post): ‘Grim’ feeling at Ministry of Health as staff face job losses (paywalled)
RNZ: Ministry of Health calls staff meetings as job cuts loom
Glenn McConnel (Stuff): MSD hoped cutting coffee and cleaning would save jobs - but job loses are on the way
Imogen Wells (Stuff): Newsable: The ministry that is hiring while others are essentially firing
Richard Prebble (Herald): Have advocacy ministries gone past their use by date? (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT
Brent Edwards (NBR): Announcements about upcoming announcements: governing by review (pawyalled)
Verity Johnson (Stuff): I can’t stand Christopher Luxon’s TikTok
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): The Government’s action plans might actually be a good idea (paywalled)
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Government as a business (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Ticking Boxes (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): We need more politicians like Shane Jones
PARLIAMENT
Mark Blackham and Emily Mingins (Democracy Project): A Parliament of office workers
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): Every politician should have a hobby
Claire Mabey (Spinoff): Ghosts, gargoyles and a mystery box: What’s inside our Parliamentary Library?
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