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Pacific people will benefit from the removal of GST from fruit and vegetables according to Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens, an organisation that provides services to many Pacific families in Porirua and elsewhere in New Zealand. Whānau Manaaki’s community ...

Whatever hardships burden families, the kids will have healthy meals and chance to learn.

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is calling on the Government to pass a law requiring all employers to take action on gender, Māori, Pacific, and other ethnic pay gaps. Today, the Human Rights Commission released an open letter urging the Government ...

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Pacific public servants are paid 19.5 percent less than non-Pasifika, and unions want to see efforts stepped up to address it. Lost in the recent furore around the public sector pay-freeze of high earners was the governments ongoing commitment to lifting the incomes of Pacific workers. The Public Service minister Chris Hipkins said "It will not impact the work we are doing within the Public Service to close gender and ethnic pay gaps." In 2020, Pacific women public servants earned $68,200 on av...

Ensuring a better schooling experience for one of our largest ethnic minority groups Ensuring a better schooling experience for one of our largest ethnic minority groups 30 April 2021 Theyll look at how the system can be more responsive to Pasifika learners. Primary teachers union spokesperson Caroline Mareko says its about ensuring a better future for both children and educators. She hopes participants will learn more about themselves - and where they are placed to be in front of children...