Mentions of New Zealand Public Service Association in New Zealand Parliament debates
New Zealand Public Service Association has been mentioned in 68 parliamentary debates since November 2005.
Sleepover Wages (Settlement) Bill
Second Reading 6 Oct 2011
DARIEN FENTON ... the hard work and commitment of the workers in the sector and the unions—the Service and Food Workers Union and the Public Service Association (PSA)—which have been relentless in their determination to see this issue to a just conclusion. The settlement ...
Third Reading 6 Oct 2011
DAVID CLENDON ... collective bargaining. It was the power of the collective, represented by the Service and Food Workers Union and the Public Service Association, that actually brought this to fruition. Again that clearly represents the importance of unionising, particularly in ...
RAHUI KATENE ... acknowledge too the submissions made to the Health Committee by the Service and Food Workers Union—Ngā Ringa Tōtā—the Public Service Association, and IDEA Services Ltd. I recognise the effort of Business New Zealand and the employers chambers of commerce in taking ...
First Reading 27 Sep 2011
DARIEN FENTON ... workers in this sector, including those of the Service and Food Workers Union, Ngā Ringa Tōtā, who, along with the Public Service Association, have pursued this matter over 4 years and through three court cases and the recent threat of a Supreme Court appeal. I ...
CATHERINE DELAHUNTY ... Wages (Settlement) Bill. We congratulate the Service and Food Workers Union—Ngā Ringa Tōtā—in particular, the Public Service Association (PSA), and Mr Phillip William Dickson on their perseverance in a just cause. We also acknowledge the Government for ...
Environmental Protection Authority Bill
In Committee 10 May 2011
SU’A WILLIAM SIO ... It just sounds too good to be true. I ask the Minister for the Environment whether he consulted the New Zealand Public Service Association before finalising this part of the Environmental Protection Authority Bill. I ask that because clause 42 on KiwiSaver ...
Financial Review DebateAppropriation (2009/10 Financial Review) BillYear 2009/10 - In Committee
In Committee 22 Mar 2011
Hon NATHAN GUY ... and this integration is a very important part of that. I note that when we announced the merger the New Zealand Public Service Association (PSA) welcomed the protection of these statutory roles and the efforts of this Government to reduce fragmentation in ...
New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Bill 2010
Second Reading 12 Oct 2010
Hon RUTH DYSON ... raised considerable concern about this breach of democracy in this legislation. I know that the New Zealand Public Service Association raised concern in its submission, as did the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the Women’s Health Action Trust, ...
Dr PAUL HUTCHISON ... submitters supported its intent. When those submissions cover such a spectrum—from the Council of Trade Unions to the Public Service Association, the New Zealand Medical Association, and the Nurses’ Organisation—it certainly says something. I think it is timely ...
General Debate 22 Sep 2010
Hon GEORGE HAWKINS ... local government workers will find out whether they have their jobs. Many will not have their jobs. Of course, the Public Service Association (PSA) has worked for these people and they have redundancy packages. I think that is good—ordinary workers with decent ...
State Sector Management Bill
In Committee 11 Dec 2010
CAROL BEAUMONT ... who are committed to the work they do. I know that the organisation that speaks on behalf of those employees, the Public Service Association, has acknowledged in its submission to the select committee that its members at the Ministry of Research, Science and ...
Second Reading 11 Dec 2010
LOUISE UPSTON ... to talk about one particular issue that the Opposition has raised, I thought I would give members the words of the Public Service Association national secretary, Brenda Pilott. She says: “We are happy to see that the bill retains the statutory roles of the ...
First Reading 7 Sep 2010
Hon NATHAN GUY ... Commission. I have also met with Friends of the Turnbull Library, the National Library Society, and the New Zealand Public Service Association (PSA), amongst others. Key stakeholders were also given the opportunity to make a comment on the draft bill before it ...
New Zealand Productivity Commission Bill
Second Reading 24 Nov 2010
DAVID CLENDON ... that it will replicate the undoubted success of the Australian commission. The Council of Trade Unions and the Public Service Association both made very substantive, useful, and helpful submissions on this bill. Both regretted that within it there was no ...
First Reading 22 Jul 2010
HONE HARAWIRA ... other things we are also interested in, we ask who and what will define exactly what productivity is. We see that the Public Service Association supports the idea of having a body that can provide regular reports on efficiency, effectiveness, and service delivery ...
Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2009
In Committee 24 Jun 2010
DARIEN FENTON ... was happening with the restructuring in Housing New Zealand Corporation. That is a fair thing to do; after all, the Public Service Association (PSA) represents those Housing New Zealand Corporation workers. The Minister could not help himself. In the ...
Employment Relations (Statutory Minimum Redundancy Entitlements) Amendment Bill
First Reading 5 May 2010
DARIEN FENTON ... the Dairy Workers Union, the Unite union, the Rail and Maritime Transport Union, Finsec, the Maritime Union, the Public Service Association, the Nurses Organisation, the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa, and the Wellington People’s Centre. I want ...
Accident Compensation Amendment Bill 2009
In Committee 23 Feb 2010
MICHAEL WOODHOUSE ... Rail and Maritime Transport Union, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, the New Zealand Educational Institute, the Public Service Association, and FinSec all said they did not want full funding. But here is the thing: in response to questions about when they ...
Second Reading 18 Feb 2010
KEVIN HAGUE ... Union, the New Zealand Christian Council of Social Services, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, FinSec, the Public Service Association, the Bikers Rights Organisation of New Zealand, and, most tellingly, the retirement policy and research centre. ...
Adjournment - Sittings of the House
Sittings of the House 16 Dec 2009
KEITH LOCKE ... the security staff, and we strongly support them in their negotiations and collective action through the New Zealand Public Service Association to get a better deal. Christmas is a time of goodwill to all men and women, and I think we should be thinking ...
Local Government
Local Government (Auckland) Amendment Act 2004—Ports of Auckland Shares 9 Dec 2009
Hon RODNEY HIDE ... the waterfront, and on 9 November it was water. All these claims have been proven to be false. I understand that the Public Service Association has been concerned about them and has spoken to the Labour Party because of the upset that is being caused among ...
Corrections (Use of Court Cells) Amendment Bill
First Reading 26 Nov 2009
CARMEL SEPULONI ... at the court wear stab-proof vests because of the number of knives they seize from people entering court, says the Public Service Association, the union for state sector workers … PSA national secretary Richard Wagstaff says there aren’t enough officers to ...
Estimates Debate - In Committee
In Committee 6 Aug 2009
GRANT ROBERTSON ... begin with the promise to cap, but not cut, public services. That is the promise John Key made when he spoke to the Public Service Association congress in October last year. In relation to this policy, he was asked “So does that mean National will be cutting ...
GRANT ROBERTSON ... to put hard-working New Zealanders out of work. The third broken promise was when John Key stood up at the Public Service Association congress and said that we would not have a radical reorganisation of the public sector. He said that it was easy to ...
Estimates Debate - In Committee
In Committee 5 Aug 2009
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... Furniture, 40 at Freightways, and 20 at South Canterbury dairy shed builder Anderson and Rooney Engineering. And the Public Service Association says 2,000 civil servants have lost their jobs. As unemployment grows and job prospects shrink, we expect to see ...
Budget Debate 3 Jun 2009
SUE BRADFORD ... people, while also providing social and environmental assistance to their communities. At the same time, the Public Service Association estimates that the Government’s Budget reviews of the State sector have already meant about 1,470 job losses, making a ...
Health
Health Workforce—Voluntary Bonding Scheme 5 Mar 2009
Hon TONY RYALL ... the Medical Association, the Medical Students’ Association, the University Students Association, and the Public Service Association.
Government Superannuation Fund Amendment Bill 2008
Third Reading 18 Feb 2009
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN ... say I am relying in part on the very strong advice I always receive from my initial adviser, Peter Harris, who was a Public Service Association worker and therefore deeply involved in superannuation matters. This is a good bill. It is not hugely expensive in ...
Electoral Amendment Bill 2009
First Reading 17 Feb 2009
RAHUI KATENE ... They must be intimately involved in guiding Parliament as to how this can operate. This is an aspect that the Public Service Association has been particularly vocal about, with its national secretary calling for an electoral process that is robust, fair, ...
Taxation (Urgent Measures and Annual Rates) Bill
In Committee 10 Dec 2008
Hon TREVOR MALLARD ... end, if it is to be done as a wash-up. As a member of the Labour Party, and somebody who has had a lot to do with the Public Service Association (PSA), I welcome the approach of the Minister of Finance in building PSA membership. Building up PSA numbers is, I think,...
Estimates Debate - In Committee
In Committee 5 Aug 2008
GERRY BROWNLEE ... none the less it has what we would say is a large, redundant capacity, made up of those people who look after the Public Service Association, and who, despite claiming they are non-political, are the most political bunch that I have ever come across. I ask ...
Estimates Debate - In Committee
In Committee 31 Jul 2008
Hon DAVID CUNLIFFE ... workforce costs. We have invested very strongly in the health workforce. Nurses, doctors, care workers, radiologists, Public Service Association workers—all the way through the sector—almost every workforce claim is now settled. Only one is outstanding, and that ...
Social Development and Employment
Social Development, Ministry—Role 13 May 2009
Hon PAULA BENNETT ... redundant with other jobs in the State services. This redeployment option has been developed in conjunction with the Public Service Association, and will give people the option of entering the redeployment pool during a notice period.
Social Development, Ministry—Lump-sum Payment 25 Jun 2008
Judith Collins ... in 2008 they have been told they will get $750 each; and does this not imply that the bonus is the payback for the Public Service Association yet again campaigning for Labour in an election year?
Judith Collins How can she justify awarding staff election-year bonuses just for being a member of the Public Service Association (PSA), and should not bonuses be related to employment performance rather than union membership?
Immigration
Immigration Service—Policy Compliance 18 Jun 2008
Dr the Hon Lockwood Smith ... problems within the Immigration Service, when an unnamed immigration officer has made such damning claims, the Public Service Association is aware of at least two other immigration officers who have said the same thing, and a former senior official in the ...
Immigration Service—Confidence 17 Jun 2008
Dr the Hon Lockwood Smith Can the Minister confirm reports by the Public Service Association (PSA) that at least two different immigration officers have made claims that staff, under pressure from management in ...
Budget Debate 27 May 2008
Hon TONY RYALL ... deals with the crisis in the health workforce. I know that the Nurses Organisation, doctors’ organisations, and the Public Service Association, which represents many of our other health workers, are disappointed that only 2 percent of the new funding has been ...
Personal Explanations - Electoral Finance Act—Third Party Registration
Electoral Finance Act—Third Party Registration 2 Apr 2008
Hon ANNETTE KING I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. Yesterday in the House the member also said that the Public Service Association did not have its address on the website, and I wonder whether the member would like to apologise to the association, as ...
Hon BILL ENGLISH I discussed the matter with the Public Service Association when it put in its application. The association agreed that it had not lodged the correct application and is supporting ...
Justice
Electoral Finance Act—Repeal 10 Feb 2009
Hon SIMON POWER ... that he is interested in engaging in the process. Incidentally, I have also read a press release by the New Zealand Public Service Association, which welcomes the Government’s decision to repeal the Electoral Finance Act.
Election Spending—Departmental Material 15 Apr 2008
Hon Bill English Has the Minister seen the statement made by the secretary of the Public Service Association (PSA), Brenda Pilott: “We would have a concern at any political party using public service material for political ends, ...
Electoral Finance Act—Third Party Registration 10 Apr 2008
Hon ANNETTE KING ... when that member is going to stop accusing everybody of breaking the law, and when he is going to apologise to the Public Service Association (PSA) for saying it broke the law. When I asked him in this House whether he would apologise, he refused to apologise. ...
Electoral Finance Act—Statement 1 Apr 2008
Hon Bill English Is the Minister aware that the New Zealand Public Service Association’s recent application to become a third party does not contain the home address of its financial agent, which will ...
Election Advertising—Financial Agent Authorisation 20 Mar 2008
Hon Bill English Has the Minister seen the application by the Public Service Association (PSA) to become a third party, which includes material where the association’s financial agent, who is a private citizen,...
Corrections Amendment Bill (No 2)
First Reading 21 Feb 2008
Dr PITA SHARPLES ... Māori Party has been aware of the allegations of corruption and serious misconduct that have been described by the Public Service Association as a cloud of suspicion hanging over the staff. We know, too, that a number of prison staff have been suspended. The ...
Environment
Environment, Ministry—Employment and Contracting Guidelines 4 Dec 2007
Gerry Brownlee Is the Ministry for the Environment party to the Partnership for Quality arrangements with the New Zealand Public Service Association (PSA)?
General Debate 14 Nov 2007
JUDITH COLLINS ... Key, suddenly she could not be trusted in the Public Service. That is what this Government said. Even the New Zealand Public Service Association, the union that supports and funds so much of the Labour Party’s activities, came out and said that that was not OK. ...
Protected Disclosures Amendment Bill
In Committee 29 Apr 2009
DARIEN FENTON ... Committee, and, interestingly, there was not a huge wave of submissions. The committee asked to hear from the Public Service Association, at my instigation, and it confirmed Mary Scholtens’ observation that the procedures were not necessarily widely ...
First Reading 18 Oct 2007
DARIEN FENTON ... interested that the report said there have been very few successful efforts by employees to use the legislation. The Public Service Association, in its submission on the review, reported that it did not know of any and it questioned the extent to which the Act ...
State Services
Public Sector Job Cuts—Front-line Services 18 Mar 2010
Hon TONY RYALL I have seen a number of very interesting reports. I have seen a report from the Public Service Association national secretary, Mrs Brenda Pilott, that describes the cap on public service numbers as a farce. I also saw a report ...
Public Service—Cap 30 Apr 2009
Grant Robertson How does the Minister reconcile that answer with the statement John Key made to the Public Service Association before the election that public services would be capped, but not cut, by National; and will he be taking the Prime ...
Grant Robertson: I seek leave of the House to table a speech given by John Key to the Public Service Association congress last year, on 24 September, in which he promises to cap but not cut public services.
State Services Commissioner—Inquiry into Environment Ministry Appointment 13 Sep 2007
Hon Bill English ... to declare any family members who may have a connection to any political group, and the fact that the New Zealand Public Service Association Inc has said it is opposed to it, there may well be one such register in the Ministry for the Environment and that she ...
Mental Health Commission Amendment Bill
Second Reading 24 Jul 2007
MARYAN STREET ... of staff. I was delighted to be informed by the Waitemata District Health Board that—in large measure because of the Public Service Association’s multi-employer collective agreement that was reached in the last year or two—the board has the lowest turnover rate ...
Urgent Debates - Environment, Ministry—State Services Commission Briefing
Environment, Ministry—State Services Commission Briefing 24 Jul 2007
KEITH LOCKE ... give to public servants in that ministry, Steve Hurring might be privy to that information. It might be of use to the Public Service Association (PSA) to know that confidential information, and the Council of Trade Unions might be involved in working with the PSA ...
Hon BILL ENGLISH ... stand up in the New Zealand Parliament and maintain that that is a conflict of interest. I just want to say to the Public Service Association that it will have to crank up its effort. It has come out and said that its membership is uncomfortable about this ...
Estimates Debate - In Committee
In Committee 18 Jul 2007
KATE WILKINSON ... is taxpayer money, that is paid by this Labour Government specifically and only to union members: to members of the Public Service Association. They get a preference payment of $500. The response from the department was quite amazing, and, actually, worrying. ...
Prime Minister
Public Service—Political Neutrality 25 Jul 2007
John Key ... first, that that would go to the core of the neutrality of the Public Service; second, that her union mates in the Public Service Association would not be happy about it; and, third, that many of the people who are currently working in the State sector would ...
Economy—OECD Ratings 8 May 2007
John Key ... same reason why Child, Youth and Family decided to use its vote to pay a $650 bonus to everyone who belonged to the Public Service Association, and does she describe that as a good use for its vote?
Debate on Crown Entities, Public Organisations, and State Enterprises - In Committee
In Committee 1 May 2007
Hon DAVID CARTER Mr Mallard says: “Oh dear!”. He may be doing the merger for one other reason: to satisfy the Public Service Association (PSA)—his union mates. It is interesting that in the very week that he rushed the bill off to a select committee, the ...
State-Owned Enterprises (AgriQuality Limited and Asure New Zealand Limited) Bill
Third Reading 21 Jun 2007
Hon DAVID CARTER ... improper even to suggest it. So I went back through the submission process and found a very close linkage between the Public Service Association (PSA) and this legislation. Let me start with a submission from the Meat Industry Association. I guess the first ...
R DOUG WOOLERTON ... is being done here. Mr Carter and the National Party say, because of some conspiracy theory they have about the Public Service Association, that costs will increase and that the usual—
R DOUG WOOLERTON ... a motorcar and a whole lot of other things. But that is not because of a secret deal that has been done with the Public Service Association. Unions have always been a big part of the meat industry, just as they have been a big part of the shipping industry ...
KEITH LOCKE ... lamb—coming in from the farmers. The competition was often based on driving down the wages of workers. I think the Public Service Association, which covers many of the workers in meat inspection, is worried as well that that will happen if there is ....
HONE HARAWIRA ... is interesting to hear what some of the other parties think about this bill. Some have called it pandering to the Public Service Association (PSA), hush money for supporting political power, and a reward to the unions for helping to pay off Labour’s ...
NATHAN GUY ... in the Committee stage that showed that the deal on this bill was done with the biggest union, the New Zealand Public Service Association (PSA), back in July 2006. It makes a mockery of the submission process, does it not, when the deal on this bill was ...
In Committee 20 Jun 2007
Hon DAVID CARTER ... the real reason for this legislation being before the House. It is because of the demand made by the New Zealand Public Service Association Inc. (PSA), a demand by the largest union in New Zealand. It is very interesting that the legislation appeared in the ...
MARYAN STREET ... was a connection between the Labour Party repaying some money and the appearance of this bill, in connection with the Public Service Association (PSA), is a despicable suggestion and it is not worthy of that member. If it is worthy of that member, it is not worthy ...
CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON ... by these lengthy Part 4 inquiries. In my submission, from a competition law point of view, ignoring the New Zealand Public Service Association and all the other dramatics that were mentioned just after the dinner adjournment, this is bad legislation. It confuses ...
Hon DAVID CARTER ... spirited contribution from the Labour member Maryan Street when she objected to my connecting to the New Zealand Public Service Association (PSA) the $850,000 that was paid back from the Labour Party—
COLIN KING ... that does nothing to give confidence to farmers and the wider meat industry that a deal was not done via the Public Service Association (PSA). From the diatribe before us at the moment, it appears that the Government is trying to run a dollar each way. My ...
NATHAN GUY ... interesting, I thought, that when the Hon David Carter was challenged by Maryan Street about the involvement of the Public Service Association (PSA), Mr Carter was able to produce documents showing that this bill was a fait accompli in July 2006. The deal was ...
Hon DAVID CARTER ... very strange way of doing things, unless one realises the connection between the Labour Party and the New Zealand Public Service Association (PSA). In the normal course of events most Governments would do a cost-benefit analysis to work out whether there would ...
Hon DAVID CARTER ... of repeating what was said earlier in the Committee in the debate on Part 2. This is a bill to satisfy the Public Service Association (PSA). There is absolutely no doubt about that. Bill Falconer, chairman of the Meat Industry Association, said to the ...
Second Reading 15 May 2007
Hon DAVID CARTER ... taxpayer by enhancing shareholder value in these two enterprises. It is totally about delivering to the wishes of the Public Service Association (PSA), which is New Zealand’s largest trade union. At this stage I want to thank Gordon Copeland for the constructive ...
MARYAN STREET ... being sold. I have one further comment to make. I want to respond to some of the points made about the New Zealand Public Service Association (PSA) by the speaker who resumed his seat a moment ago. The PSA does have an agreement with this Labour-led Government—it...
DAVE HEREORA ... in the Commerce Committee’s hearing of evidence from submitters, I took note of the concern, particularly from the Public Service Association, that a change could bring about a reduction to meat inspectors’ terms and conditions of employment. I do think we need ...
First Reading 3 Apr 2007
MARYAN STREET ... and to allow for the merging of the two organisations at some point. It is interesting and pertinent to note that the Public Service Association (PSA)# welcomes the announcement of this legislation. The PSA national secretary, Richard Wagstaff, has stated: “The ...
Hon LUAMANUVAO WINNIE LABAN ... the economic viability of the merger. Unions also support the bill, and, as my colleague Maryan Street said, the Public Service Association, which represents meat inspectors employed at Asure and staff at AgriQuality, says that the benefits of a possible ...
Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement 13 Feb 2007
GERRY BROWNLEE ... police the authority to get these guys off the street, has said the Government will enter into negotiations with the Public Service Association to see whether probation officers are prepared to work more closely with the police, while we hold the hands of these ...
Corrections
Staff and Prisoner Safety—Razor Blades 5 May 2009
Hon JUDITH COLLINS ... The Department of Corrections is currently negotiating with both the Corrections Association of New Zealand and the Public Service Association to increase double-bunking at the four new facilities.
Corrections, Department—Confidence 23 Nov 2006
Simon Power ... he confirm that in addition to staff being told they would not lose their jobs, the general manager also wrote to the Public Service Association (PSA) and the Corrections Association to tell them: “This review should not be regarded as a cost-cutting exercise.”; ...
Employment Relations (Probationary Employment) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 22 Nov 2006
SUE MORONEY That speech was from the member who happily ate the chicken drumsticks from the New Zealand Public Service Association in Hamilton, never letting on to them for one minute his views on this particular issue, but that is nothing new. I ...
Third Readings 15 Nov 2006
TE URUROA FLAVELL ... of celebrating our productivity, I want the House to take note of the significance of an award made today by the Public Service Association (PSA) in recognising honorary life membership to a Te Arawa Kaumātua, Kīwhare Mīhaka. Kīwhare has been a union member ...
KiwiSaver Bill
Third Reading 30 Aug 2006
HONE HARAWIRA ... of energy, fuel, phone charges, rates, and the massive debt being created by easy access to loans. The New Zealand Public Service Association also noted that 30 percent to 40 percent of Kiwis on low incomes were unlikely to have spare cash for savings. That is ...
CHRIS TREMAIN ... Committee expressed either reservations or, more so, considerable reservations, about the success of KiwiSaver. The Public Service Association expressed that “even with KiwiSaver, many people will still under-save.” The Investment Savings and Insurance ...
In Committee 29 Aug 2006
CHRIS TREMAIN ... “go”, the reason why significant changes were made to this bill, which I have pointed out before. We start with the Public Service Association (PSA), which said that it considers that “given the right environment, even lower-income New Zealanders may save, but ...
Finance
Public Service—Minister’s and Prime Minister’s Statements 15 Jun 2011
Catherine Delahunty I seek leave to table the Victoria University survey report, prepared for the Public Service Association, Constructing Workplace Democracy: Women’s Voice in New Zealand Public Services.
Public Service—Cap 22 Jul 2009
Chris Hipkins ... and lasting change to the Public Service? How does he reconcile that with the Prime Minister’s commitment to the Public Service Association conference only last year that the Government would not embark on wholesale restructuring of the Public Service?
Hon BILL ENGLISH ... embarked on wholesale restructuring of the Public Service. It is interesting to listen to the Labour Party and the Public Service Association, because neither of them refers to two pretty important facts. The first is that public services are for the people who ...
Taxation—New Zealand - Australia 23 Sep 2008
Hon Bill English Can the Minister confirm that the figures that Labour, the Council of Trades Union, and the Public Service Association are using were calculated by Trevor Mallard, and they are wrong?
Budget Spending—Economic Implications 21 May 2008
Hon Bill English Has the Minister seen the comment this morning by the Public Service Association that any tax cuts can “only be funded through borrowing or cutting public services.”; can he recall making that ...
KiwiSaver Scheme—Reports 29 Aug 2006
Tariana Turia Tēnā koutou katoa. What reports has the Minister received from Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi, the Public Service Association, regarding the retirement income report that noted that 30 to 40 percent of New Zealanders with low incomes were ...
State Sector—Spending Reviews 28 Feb 2006
John Key ... analysts from the agencies concerned, who may themselves be personally affected, and when his good mates in the Public Service Association are closely involved in the reviews?