@rnzbot_nz That’s a good piece of detailed reporting from #RNZ on some disgraceful, mean spirited NZ politics.
> By raising the threshold of "predominantly female" from 66 to 70 percent, the government effectively legislated several professions out of contention including librarians, probation officers and - the largest group - teachers, which have a 68 percent female workforce.
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> NZEI believes that was deliberate. "Why else would you pick that number? I can't see any other reason for that shifting and they can't provide any other reason as to why it's 70 percent," said Kingi.
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> Marilyn Waring, the chair of the People's Select Committee which investigated the change, agreed.
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> "They would have known the exact percentage at which they lost another claimant group," Waring said. "I think they were greedy. Those ministers just had dollar signs in their eyes."
General Strike for a New Zealand election. Get rid of them.
Walk off the job, down tools.
RNZ New Zealand Headlines
Jon Sullivan
Kevin Russell