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Strong echoes of the 1980s here. Treasury and MBIE officials with a particular ideological outlook get a minister with a similar world view and ram through changes with no electoral mandate, no meaningful consultation, and little consideration of their effects on individuals and society. #nzpol

How a crucial 45-minute meetin...

How a crucial 45-minute meeting between ministers took pay equity claims away from tens of thousands of women

That meeting began the overhaul of the once "world-leading" Equal Pay Act - retrospectively stripping nurses, teachers and carers.

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zl2tod 5h ago

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Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden,
Finance Minister Nicola Willis,
Public Service Minister Judith Collins,
Health Minister Simeon Brown
Women's Minister Nicola Grigg
Education Minister Erica Stanford sent a staff member.
MBIE chief executive Carolyn Tremain
deputy secretary Nic Blakeley
Treasury Secretary Iain Rennie
official Struan Little
Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche
associate Arati Waldgrave
DPMC chief executive Ben King.