Reserve Bank cuts official cash rate, more jobs go at Health NZ, and meteorologists say a "taster" of summer will be felt in the coming days.
1 Major banks move to drop home loan rates after official cash rate cut to 4.25%
Major banks have dropped their home loan rates as the Reserve Bank again decides to cut the official cash rate.
The central bank's decision, which will be its final for 2024, to drop the OCR by 50 basis points (0.5%) will be passed on to borrowers as home loan rates are expected to drop.
2 Nearly 1500 more Health NZ roles face the axe, union says
Nearly 1500 more jobs may be cut at Health NZ - Te Whatu Ora, the public sector union says. The Public Service Association said about 700 of the roles to go were currently vacant because of a freeze on recruitment.
That was on top of more than 500 voluntary redundancies that had already been accepted.
3 Former Ports of Auckland CEO guilty in relation to workplace death
Former Ports of Auckland boss Tony Gibson has been found guilty of failing to comply with health and safety regulations, putting port workers at risk of death or serious injury.
The 69-year-old appeared in court earlier this year on two charges related to the death of port worker Pala'amo Kalati in August 2020.
4 David Seymour announces first charter school for 2025
The Government's first new charter school, set to open in Christchurch in term one next year, has been announced. It is a full-time school for year one to eight students who have various learning difficulties and are disengaged from mainstream schooling.
5 Health practitioner who treated Olivia Podmore kept no notes, inquest hears
A health practitioner who worked with Olivia Podmore has accepted it was "inappropriate" not to take notes from their sessions during her time in the Cycling NZ programme.
Content warning: This story discusses mental health and suicide.
ONE BATTLE OVER HONEY AT A FARMERS' MARKET
Husband and wife producers of Grafter's Honey, Sam and Vanessa Pegg, say they've been pushed out of Wellington's popular Harbourside Market to allow another honey producer "a monopoly".
Fair Go reporter Gill Higgins investigates.
ONE 'TASTER' OF SUMMER
Meteorologists are forecasting a warm end to spring, with tomorrow, in particular, set to see high temperatures in places.
"Settled weather and warmer temperatures are on the cards this week for most, due to a deep ridge of high pressure over the North Island."
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