The NZPFU and FENZ have been in bargaining for the past day and a half.
Yesterday the NZPFU put up an option resulting from the information we received the week before that FENZ would not agree to.
The NZPFU and PSA have filed legal action against Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s failure to consult on the botched restructuring proposal,
released last week.
When FENZ pre-warned that a restructuring document was to be released (without any information about the nature, scope or content of that
restructure), the NZPFU wrote to Kerry Gregory reminding him of the obligation to consult in accordance with the NZPFU FENZ collective
agreement, which does not limit consultation to the consequences of a proposed change, or to numbers, but also includes consultation on
whether change should occur and the reasoning behind that change.
Today the Employment Relations Authority adjourned the hearing of FENZ’s urgent application for facilitation determining that the Authority
was best served to allow bargaining to continue as planned next week and then to have updated evidence on the status of that bargaining.
FENZ filed for their urgent application for facilitation on the 7th October 2025.
That application was to be heard today.
The NZPFU has called off tomorrow's strike action.
The NZPFU and FENZ are back in bargaining Monday and Tuesday. The Union has received new information that is pivotal to the bargaining.
More information and an update on the annual conference held in Whanganui this week will follow.
The NZPFU has been informed that other staff including those working in health, safety and wellbeing team have also been notified of
meetings to discuss the impacts on their role.
Please text or email your Local secretary the time and date of such meetings and we will make sure Union representatives are there.
FENZ’s conduct of this process is appalling and we will be challenging it.
Members are advised that due to asbestos being identified in one sample bulk air supply tank that was used prior to 2023 to fill Breathing Apparatus (BA) cylinders at Auckland City Station, we are concerned about a possible risk of asbestos contamination in breathing apparatus cylinders that were filled from that air tank.
Our members serve their communities to protect and preserve life, property and the environment. NZPFU representatives are based on all career fire stations. There are also 19 Union Locals in the major metropolitan and principal centres where career firefighters are employed.
