[ { "post_id": "5624", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "DON’T SIGN FORMS CONSENTING FENZ TO DEDUCT FROM REMEDIATION PAYMENTS", "post_content_short": "The remediation notices resulting from FENZ’s failure to accurately calculate leave payments over many years are now being sent out to\n\tmembers.\n\n

\n\tMembers are advised it is not in your interests to sign a form consenting FENZ to deduct any monies they say you owe from the\n\tremediation payment.<\/strong>\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5624\/sign.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/dont-sign-forms-consenting-fenz-to-deduct-from-remediation-payments\/", "post_date": "2026-04-30 08:02:00" }, { "post_id": "5623", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "WHANAUNGATANGA SURVEY DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 8 MAY 2026", "post_content_short": "NZPFU members yet to complete the Whanaungatanga Survey need to get onto it pronto!\n

\n\tThe survey was to close today but due to various demands on FENZ personnel it has been extended to 8 May 2026.<\/strong>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5623\/WHANAUNGATANGA-SURVEY-DEADLINE.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/whanaungatanga-survey-deadline-extended-to-8-may-2026\/", "post_date": "2026-04-28 00:46:00" }, { "post_id": "5622", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "WORKERS’ MEMORIAL DAY", "post_content_short": "April 28th<\/sup> is Workers' Memorial Day where we remember and honour workers killed, injured, or suffering with illness as a result\nof their work or workplaces.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5622\/memorial-day.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/workers-memorial-day\/", "post_date": "2026-04-27 23:55:00" }, { "post_id": "5621", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "CORRECTIONS ASSOCIATION MESSAGE OF SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY", "post_content_short": "The Corrections Association of New Zealand (CANZ) has expressed strong support for NZPFU members in efforts to secure a settlement that\n\t“recognises the skill, commitment and sacrifice” our members make.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5621\/24.04.2026-Letter-of-support-to-the-NZPFU-and-its-members.pdf.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/corrections-association-message-of-support-and-solidarity\/", "post_date": "2026-04-27 21:40:00" }, { "post_id": "5620", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "HAMILTON LOCAL PRESIDENT", "post_content_short": "Due to a casual vacancy, we are calling for nominations for the position of: HAMILTON LOCAL PRESIDENT", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/hamilton-local-president\/", "post_date": "2026-04-24 04:09:00" }, { "post_id": "5619", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "FENZ ATTEMPTING TO COERCE NZPFU MEMBERS TO SIGN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS", "post_content_short": "FENZ has started to issue new appointment letters that attempt to coerce our members to sign individual employment agreements. \n\n

\n\tThe letters refer to the collective employment terms and conditions of employment on matters not covered by the letter, but the letter then\n\terodes the protections our members have under the collective employment agreement.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5619\/1.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/fenz-attempting-to-coerce-nzpfu-members-to-sign-individual-employment-agreements\/", "post_date": "2026-04-23 22:38:00" }, { "post_id": "5618", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU MEMBERS STAUNCH IN STRIKE ACTION", "post_content_short": "NZPFU members are into their 6th<\/sup> month of strikes with FENZ refusing to table an offer they said six weeks ago they were working\nup.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5618\/staunch.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-members-staunch-in-strike-action\/", "post_date": "2026-04-22 21:28:00" }, { "post_id": "5617", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "Leave remediation payments, Whanaungatanga Survey, Select Committee submissions, Petition for Full Inquiry into FENZ", "post_content_short": "Leave remediation payments, Whanaungatanga Survey, Select Committee submissions, Petition for Full Inquiry into FENZ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5617\/notice.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/leave-remediation-payments-whanaungatanga-survey-select-committee-submissions-petition-for-full-inquiry-into-fenz\/", "post_date": "2026-04-22 20:25:00" }, { "post_id": "5616", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "VALE LIFE MEMBER IAN RICHARDS", "post_content_short": "It is with great sadness that we notify members of the passing of NZPFU Life Member and highly respected retired SSO Ian Richards.", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/vale-life-member-ian-richards\/", "post_date": "2026-04-20 04:49:00" }, { "post_id": "5615", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU cancels today's strike due to flooding", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU NCOM has decided to cancel this morning's strike that was scheduled for one hour from 7.30 am today.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5615\/flooding.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-cancels-todays-strike-due-to-flooding\/", "post_date": "2026-04-19 18:20:00" }, { "post_id": "5614", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "Notice from the NZPFU President", "post_content_short": "Many of you will have seen that Parliament is moving to hold a Select Committee inquiry into the state of Fire and Emergency’s fleet.\n

\n\t
\n\tWhile this is an important development, it hasn't happened by chance. \n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5614\/national-pres.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/notice-from-the-nzpfu-president-17-04-2026\/", "post_date": "2026-04-17 02:21:00" }, { "post_id": "5613", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU CANCELS TOMORROW’S (MONDAY’S) STRIKE", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU National Committee has called off tomorrow’s full stoppage strike scheduled for one-hour from 7.30am tomorrow (Monday) morning.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5613\/cancel-monday.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-cancels-tomorrows-mondays-strike\/", "post_date": "2026-04-12 04:11:00" }, { "post_id": "5612", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU MEMBERS ADVISED IT IS NOT IN YOUR INTEREST TO CONSENT TO DEDUCTIONS FROM NEW REMEDIATION PAYMENTS", "post_content_short": "FENZ will be directly contacting members shortly about remediation payments due to failures to properly calculate various types of leave and\npay adjustments.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5612\/1.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-members-advised-it-is-not-in-your-interest-to-consent-to-deductions-from-new-remediation-payments\/", "post_date": "2026-04-10 03:11:00" }, { "post_id": "5611", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "Your struggle is our struggle", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU members never walk alone.\nWe have received the below message of solidarity from the PSA Auckland and Northern Region convenors.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5611\/__Dire-Emergency-W.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/your-struggle-is-our-struggle\/", "post_date": "2026-04-08 02:40:00" }, { "post_id": "5610", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU MEMBERS STRIKING FROM 7.30AM TOMORROW FOR ONE HOUR", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU is continuing to undertake one-hour full stoppages in a bid to get FENZ to produce a new offer.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5610\/1.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-members-striking-from-730am-tomorrow-for-one-hour\/", "post_date": "2026-04-07 01:14:00" }, { "post_id": "5609", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "UK FIRE BRIGADES UNION MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY", "post_content_short": "Last week, the NZPFU National Council met with FBU General Secretary Steve Wright and staff to share the struggles each union is facing and\n\tfighting. The NZPFU had reached out to the FBU as the UK firefighters have weathered more than 10 years of sustained austerity which saw\n\tthe loss of thousands of firefighters' jobs, dozens of stations and substantial reduction in fire appliances.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5609\/1.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/uk-fire-brigades-union-message-of-solidarity\/", "post_date": "2026-04-06 20:47:00" }, { "post_id": "5608", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU MEMBERS URGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY INTO FENZ FLEET MANAGEMENT AND RELATED ISSUES", "post_content_short": "The Parliamentary Governance and Administration Select Committee has formally launched an inquiry into FENZ’s fleet management.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5608\/2.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-members-urged-to-participate-in-the-parliamentary-select-committee-inquiry-into-fenz-fleet-management-and-related-issues\/", "post_date": "2026-04-04 03:13:00" }, { "post_id": "5607", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU ECSTATIC PARLIAMENT IS TO HOLD INQUIRY INTO FENZ FLEET", "post_content_short": "Members of Parliament across the political spectrum have listened to NZPFU members and this afternoon have announced there will be a Select\nCommittee inquiry into the dire state of FENZ’s fire fleet.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5607\/inquiry.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-ecstatic-parliament-is-to-hold-inquiry-into-fenz-fleet\/", "post_date": "2026-04-01 03:14:00" }, { "post_id": "5605", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "EASTER EGGS FOR FENZ HQ STAFF WHILE NZPFU MEMBERS STRUGGLE WITHOUT ANY INCREASE SINCE JULY 2023", "post_content_short": "While NZPFU members have not had a pay increase since July 2023, with some ranks struggling at below living-wage levels, FENZ conducts an\n\teaster-egg hunt for HQ staff and Region offices.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5605\/easter.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/easter-eggs-for-fenz-hq-staff-while-nzpfu-members-struggle-without-any-increase-since-july-2023\/", "post_date": "2026-03-31 21:55:00" }, { "post_id": "5604", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "FENZ BOARD PAY JUMPS 79% WHILE FIREFIGHTERS GO HUNGRY BARELY EARNING THE MINIMUM WAGE", "post_content_short": "The FENZ Board, executive leadership, Public Services Commission and the Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden have no shame in\nboosting the FENZ Board members' payments up 79% while many firefighters languish just above the minimum wage and well below the living\nwage.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5604\/79pc.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/fenz-board-pay-jumps-79-percent-while-firefighters-go-hungry-barely-earning-the-minimum-wage\/", "post_date": "2026-03-31 20:11:00" }, { "post_id": "5603", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "Notice from the NZPFU President", "post_content_short": "FENZ has made the decision to take money out of our pay before any strike action has even occurred.\n

That's a deliberate choice, and it is a serious escalation of the bargaining.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5603\/national-pres.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/notice-from-the-nzpfu-president-31-03-2026\/", "post_date": "2026-03-30 20:46:00" }, { "post_id": "5602", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU CALLS OUT FENZ FOR WAGE THEFT BEHAVIOUR", "post_content_short": "FENZ is deducting wages for strikes yet to occur, which is not lawful or reasonable.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5602\/wage-theft.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-calls-out-fenz-for-wage-theft-behaviour\/", "post_date": "2026-03-29 20:18:00" }, { "post_id": "5601", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO FENZ", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU is calling for an independent inquiry into FENZ to examine why FENZ has failed to manage funding to ensure that it has the\n\tcapacity and capability for reliable emergency response to the New Zealand public, now and in the future.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5601\/petition-graphic.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-calls-for-independent-inquiry-into-fenz\/", "post_date": "2026-03-29 16:09:00" }, { "post_id": "5600", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU CANCELS TODAYS STRIKE", "post_content_short": "Due to the moving extreme weather events warranting civil emergencies and deployments of additional resources including USAR and water\n\trescue teams, and clean ups in the aftermath, the NZPFU has cancelled todays strike.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5600\/extreme-weather.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-cancels-todays-strike\/", "post_date": "2026-03-27 02:42:00" }, { "post_id": "5599", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU URGES ALL MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE", "post_content_short": "The Whanaungatanga Programme Wellbeing Survey will be sent to all FENZ staff on Monday 30 March 2026 and closes on 27 April 2026.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5599\/wellbeing.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-urges-all-members-to-participate-whanaungatanga\/", "post_date": "2026-03-26 18:00:00" } ]