[ { "post_id": "5695", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "MINISTER HAS CONCERNS OVER FENZ SENIOR LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS NO CONFIDENCE IN KERRY GREGORY", "post_content_short": "The Minister for Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden has publicly declared she has no confidence in FENZ CE Kerry Gregory.\n

The Minister also raised with the Board her “concerns relating to the capability of other senior leaders within FENZ”.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5695\/accountability.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/minister-has-concerns-over-fenz-senior-leadership-as-well-as-no-confidence-in-kerry-gregory\/", "post_date": "2026-10-08 17:11:00" }, { "post_id": "5694", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU TO HOLD BALLOTS ON FENZ OFFER AT MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU National Committee and Local Secretaries have been discussing the appropriate ballots that should be put to members in the\nupcoming NZPFU membership meetings.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5694\/offer.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-to-hold-ballots-on-fenz-offer-at-membership-meetings\/", "post_date": "2026-10-08 02:13:00" }, { "post_id": "5693", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU AND PSA HAVE FILED CASE TO STOP FENZ RESTRUCTURE", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU and PSA have filed joint proceedings in the Employment Relations Authority seeking compliance orders with an earlier Employment\nRelations Authority decision that found FENZ had failed to consult in accordance with the unions’ employment agreements.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5693\/stop.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-and-psa-have-filed-case-to-stop-fenz-restructure\/", "post_date": "2026-10-06 02:52:00" }, { "post_id": "5692", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU UNION MEETINGS", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU will be holding a national round of meetings with members as detailed below.  The meetings have been arranged so that the\n\trelevant National Committee members can attend each meeting.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5692\/union-meetings.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-union-meetings\/", "post_date": "2026-10-02 04:34:00" }, { "post_id": "5691", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "FENZ OFFERS FIREFIGHTERS AND OTHER NZPFU MEMBERS LESS THAN HANDED TO ALL OTHER FENZ STAFF", "post_content_short": "FENZ and the NZPFU met in bargaining today for the first time in 7 months.\n

\n\tFENZ presented a formal offer of a 2.2% increase commencing from the date of ratification. FENZ recently handed all non-NZPFU members,\n\tincluding managers earning more than $200,000, a pay increase of 2.4% backdated to 1 July 2026.\n\n

\n\tIn March 2026, CE Kerry Gregory wrote to the NZPFU stating FENZ was “working up a new offer”, but FENZ stated the offer made today was their\n\tposition as of December 2025 (with a few minor changes).\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5691\/fenz-staff.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/fenz-offers-firefighters-and-other-nzpfu-members-less-than-handed-to-all-other-fenz-staff\/", "post_date": "2026-10-01 02:59:00" }, { "post_id": "5690", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "Election of Auckland Local Committee Members", "post_content_short": "Due to the resignation of Auckland Local Committee Member Chris O'Dea, and the declaration of Josh Nicolls to the position of Auckland Local\nPresident, nominations are hereby called for the two vacant Auckland Local Committee positions.", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/election-of-auckland-local-committee-members\/", "post_date": "2026-09-30 05:54:00" }, { "post_id": "5689", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU CANCELS STRIKES AS ACT OF GOODWILL FOR BARGAINING", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU and FENZ will be back in bargaining this week after a 7-month hiatus. The NZPFU and FENZ will meet in facilitated bargaining on\n\tThursday and Friday.\n\n

As an act of good faith, the NZPFU is cancelling the one-hour strikes notified for tomorrow (Wednesday) and Friday.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5689\/goodwill.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-cancels-strikes-as-act-of-goodwill-for-bargaining\/", "post_date": "2026-09-28 23:03:00" }, { "post_id": "5687", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU AND PSA CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST FENZ RESTRUCTURE", "post_content_short": "Last week the NZPFU and PSA <\/strong>wrote to the new Board Chair Raveen Jaduram setting out the failure of FENZ to properly\n\tconsult and the impact of the current lack of confidence in the Board and Kerry Gregroy, as sound grounds to halt the restructure. We were\n\tputting the Board on notice that we were preparing legal proceedings which will be filed as necessary. \n\n

The Board Chair has now responded refusing to intervene and therefore legal proceedings will be filed. \n

\n\tNZPFU and PSA members will be kept informed of the legal proceedings when filed and the implications on the restructure.<\/strong>\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5687\/fight.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-and-psa-continue-fight-against-fenz-restructure\/", "post_date": "2026-09-23 19:32:00" }, { "post_id": "5686", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU PRESENTING 52,000-STRONG PETITION TO PARLIAMENT ON WEDNESDAY (TOMORROW)", "post_content_short": "More than 52,000 people have signed the NZPFU petition calling for an independent inquiry into FENZ to ensure it is properly resourced to\nhave the capacity and capability for reliable emergency response.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5686\/50-000-STRONG.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-presenting-52000-strong-petition-to-parliament-on-wednesday-tomorrow\/", "post_date": "2026-09-22 02:41:00" }, { "post_id": "5685", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NEW PLYMOUTH LOCAL PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT DECLARATIONS", "post_content_short": "By the closing date for nominations for the position of New Plymouth Local President, the following nomination has been received.", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/new-plymouth-local-president-and-vice-president-declarations\/", "post_date": "2026-09-21 02:51:00" }, { "post_id": "5684", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "REIMBURSEMENT FOR INCOME PROTECTION INSURANCE", "post_content_short": "This notice is NOT for members who are covered by the NZPFU Protect Income Protection Insurance. FENZ pays the premium for the NZPFU\n\tProtect Income Protection Insurance direct to the insurer.\n", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/reimbursement-for-income-protection-insurance\/", "post_date": "2026-09-21 02:26:00" }, { "post_id": "5683", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "INVERCARGILL LOCAL SECRETARY POSITION", "post_content_short": "Members are advised that the nomination period for the Invercargill Local Secretary is now open and will close Friday, 2 October 2026 at\n5pm.", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/invercargill-local-secretary-position\/", "post_date": "2026-09-20 20:00:00" }, { "post_id": "5682", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "Presentation of the Petition Calling for Full Independent Inquiry into FENZ this Wednesday", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU petition calling for a full and independent inquiry into FENZ will be presented to Select Committee Chair Jan Tinetti and other\nCommittee MPs this Wednesday on the steps of Parliament.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5682\/Untitled-design-(11).png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/presentation-of-the-petition-calling-for-full-independent-inquiry-into-fenz-this-wednesday\/", "post_date": "2026-09-19 21:37:00" }, { "post_id": "5681", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "FENZ HIERARCHY HAS NOW PROVEN THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED", "post_content_short": "The bombshell news that FENZ CE Kerry Gregory deliberately failed to notify the Minister, and that FENZ spent $500,000 on the\n\tas-yet-undisclosed issue that has been referred to the Serious Fraud Office, is just the latest in a litany of issues that should have had\n\thim sacked a long time ago. On the limited information available, it appears to be a serious matter involving the fire service levy, which\n\tis the primary source of FENZ’s $850 million budget.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5681\/failure.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/fenz-hierarchy-has-now-proven-they-cannot-be-trusted\/", "post_date": "2026-09-17 21:32:00" }, { "post_id": "5680", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY DAMNING OF FENZ’S BOARD AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT", "post_content_short": "FENZ’s Board and Senior Management are heavily criticised in the Parliamentary Report into the Management of FENZ’s fleet. It records a lack\nof confidence in the membership of the Board and goes as far as recommending that the Government considers whether FENZ should even have the\npower to procure fleet and other services without formal oversight and intervention.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5680\/PARLIAMENTARY-INQUIRY-DAMNING-OF-FENZS-BOARD-AND-SENIOR-MANAGEMENT-FENZ-NOT-BELIEVED-ON-KEY-POINTS-REPORT-CALLS-FOR-ACTION-ON-EMERGENCY-RESPONSE-CAPABILITY-AND-CAPACITY-BOARD-MEMBERSHIP-AND-SENIO.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/parliamentary-inquiry-damning-of-fenzs-board-and-senior-management\/", "post_date": "2026-09-16 02:28:00" }, { "post_id": "5679", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NELSON LOCAL VICE PRESIDENT POSITION", "post_content_short": "Members are advised that the nomination period for the Nelson Local Vice President is now open and will close Wednesday, 30 September\n2026 at 5pm.", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nelson-local-vice-president-position\/", "post_date": "2026-09-15 20:00:00" }, { "post_id": "5678", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU ADVISES MEMBERS NOT TO ENGAGE WITH TIGER SPIDER WITHOUT FLEET REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT", "post_content_short": "In typical FENZ style, Australian consultants Tiger Spider have been engaged to take “an end-to-end view of fleet management” without first\n\tengaging with the NZPFU’s fleet representatives to ensure any review is meaningful and to be used for a proper purpose.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5678\/tiger-sider.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-advises-members-not-to-engage-with-tiger-spider-without-fleet-representatives-present\/", "post_date": "2026-09-14 19:44:00" }, { "post_id": "5677", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU CALLS OFF STRIKE", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU has cancelled today’s strike. We ask all Members and Locals to formally hold a minute’s silence to honour the firefighters and\nother responders who paid the ultimate sacrifice as a result of the 9\/11 attacks.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5677\/9-11.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-calls-off-strike\/", "post_date": "2026-09-10 20:24:00" }, { "post_id": "5676", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU FIREFIGHTERS INTEGRAL TO AUCKLAND CITY RAIL LINK EMERGENCY READINESS", "post_content_short": "In June 2026, the NZPFU raised serious health and safety concerns detailing critical risk areas with the City Rail Link (CRL), with FENZ and\nwith Auckland City Council.
\n
\nThe risks were serious in nature and significant in the breadth and magnitude.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5676\/NZPFU-FIREFIGHTERS-INTEGRAL-TO-AUCKLAND-CITY-RAIL-LINK-EMERGENCY-READINESS.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-firefighters-integral-to-auckland-city-rail-link-emergency-readiness\/", "post_date": "2026-09-07 22:08:00" }, { "post_id": "5675", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "AUCKLAND LOCAL PRESIDENT ELECTION DECLARATION", "post_content_short": "The Auckland Local President election closed at 1700 hours Friday with 89% of those eligible to vote taking part.", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/auckland-local-president-election-declaration\/", "post_date": "2026-09-05 00:05:00" }, { "post_id": "5674", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "MAKE SURE YOU, YOUR FAMILY, AND FRIENDS ARE ENROLLED TO VOTE!", "post_content_short": "The Government have changed the rules for voting which will affect this year’s general election.\n

\n\tIn the past, voters have been able to enrol and vote on election day but now every voter has to be enrolled before midnight on the 25th<\/sup>\n\tOctober 2026.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5674\/vote.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/make-sure-you-your-family-and-friends-are-enrolled-to-vote\/", "post_date": "2026-08-26 21:05:00" }, { "post_id": "5673", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "FENZ STALLS ON PAYING PARENTAL LEAVE PAYMENTS DESPITE EMPLOYMENT COURT DECISION", "post_content_short": "Earlier this month the Employment Court ruled that the parental leave payment designed to encourage NZPFU members to return to work from\n\tparental leave for at least six months must be paid regardless of the period of parental leave.\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5673\/stalls.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/fenz-stalls-on-paying-parental-leave-payments-despite-employment-court-decision\/", "post_date": "2026-08-26 02:06:00" }, { "post_id": "5672", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "FENZ TRIES TO CREATE DISTRUST AND DISPUTES BETWEEN WORKERS", "post_content_short": "How low can FENZ leadership go? FENZ’s Senior Leadership reputations are in tatters, with the Prime Minister calling them a “Punch and Judy\nshow” and their own Minister slamming their inability to provide accurate and current information.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5672\/distrust.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/fenz-tries-to-create-distrust-and-disputes-between-workers\/", "post_date": "2026-08-24 04:08:00" }, { "post_id": "5671", "post_category_id": "75", "post_title": "NEW PLYMOUTH LOCAL PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT POSITIONS", "post_content_short": "Members are advised that the nomination period for the following two positions is now open and will close at 5pm, Friday 11 September 2026.", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/new-plymouth-local-president-and-vice-president-positions\/", "post_date": "2026-08-21 04:39:00" }, { "post_id": "5670", "post_category_id": "68", "post_title": "NZPFU PROTECT INCOME PROTECTION INSURANCE UPDATE", "post_content_short": "The NZPFU Protect Income Protection Insurance scheme has been a huge success ensuring those that are sick or injured and qualify for the\n\tprotection no longer have the stress of lack of sick leave or income while being treated and recovering.\n", "post_icon": "", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-protect-income-protection-insurance-update\/", "post_date": "2026-08-20 02:31:00" } ]