[
	{
		"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&nbsp;decision to take money out of our pay before any strike action has even occurred.\n<br \/><br \/>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"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5598", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "POST DAMNING ERA DETERMINATION, THE NZPFU INVITES FENZ TO ENGAGE WITH THE UNION", 
		"post_content_short": "Yesterday the NZPFU wrote to Kerry Gregory setting out our concerns with FENZ’s attacks on our membership through its attacks on the union,\n\tthe fact there are currently no plans to get back to bargaining, and warned that the current path FENZ appears to be on will have disastrous\n\timpact on emergency response to the New Zealand community.&nbsp;&nbsp;\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5598\/new-times.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/post-damning-era-determination-the-nzpfu-invites-fenz-to-engage-with-the-union\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-03-23 23:17:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5597", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "ERA RULES FENZ BREACHED GOOD FAITH AND NZPFU AND PSA COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS BY FAILING TO CONSULT", 
		"post_content_short": "In November 2025, FENZ dropped a 260-page document that affected more than 700 positions and more than hundreds of roles to be\n\tdisestablished.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tThe NZPFU and PSA filed an urgent action last year in a bid to stop the restructure claiming FENZ had failed to consult in accordance with\n\tthe provisions of the collective agreement.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tToday the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) released its decision finding that FENZ failed to consult in accordance with the collective\n\tagreement provisions, that it failed to consult on whether change should occur or at a time when the Unions could influence an outcome, and\n\tfailed to consult in a manner driven by a desire to reach consensus. It also found FENZ’s conduct breached the obligation of good faith.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5597\/breaking.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/era-rules-fenz-breached-good-faith-and-nzpfu-and-psa-collective-agreements-by-failing-to-consult\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-03-18 03:52:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5596", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "FENZ NOW REFUSING TO PROVIDE A NEW OFFER", 
		"post_content_short": "Yesterday the ERA contacted the NZPFU requesting our availability for facilitated bargaining on the 30<sup>th<\/sup> and 31<sup>st<\/sup>\n\tMarch 2026. &nbsp;There had obviously been previous communications between the ERA and FENZ (that we had not been copied into) and despite\n\trequesting that correspondence we did not receive it.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tThe NZPFU accepted facilitation on the basis that FENZ would provide a new offer that CE Kerry Gregory had earlier told the Union it was\n\tbeing worked on.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5596\/refusing.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/fenz-now-refusing-to-provide-a-new-offer\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-03-16 22:22:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5595", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "NZPFU AND FENZ HEAD BACK TO BARGAINING", 
		"post_content_short": "Today the NZPFU accepted two days of facilitated bargaining on the basis that FENZ brings an enhanced offer to the table.\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tWe were contacted by the Employment Relations Authority today offering the 30<sup>th<\/sup> and 31<sup>st<\/sup> March for facilitated\n\tbargaining. The NZPFU has consistently been calling for bargaining to recommence as we cannot resolve this dispute unless we are around the\n\ttable genuinely negotiating.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5595\/bargaining.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-and-fenz-head-back-to-bargaining-13-03-2026\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-03-16 04:25:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5594", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "WHERE IS THE NEW OFFER FENZ?", 
		"post_content_short": "NZPFU members walk off the job for one hour from 12 noon today with no bargaining in sight.\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tIn February the NZPFU wrote FENZ with the outcome of strike ballots taken during the national round of membership meetings in\n\tFebruary.&nbsp; We were asking for bargaining to recommence and proposed a process for tackling the big issues in particular.&nbsp;\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5594\/offer.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/where-is-the-new-offer-fenz\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-03-15 20:12:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5593", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "NZPFU MEMBERS STAUNCHLY TAKE TO THE STREETS DESPITE ATTACKS ON THEIR WAGES", 
		"post_content_short": "NZPFU members will be out in force for one hour from 12 noon tomorrow as they continue their strike action in a bid for a fair and\n\treasonable collective agreement.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5593\/staunchly.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-members-staunchly-take-to-the-streets-despite-attacks-on-their-wages\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-03-12 04:38:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5592", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "FENZ BLOCKS NZPFU EMAILS AND PUTS PRESSURE ON VOLUNTEERS TO STOP SUPPORTING THE NZPFU", 
		"post_content_short": "Yesterday, the NZPFU notified our members and supporters that FENZ was spending between $70,000 and $99,000 a week on a media campaign\nagainst the NZPFU one-hour strikes.", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5592\/volunteers.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/fenz-blocks-nzpfu-emails-and-puts-pressure-on-volunteers-to-stop-supporting-the-nzpfu\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-03-11 00:55:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5591", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "FENZ INSISTS NZPFU DROPS ALL INDUSTRIAL ACTION AND FUTURE ACTION BEFORE ANY RETURN TO BARGAINING", 
		"post_content_short": "The NZPFU FENZ bargaining is currently in abeyance with no bargaining dates agreed.\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tThe parties met for facilitated bargaining on 7 occasions with the last session on the 13th February 2026. Facilitation has been adjourned\n\tand, from the NZPFU’s perspective, that process was not successful.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5591\/fenz-demand.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/fenz-insists-nzpfu-drops-all-industrial-action-and-future-action-before-any-return-to-bargaining\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-03-10 19:33:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5590", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "FENZ spends more than a firefighter’s annual salary for a few days of media advertising – weekly!", 
		"post_content_short": "Since the NZPFU one-hour strikes started in October 2025, FENZ has been burning through $70,000 to $99,000 a week on a media campaign\nagainst the NZPFU one-hour strikes.", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5590\/Your-paragraph-text.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/fenz-spends-more-than-a-firefighters-annual-salary-for-a-few-days-of-media-advertising-weekly\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-03-10 00:59:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5589", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "FENZ TRIES TO STARVE OUT STRIKING NZPFU MEMBERS", 
		"post_content_short": "FENZ management have exposed their true colours in their latest salvo against striking NZPFU members,&nbsp; including striking firefighters\n\tand 111 emergency call centre dispatchers.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5589\/starve.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/fenz-tries-to-starve-out-striking-nzpfu-members\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-03-09 17:45:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5588", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "NZPFU ISSUES NOTICE OF NEW INDUSTRIAL ACTION AND PROPOSES BARGAINING PROCESS TO FENZ", 
		"post_content_short": "The NZPFU has issued a notice of new industrial action commencing on 23 March 2026.\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tThe new industrial action does not affect emergency response and is primarily bans on administrative and other functions and tasks that is\n\tunlikely to be noticed by the general public.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5588\/new-notice.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-issues-notice-of-new-industrial-action-and-proposes-bargaining-process-to-fenz\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-03-04 23:31:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5587", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "NZPFU MEMBERS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTE FOR MORE STRIKE ACTION", 
		"post_content_short": "The NZPFU membership has overwhelmingly voted for more strike action.\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tThe NZPFU membership is as strong as ever in its resolve to fight for a fair and reasonable collective agreement that embeds safe systems of\n\twork—crucial for emergency response and the protection of the community.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5587\/vote.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-members-overwhelmingly-vote-for-more-strike-action\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-02-27 04:22:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5586", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "Christchurch 15th Anniversary: Learning the Lessons of the Past to Protect Our Future", 
		"post_content_short": "Today we stand with all those affected by the deadly Christchurch earthquake 15 years ago today. &nbsp;\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tThe earthquake decimated parts of Christchurch, leaving 185 dead in its wake. It may be the 15th anniversary, but for many, the impact is as\n\tdevastating today as it was then.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5586\/chch-anniversary.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/christchurch-15th-anniversary-learning-the-lessons-of-the-past-to-protect-our-future\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-02-22 00:58:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5585", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "NZPFU cancels today's strike due to extreme weather events", 
		"post_content_short": "The NZPFU National Committee has determined to cancel today&#x27;s strike that was scheduled for one hour from 12 noon.", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5585\/cancels.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-cancels-todays-strike-due-to-extreme-weather-events\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-02-15 19:23:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5584", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "VALE NZPFU LIFE HONORARY MEMBER VERN GREENHAM", 
		"post_content_short": "We are sadly informing NZPFU members that Honorary Life Member Vern Greenham has passed away.", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5584\/vern.jpg", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/vale-nzpfu-life-honorary-member-vern-greenham\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-02-12 21:50:00"
	}, 
	{
		"post_id": "5583", 
		"post_category_id": "68", 
		"post_title": "NZPFU now striking twice a week", 
		"post_content_short": "The NZPFU will hold national strikes for one hour from 12 noon this Friday the 13<sup>th<\/sup> and on Monday 16<sup>th<\/sup> February 2026.\n\n<br \/><br \/>\n\tThe NZPFU has now escalated the strike action to two one-hour strikes per week in a bid to put pressure on FENZ to change their position. As\n\tis usual practice the National Committee meets every week to discuss the pending Friday and Monday strikes and the National Committee has\n\tdetermined this Friday and Monday the 16<sup>th<\/sup> will proceed.\n", 
		"post_icon": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/media\/website_posts\/5583\/twice.png", 
		"post_content_type": "page", 
		"post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.nzpfu.org.nz\/news\/nzpfu-now-striking-twice-a-week\/", 
		"post_date": "2026-02-11 04:25:00"
	}
]