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    <post_id>5612</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU MEMBERS ADVISED IT IS NOT IN YOUR INTEREST TO CONSENT TO DEDUCTIONS FROM NEW REMEDIATION PAYMENTS]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[FENZ will be directly contacting members shortly about remediation payments due to failures to properly calculate various types of leave and
pay adjustments.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5612/1.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <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_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-10 03:11:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5611</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Your struggle is our struggle]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The NZPFU members never walk alone.
We have received the below message of solidarity from the PSA Auckland and Northern Region convenors.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5611/__Dire-Emergency-W.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/your-struggle-is-our-struggle/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-08 02:40:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5610</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU MEMBERS STRIKING FROM 7.30AM TOMORROW FOR ONE HOUR]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The NZPFU is continuing to undertake one-hour full stoppages in a bid to get FENZ to produce a new offer.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5610/1.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/nzpfu-members-striking-from-730am-tomorrow-for-one-hour/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-07 01:14:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5609</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[UK FIRE BRIGADES UNION MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Last week, the NZPFU National Council met with FBU General Secretary Steve Wright and staff to share the struggles each union is facing and
	fighting. The NZPFU had reached out to the FBU as the UK firefighters have weathered more than 10 years of sustained austerity which saw
	the loss of thousands of firefighters' jobs, dozens of stations and substantial reduction in fire appliances.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5609/1.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/uk-fire-brigades-union-message-of-solidarity/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-06 20:47:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5608</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU MEMBERS URGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY INTO FENZ FLEET MANAGEMENT AND RELATED ISSUES]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The Parliamentary Governance and Administration Select Committee has formally launched an inquiry into FENZ’s fleet management.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5608/2.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <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_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-04 03:13:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5607</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU ECSTATIC PARLIAMENT IS TO HOLD INQUIRY INTO FENZ FLEET]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Members of Parliament across the political spectrum have listened to NZPFU members and this afternoon have announced there will be a Select
Committee inquiry into the dire state of FENZ’s fire fleet.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5607/inquiry.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/nzpfu-ecstatic-parliament-is-to-hold-inquiry-into-fenz-fleet/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-04-01 03:14:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5605</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[EASTER EGGS FOR FENZ HQ STAFF WHILE NZPFU MEMBERS STRUGGLE WITHOUT ANY INCREASE SINCE JULY 2023]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[While NZPFU members have not had a pay increase since July 2023, with some ranks struggling at below living-wage levels, FENZ conducts an
	easter-egg hunt for HQ staff and Region offices.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5605/easter.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <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_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-31 21:55:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5604</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[FENZ BOARD PAY JUMPS 79% WHILE FIREFIGHTERS GO HUNGRY BARELY EARNING THE MINIMUM WAGE]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The FENZ Board, executive leadership, Public Services Commission and the Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden have no shame in
boosting the FENZ Board members' payments up 79% while many firefighters languish just above the minimum wage and well below the living
wage.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5604/79pc.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <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_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-31 20:11:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5603</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Notice from the NZPFU President]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[FENZ has made the decision to take money out of our pay before any strike action has even occurred.
<br /><br />That's a deliberate choice, and it is a serious escalation of the bargaining.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5603/national-pres.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/notice-from-the-nzpfu-president-31-03-2026/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-30 20:46:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5602</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU CALLS OUT FENZ FOR WAGE THEFT BEHAVIOUR]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[FENZ is deducting wages for strikes yet to occur, which is not lawful or reasonable.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5602/wage-theft.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/nzpfu-calls-out-fenz-for-wage-theft-behaviour/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-29 20:18:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5601</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO FENZ]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[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
	capacity and capability for reliable emergency response to the New Zealand public, now and in the future.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5601/petition-graphic.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/nzpfu-calls-for-independent-inquiry-into-fenz/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-29 16:09:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5600</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU CANCELS TODAYS STRIKE]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Due to the moving extreme weather events warranting civil emergencies and deployments of additional resources including USAR and water
	rescue teams, and clean ups in the aftermath, the NZPFU has cancelled todays strike.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5600/extreme-weather.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/nzpfu-cancels-todays-strike/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-27 02:42:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5599</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU URGES ALL MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The Whanaungatanga Programme Wellbeing Survey will be sent to all FENZ staff on Monday 30 March 2026 and closes on 27 April 2026.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5599/wellbeing.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/nzpfu-urges-all-members-to-participate-whanaungatanga/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-26 18:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5598</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[POST DAMNING ERA DETERMINATION, THE NZPFU INVITES FENZ TO ENGAGE WITH THE UNION]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Yesterday the NZPFU wrote to Kerry Gregory setting out our concerns with FENZ’s attacks on our membership through its attacks on the union,
	the 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
	impact on emergency response to the New Zealand community.  
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5598/new-times.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/post-damning-era-determination-the-nzpfu-invites-fenz-to-engage-with-the-union/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-23 23:17:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5597</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[ERA RULES FENZ BREACHED GOOD FAITH AND NZPFU AND PSA COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS BY FAILING TO CONSULT]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[In November 2025, FENZ dropped a 260-page document that affected more than 700 positions and more than hundreds of roles to be
	disestablished.

<br /><br />
	The 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
	the provisions of the collective agreement.

<br /><br />
	Today the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) released its decision finding that FENZ failed to consult in accordance with the collective
	agreement provisions, that it failed to consult on whether change should occur or at a time when the Unions could influence an outcome, and
	failed to consult in a manner driven by a desire to reach consensus. It also found FENZ’s conduct breached the obligation of good faith.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5597/breaking.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <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_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-18 03:52:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5596</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[FENZ NOW REFUSING TO PROVIDE A NEW OFFER]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Yesterday the ERA contacted the NZPFU requesting our availability for facilitated bargaining on the 30<sup>th</sup> and 31<sup>st</sup>
	March 2026.  There had obviously been previous communications between the ERA and FENZ (that we had not been copied into) and despite
	requesting that correspondence we did not receive it.

<br /><br />
	The NZPFU accepted facilitation on the basis that FENZ would provide a new offer that CE Kerry Gregory had earlier told the Union it was
	being worked on.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5596/refusing.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/fenz-now-refusing-to-provide-a-new-offer/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-16 22:22:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5595</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU AND FENZ HEAD BACK TO BARGAINING]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Today the NZPFU accepted two days of facilitated bargaining on the basis that FENZ brings an enhanced offer to the table.
<br /><br />
	We were contacted by the Employment Relations Authority today offering the 30<sup>th</sup> and 31<sup>st</sup> March for facilitated
	bargaining. The NZPFU has consistently been calling for bargaining to recommence as we cannot resolve this dispute unless we are around the
	table genuinely negotiating.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5595/bargaining.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/nzpfu-and-fenz-head-back-to-bargaining-13-03-2026/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-16 04:25:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5594</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[WHERE IS THE NEW OFFER FENZ?]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[NZPFU members walk off the job for one hour from 12 noon today with no bargaining in sight.
<br /><br />
	In February the NZPFU wrote FENZ with the outcome of strike ballots taken during the national round of membership meetings in
	February.  We were asking for bargaining to recommence and proposed a process for tackling the big issues in particular. 
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5594/offer.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/where-is-the-new-offer-fenz/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-15 20:12:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5593</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU MEMBERS STAUNCHLY TAKE TO THE STREETS DESPITE ATTACKS ON THEIR WAGES]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[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
	reasonable collective agreement.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5593/staunchly.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/nzpfu-members-staunchly-take-to-the-streets-despite-attacks-on-their-wages/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-12 04:38:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5592</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[FENZ BLOCKS NZPFU EMAILS AND PUTS PRESSURE ON VOLUNTEERS TO STOP SUPPORTING THE NZPFU]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Yesterday, the NZPFU notified our members and supporters that FENZ was spending between $70,000 and $99,000 a week on a media campaign
against the NZPFU one-hour strikes.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5592/volunteers.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/fenz-blocks-nzpfu-emails-and-puts-pressure-on-volunteers-to-stop-supporting-the-nzpfu/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-11 00:55:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5591</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[FENZ INSISTS NZPFU DROPS ALL INDUSTRIAL ACTION AND FUTURE ACTION BEFORE ANY RETURN TO BARGAINING]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The NZPFU FENZ bargaining is currently in abeyance with no bargaining dates agreed.
<br /><br />
	The parties met for facilitated bargaining on 7 occasions with the last session on the 13th February 2026. Facilitation has been adjourned
	and, from the NZPFU’s perspective, that process was not successful.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5591/fenz-demand.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <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_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-10 19:33:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5590</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[FENZ spends more than a firefighter’s annual salary for a few days of media advertising – weekly!]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[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
against the NZPFU one-hour strikes.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5590/Your-paragraph-text.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <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_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-10 00:59:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5589</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[FENZ TRIES TO STARVE OUT STRIKING NZPFU MEMBERS]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[FENZ management have exposed their true colours in their latest salvo against striking NZPFU members,  including striking firefighters
	and 111 emergency call centre dispatchers.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5589/starve.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/fenz-tries-to-starve-out-striking-nzpfu-members/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-09 17:45:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5588</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU ISSUES NOTICE OF NEW INDUSTRIAL ACTION AND PROPOSES BARGAINING PROCESS TO FENZ]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The NZPFU has issued a notice of new industrial action commencing on 23 March 2026.
<br /><br />
	The new industrial action does not affect emergency response and is primarily bans on administrative and other functions and tasks that is
	unlikely to be noticed by the general public.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5588/new-notice.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/nzpfu-issues-notice-of-new-industrial-action-and-proposes-bargaining-process-to-fenz/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-03-04 23:31:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5587</post_id>
    <post_category_id>68</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NZPFU MEMBERS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTE FOR MORE STRIKE ACTION]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The NZPFU membership has overwhelmingly voted for more strike action.
<br /><br />
	The NZPFU membership is as strong as ever in its resolve to fight for a fair and reasonable collective agreement that embeds safe systems of
	work—crucial for emergency response and the protection of the community.
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/media/website_posts/5587/vote.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.nzpfu.org.nz/news/nzpfu-members-overwhelmingly-vote-for-more-strike-action/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2026-02-27 04:22:00</post_date>
  </posts>
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