The commitment of the Labour Party and New Zealand First is to create a stable and effective coalition government. The Labour Party wants to move forward in line with the political platform of the Labour Party. New Zealand First wants to put the measures forward in accordance with its political platform. On June 26, 2019, the teachers` union, the New Zealand Educational Institute, voted to adopt the government`s $1.5 billion collective agreement. This collective agreement contains a new single wage structure that will restore parity across the state`s school sector. Among the most important provisions are an 18.5% increase in the basic salaries of all teachers by July 2021 and whether teachers can benefit from a new peak salary of $90,000 million in the third quarter. While primary school teachers voted to accept the government`s offer, school leaders refused the offer and demanded better wages and working conditions. [125] [126] [127] On June 28, 2019, the High School Teachers` Union, the Post Primary Teachers` Association, voted by a 65% majority in favour of the government`s wage offer, which included a 1,500 NZ package and a 3% pay increase in July and over the next three years. [128] [129] [130] In mid-January 2019, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford acknowledged that the government could not meet its goal of building 1,000 KiwiBuild homes by July 1, with only 33 homes built by January 23.
The minister estimated that the government could only build 300 homes by July 1. [72] [73] In the same month, it was reported that KiwiBuild Chief Stephen Barclay had resigned following disagreements with the Minister of Housing and criticism from Housing and Urban Development employees about his management and management. Barclay announced that he would present a “constructive dismissal procedure” against the department for invasion of his privacy. [74] [75] [76] [77] On May 30, 2019, the government released its first welfare budget. Among the most important provisions were the creation of a new front-line mental health service, $40 million invested in suicide prevention services, the deployment of nurses in high schools, the construction of 1,044 new housing units, the investment of $320 million in specialized services to combat family and sexual violence , $200 million in investments in apprenticeship and vocational training programs, $1 billion in KiwiRail investments and $1.7 billion and $1.2 billion in repairs to Hospitals and Schools. [113] [114] The publication of the welfare budget was made more difficult by the accidental publication of high-level documents on a test site that should not be available to the public two days earlier.