'Gut-wrenching': Fury as Hawke's Bay pay equity claims dropped

Opposition ramps up to government's pay equity move

Nationwide protests are taking place today in response to the government's controversial pay equity law change.

'Gut-wrenching': Fury as Hawke's Bay pay equity claims dropped

Two Hawke’s Bay pay equity advocates are fuming after their claims fell at the final hurdle when the Government rushed legislation through Parliament. The...

'A Betrayal of Women' The pay-equity bill explained

Reader, we at Capsule are LIVID about the pay-equity bill amendment travesty. Sarah Lang breaks down exactly what has happened, who it affects, and why we’re all so outraged. *This is an opinion piece You’ve probably heard about the legislation that was rammed through Parliament last night, a mere DAY after being announced. The government amended the Equal Pay Act (1972) under urgency in an utter gutting of New Zealand’s pay-equity regime. It’s …