Weekly Catchup w/ The Green Party’s Ricardo Menendez-March: 18 June, 2025

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon recently spoke to media saying that the government would announce reforms to the Holidays Act that would impact sick leave entitlements for part time workers.


Under the suggested changes, sick leave entitlements would be processed under an accrual system, meaning that part-time workers working half the hours of their full-time counterparts may only earn half of their previously entitled sick leave.


In that same week, a directive was recently given to Te Whatu Ora - Health NZ to give private hospitals 10-year outsourcing contracts to perform elective surgeries.


And earlier this week Associate Education David Seymour announced a review of the funding for early childhood education.


For our weekly Catchup with the Green Party, Oto spoke to MP Ricardo Menendez-March about all of these issues.