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Contested 6 races — 1 elected 5 not elected
The woman who has name suppression asked for and got a meeting with Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden recently.
Sonya Rockhouse says Workplace Safety Minister Brooke van Velden “listened, but didn’t really say anything” when they met on the 15th anniversary of the Pike River disaster.
Family members Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse sat down with Workplace Safety Minister Brooke van Velden at Parliament on the 15th anniversary of the disaster.
Labour’s Greg O’Connor knows this Newlands bar like the back of his hand. “Here comes trouble,” is how the barmaid greets Labour MP Greg O’Connor upon entering the Newlands Arms, a pub the 67-year-old has been haunting since the 1970s.
Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden. Photo: RNZ The government needs to include employee representation on the WorkSafe board, says the Council of Trade Unions.
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