2026-07-28 - Govt announces RSE changes, accommodation an open question and 9 more stories
This episode includes 10 news blocks. The government is promising stronger and clearer accommodation standards for RSE workers, as a landmark court case remains undecided. Since April, 143,000 families have been able to get a $50 boost to the in-work tax credit. NZ First leader Winston Peters also calls any moves in that direction a "seriously big mistake". Assaults and people collapsing among the most common reasons for callouts, Hato Hone St John says. The Water Services Authority's first nat…