David Farrar: The smallest gender pay gap in history

Stats NZ reports:

The gender pay gap was 5.2 percent in the June 2025 quarter, down from 8.2 percent in the June 2024 quarter, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 14/6/24

Favours announced to foster a flourishing forestry sector – and we get a measure of the axing of public service jobs

The Government continued the flow of good news to the country’s primary producers during a busy 24 hours for the Beehive press team.

It was the forestry sector’s turn to savour announcements intended to enable it to flourish.

Mike's Minute: The gender pay gap is water cooler chat

If you want to laugh, have a look at the shambles that unfolded this week in Australia as a result of the new law that makes companies publish their gender pay gaps.

It turns out there is one, in some industries it's worse than others and it proves what those of us who have argued against such measures were right all along.

Mike Hosking: Gender pay gap solutions are artificial

Another of these strange made up claims this week masquerading as a report that suggests the solving of a problem, or perceived problem, can only happen if we changed the way we did things.

A group called Mind the Gap likes the idea of forcing companies to publish their wages on a gender basis thus embarrassing them in paying more to women.

The claim is, if we did this, we could increase females' pay by up to $35 a week.

Mike Hosking: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has become a serial thought bubbler

A disappointing week for the agenda worriers.

All those who have their lofty ideas and ideals as to how we've cocked up any given number of societal issues and have set out to amend them.

The gender pay gap, a calling card for a decent number of worriers and luvvies, turns out with new stats this week to still be a bit, well, stuck.