Local Government

Through organising as a broad-based alliance of faith, union, and community groups, we have secured Living Wage Accreditation at nine local and regional councils across the country.

Our Living Wage Employer Auckland City Council, Kapti Coast District Council,Wellington City Council, Porirua City Council, Hutt City City Council, Greater Wellington Regional, Christchurch City Council, Environment Canterbury, Dunedin City Council.

This has contributed to 1000s of directly employed and contracted workers being guaranteed the living wage rate at a minimum.

Our local government campaigns are active and still putting pressure on local councils to step up and for existing living wage employers to extend to other parts of their organisation.

Auckland

Key focus in Auckland is upholding the 2025 local government commitments from various city councillors and mayoral Wayne Brown to shift council controlled organisations to the living wage. This was secured by a joint forum with Te Ohu Whaknantnga, and the Living Wage Movement.

Wellington Region

Our local alliance in Wellington is focused on holding candidates to the commitments they made to ratepayers at the 2025 local government election.

Wellington City Council

Mayor Andrew Little and a majority of Wellington City Council committed to doing the following:

– Work with other local councils to support the new water entity in becoming an accredited Living Wage Employer

Actively advocate, as shareholders of Wellington International Airport, for it to become a Living Wage Employer

Hutt City City Council

Mayor Ken Laban and a majority of Hut Citty council committed to doiing the following:

– Work with other local councils to support the new water entity in becoming an accredited Living Wage Employer.

– Championing the Living Wage by working with workers and employers to create a Living Wage Hutt city.

Porirua City Council

Mayor Anita Baker and a majority of council candidates committed to the following:

– Work with other local councils to support the new water entity in becoming an accredited Living Wage Employer.

– Championing the Living Wage by working with workers and employers to create a Living Wage Porirua city.

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Chair Darran Ponter and a majority of councils committed to the following:

– Continue to value all of the Council’s workforce by remaining an accredited Living Wage Employer.

– Work with other local councils to support the new water entity in becoming an accredited Living Wage Employer.

Christchurch City Council

The local group is focused on encouraging Christchurch Holding Limited companies to become Living Wage Employers.

Waitaki District

The group is focused on shifting the council to pay directly employed staff the Living Wage, extend it to workers employed by contractors, and eventually see Waitaki become the second district council to achieve Living Wage Employer status.