The government plans to slash public service jobs by about 14 percent over the next three years.
A public servant affected by the sweeping cuts of two years ago is "terrified" their job will soon be on the line again.
The government plans to slash public service jobs by about 14 percent over the next three years in a shake-up it says will deliver $2.4 billion of savings.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis said about 8700 jobs would be gone by mid-2029 - returning the public sector to the equivalent of about 1 percent of the population, which it had been historically.
Asher Wilson-Goldman - who was formerly a Green Party candidate - was made redundant from a public sector job in 2024, and it took him about three months to find work.
