Fire and Emergency New Zealand is undergoing its largest restructure in eight years due to funding instability and climate-related changes, leading to significant job cuts and union backlash over impacts on emergency response capabilities.
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There's a call to scrap fire and emergency levy that we all pay through our insurance and instead use the money to improve the country's climate resilience. The calls come from Chris Farfuay, who's the insurance council CEO. Morning, Faf. Good morning, Heather. How much is this going to free up? About six to seven hundred million dollars?
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a necessary shift from reactive to preventive spending
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