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- ACT deputy leader Brooke van Velden introduced a health-and-safety bill aimed at lowering compliance costs.
- Van Velden said she will not bring down the New Zealand government over the reforms.
- NZ First leader Winston Peters pledged to prioritize repealing the legislation if his party wins seats in the 2026 election.
- The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions organized protests warning the bill would roll back protections from the 2010 Pike River disaster.
