Ngā Ohu Mahi Whakaiti Rerekētanga Dedicated Taskforces leading action to reduce inequity

[Visual] A woven pattern covers the screen, then the words ‘Impact: Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission and Ministry for Women’ appear. The woven pattern appears again then clears to an office scene.

[Audio] So the Taskforce was set up because

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[Audio] the current rate we were going at

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[Audio] was going to take another 40 years to close the gender pay gap

[Visual] Alex Chadwick speaks directly to the camera.

[Audio] despite it being unlawful for 60 years

[Visual] One woman stands by the table, pointing at the graph on the screen. Three other women can be seen listening to her

[Audio] in the Public Service to pay men and women differently

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[Audio] for doing the same job. So the Taskforce was set up

[Visual] Close up of the ‘Eliminating the Public Service Gender Pay Gap 2018–2020 Action Plan’ document, and an A4 notebook filled with handwriting.

[Audio] to provide a comprehensive set of actions that focuses on 4 key areas.

[Visual] One woman at the office table talks while 2 other women listen. The camera cuts to another woman speaking from across the table, then back to 2 of the women – 1 is nodding her head in response.

[Audio] And the areas are equal pay, flexible work, reducing bias and discrimination in remuneration systems and policies, and achieving gender balance leadership.

[Visual] Alex Chadwick speaks directly the camera.

[Audio] The biggest achievement is that

[Visual] Alex sits at the table, in between 2 other women, listening to someone else speak.

[Audio] last year we saw the biggest drop in the gender pay gap

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[Audio] in over 17 years.

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[Audio] Over 23,000 men and women

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[Audio] have received a pay equity settlement, which means that their pay

[Visual] Alex Chadwick speaks directly to the camera.

[Audio] has been increased up to 30%.

[Visual] Two of the women who were sitting at the table are now sitting in large chairs, talking in a corner of an office building, which looks out over a city. A small table is in between them, with a laptop and notebooks on top. 

[Audio] My manager sat me down

[Visual] The camera zooms in on one of the woman as she continues to talk, it then cuts to the documents she is holding.

[Audio] and she said I was receiving a pay correction. So that was a nice surprise.

[Visual] Bhavana Bhim, Corporate Communications Advisor, DIA, speaks directly to the camera.

[Audio] But it also made me take a step back and realise

[Visual] The camera cuts to one woman reading a document, it then cuts to the document, which is open to ‘The Gender Pay Picture’ diagram.

[Audio] that my career is valued and that I'm starting out on the right foot.

[Visual] The camera cuts back to the 2 women sitting in large chairs in the corner of the office, before cutting back to Bhavana Bhim.

[Audio] My work life and my home life would have been

[Visual] Peggy Koutsos, Diversity & Inclusion Programme Manager, MPI, speaks directly to the camera.

[Audio] incredibly different had the Taskforce not been able to help me.

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[Audio] I don't believe I would have the confidence

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[Audio] to be asking for the things I ask for,

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[Audio] so whether that's flexible working or whether it's having

[Visual] Peggy Koutsos speaks directly to the camera, which then cuts back to the 2 women sitting in the corner of the office.

[Audio] the confidence to discuss salary.

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[Audio] We know that we have a long way to go.

[Visual] The camera is back at the table in the office, with one woman walking down its width to point at a large screen. The camera cuts to one woman’s face, as she nods her head.

[Audio] We're also really acutely aware of the compounding effect of

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[Audio] ethnicity and gender on pay gaps

[Visual] Alex Chadwick speaks directly to the camera. The camera then cuts to 3 sets of hands at the table holding documents

[Audio] and so we want to do a lot more work

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[Audio] to particularly improve the position for women.

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[Audio] of different ethnic backgrounds.

[Visual] Alex Chadwick speaks directly to the camera.

[Audio] Being a young New Zealand Indian woman,

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[Audio] it makes me feel really valued and proud that I'm starting out

[Visual] Bhavana Bhim speaks directly to the camera.

[Audio] that I'm starting out really well in the public sector

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[Audio] and that my journey from here is hopefully going to go

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[Audio] up and propel and that

[Visual] Bhavana Bhim speaks directly to the camera.

[Audio] I'm going to be well supported

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[Audio] so it's been an amazing confidence boost for me.

[Visual] Bhavana Bhim speaks directly to the camera.

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