It seems that "productivity" is the new "efficiency" for the corporatists and their reputation laundering machine;

https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/31/how-to-help-nzs-productivity-problem/

Having shut down the Productivity Commission and ignored its findings ...

https://www.treasury.govt.nz/information-and-services/nz-economy/productivity/productivity-commission-2011-2024

... and handed the power to determine what productivity means and how to boost it back to Treasury ...

https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/tp/productivity-slowdown-implications-treasurys-forecasts-and-projections

... the NatACTs and their Winston First hangers-on are using it to mean whatever suits their agenda.

#NZPolitics #productivity

"For many, increasing productivity equates to people working 'harder' for longer hours – the implication being that if only we 'pulled finger' and 'knuckled down' the country’s productivity would magically increase."

, lecturer, Te Herenga Waka, Registered Clinical Psychologist, 2025

theconversation.com/nz-has-lon

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"... could the answer to our productivity crisis be in improving the psychological functioning and mental health of our workforce?
There is a substantial body of evidence showing poor mental health is related to poor productivity. Recent New Zealand data show workers with the poorest mental health lost more than three times the number of productive workdays annually (71 days) than those with the highest mental health (19 days)."

#DougalSutherland, lecturer, 2025

https://theconversation.com/nz-has-long-suffered-from-low-productivity-a-simple-fix-is-keeping-workers-happy-248752

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