NZ
Post to drop daily mail delivery
New
Zealand Post has confirmed 400 posties are set to lose their jobs
when it abandons daily mail delivery from July.
New Zealand Post chair Sir Michael Cullen
9
February, 2015
The
state-owned enterprise said the cuts were part of its five-year plan
to adapt to the rapid decline in letter volumes.
Head
of mail and communications Ashley Smout said, from July, standard
mail would be delivered every second day in larger towns and cities.
That
delivery pattern would then be rolled out to smaller centres over two
years.
Mr
Smout said 300 postie jobs would go this year and another 100 over
the next couple of years. He said that would save the company between
$25 and 30 million a year.
He
said the change was part of New Zealand Post's five-year plan to
adapt to the rapid decline in the number of letters being sent and to
focus on its growing parcels business.
He
said six-day-a-week deliveries would continue for priority mail and
courier parcels, so people should still check for mail every day.
The
Postal Workers Union, which represents the country's 1500 posties,
said it was a money grab by the Government that would further
undermine the public's faith in postal services and accelerate their
decline.
I pretty much can't see any way around this and in parallel the courier side of NZ post has boomed. The times they are a changing.
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