Oral submission hearings take place from August-October 2025. The majority of these will be online and all the hearings will be made available for the public to view.
The list of submitters for each session will be released a week before each hearing. The hearing dates for each month will be updated at the start of each month.
Time
Submitter
11 August 2025
9am-12pm
National Library of New Zealand, Wellington
Watch online here: Zoom Webinar Link or Facebook Live
9.00am- 9.05am
Chair welcomes and opens the first session
9.05am -9.25am
Traci Houpapa
Chair, National Advisory Council for the Employment of Women and Facilitator for the Reconvened Joint Working Group on Pay Equity Principles
9.27am-9.42am
New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
9.44am-9.54am
Tracey Martin
CEO, Aged Care Association NZ
9.56am – 10.06am
Dame Silvia Cartright ONZ PCNZM DBE QSO DSt
Former Governor General of New Zealand
10.08am – 10.23am
Gail Pacheco
Kaihautā Ōritenga Mahi Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner at the Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission
10.23am – 10.28am
Short break
10.28am – 10.38am
Maryan Street MNZM
Pro-Chancellor of Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
10.40am – 10.55am
Coalition for Equal Value Equal Pay (CEVEP)
10.57am – 11.07am
Zonta Club of Wellington – Zonta International
11.09am – 11.14am
Tony McCombs
Great grandson of Elizabeth McCombs who became the first woman elected to Parliament in 1933.
11:16am – 11.31am
NZEI/PPTA Teachers Claim
11.33am – 11.48am
NZNO/PSA/E Tū Care and Support Workers claim
13 August 2025
9am-12pm
Online hearing
25 August 2025
9am-12pm
Online hearing
28 August 2025
9am-12pm
Online hearing
