New Zealand MPs salary to be frozen for 1 year

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says freezing MPs wages for a year and seeking a change to how they're determined is about keeping the salary increases in line with the average New Zealander.

Ardern announced yesterday that urgent legislation would be pushed through Parliament to freeze MPs' salaries and allowances for 12 months and has asked for a change to the way such pay rises are calculated in the future.

The freeze comes after strikes by as nurses, teachers but Ardern said that was not the reason for the move, and nor were the changes related to MPs' expenses which were released last week.

[Source:Radio NZ]