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Ardern lands industrial relations reform

Acting NZ PM Grant Robertson says industrywide bargaining means workers will get a fair day's pay. (Ben McKay/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The New Zealand union movement is celebrating after Jacinda Ardern's government landed one of its major reforms, legislating for an Australia-style industry-wide bargaining system.

On Wednesday, the Fair Pay Agreements Bill passed its third reading in parliament - supported by Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party - in the biggest IR shakeup for three decades.

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