It asks the High Court to declare that the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 is inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. Pay equity claims were cancelled and the money that had been earmarked for women was simply taken away,” Fitzsimons said. “We’ve told the Court this was never about building a better pay equity system. We look forward to the Court’s decision, and we won’t stop fighting for pay equity until it’s achieved. It also stripped the right to review from pay equity settlements already agreed and imposed a ten year stand down before claims can be raised again.