{"id":13780,"date":"2025-05-29T05:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=13780"},"modified":"2025-05-29T05:22:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T17:22:00","slug":"hairdressing-changes-should-focus-on-staffing-shortage-hairdresser-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=13780","title":{"rendered":"Hairdressing changes should focus on staffing shortage, hairdresser says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Regulation David Seymour has taken a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/political\/562387\/hairdressing-law-shake-up-announced-by-david-seymour\">razor to regulations<\/a>\u00a0in the hairdressing industry but the changes have been dismissed as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/business\/536579\/hairdressers-say-they-didn-t-know-some-salon-rules-david-seymour-seeks-to-cut-existed-at-all\">waste of time<\/a>\u00a0by some.<\/p>\n<p>From July, barbers and hairdressers will be able to decide things like the distance between salon seats, the brightness of the lights and whether you can have a cup of tea with your cut.<\/p>\n<p>The changes follow a review &#8211; carried out by the Ministry for Regulation along with the Ministry of Health &#8211; that looked at the regulations the industry needed to follow and whether any of them were deemed to be unnecessary or holding the industry back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-item\">\n<div class=\"c-play-controller u-blocklink\" data-uuid=\"87a564e0-154d-4b2d-8689-2cd6424d85fa\">\n<div>\n<article class=\"relative w-full h-screen max-h-[calc(10rem*var(--base-multiplier))] min-h-[calc(6rem*var(--base-multiplier))] bg-off-white\">\n<div class=\"flex h-full\">\n<div class=\"relative aspect-square h-full flex-none overflow-hidden\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"absolute h-full w-full object-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--l6sz0eNt--\/c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,h_100,q_auto,w_100\/v1719960626\/4KNMJ82_midday_report_internal_cover_July_2024_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-grow flex-col justify-between overflow-hidden p-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2\">\n<h3 class=\"order-2 mb-2 text-black line-clamp-2 text-sm\">Hairdressing regulations cut<\/h3>\n<div class=\"order-1 flex items-baseline gap-3 text-xs leading-tight\"><span class=\"font-sans-semibold line-clamp-1 text-heavy-grey\">Midday Report<\/span><span class=\"whitespace-nowrap tabular-nums text-xs text-heavy-grey\">28 May 2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between gap-2\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"inline-flex items-center justify-center whitespace-nowrap rounded-full border text-sm transition-colors *:transition-colors disabled:cursor-not-allowed font-sans-normal px-2 py-[calc(0.1rem*var(--base-multiplier))] py-[calc(0.1rem*var(--base-multiplier))] pl-1 leading-tight hover:text-white *:hover:text-white hover:bg-brand hover:border-brand *:text-dark-grey border-white bg-white text-black [&amp;&gt;svg]:text-brand !pr-2 [&amp;&gt;span]:text-black [&amp;&gt;span]:hover:!text-white\" style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0;--tw-border-spacing-y: 0;--tw-translate-x: 0;--tw-translate-y: 0;--tw-rotate: 0;--tw-skew-x: 0;--tw-skew-y: 0;--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;font-family: inherit;font-size: 16.25px;font-weight: 400;line-height: 1.125;letter-spacing: inherit;color: #000000;margin: 0px;text-transform: none;background-color: #ffffff;background-image: none;cursor: pointer;align-items: center;justify-content: center;border-radius: 9999px;--tw-border-opacity: 1;--tw-bg-opacity: 1;--tw-text-opacity: 1;padding: 1.25px 5px !important 1.25px 2.5px;border: 1px solid #ffffff\" aria-label=\"Queue Hairdressing regulations cut\"><span class=\"mr-2\">Queue<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"ml-auto flex items-center gap-2 text-black\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But owner of Matt Forsman Hair in Wellington Matt Forsman told\u00a0<i>Midday Report\u00a0<\/i>the changes were a unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe everyone has been ignoring a lot of these rules for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not particularly the spacing of seats or number of lumium required at each station, but the whole, you know, cup of tea coffee thing and also the dog thing. It seems like everyone serves their clients refreshments already and clients are typically allowed to bring their pooch in as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said he didn&#8217;t disagree with the minister that regulations were a &#8220;waste of time&#8221;, but said the attention could be better focused towards other issues facing the industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pre-Covid we used to enjoy a really good supply of talented, articulate and clever hairdresser coming from places like the UK, and post-Covid we just have not had that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know whether the immigration standards or regulations have changed or whether we are not a priority, but pretty much every salon owner I know is looking for staff &#8211; we have a shortage of people in the industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Minister for Regulation David Seymour said &#8220;pointless bureaucracy&#8221; was being cut back, and it would save the industry about $1 million a year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some will say &#8216;what&#8217;s a million dollars in the context of the whole economy&#8217;, I say how many times do you see a government actually removing rules that aren&#8217;t needed, actually saving money year after year to make it easier to get on with our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seymour said it was critical &#8220;people up and down this country who run small businesses can spend more time doing what they want to do and spend less time complying with pointless rules and regulations&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Regulation David Seymour has taken a\u00a0razor to regulations\u00a0in the hairdressing industry but the changes have been dismissed as a\u00a0waste of time\u00a0by some. 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