Shortly afterwards, when the true financial position of the NZ Workers' Union became evident, the decision was taken to adopt three branch structure and to become three autonomous unions (Northern, Central, and Southern) operating nationally under the AWUNZ Federation in order to cut costs.
Following this, as soon as the true financial state of the NZ Workers' Union was revealed, the choice was made to implement a three-branch system and transform into three separate autonomous unions (Northern, Central, and Southern) operating nationally under the AWUNZ Federation in order to decrease costs.