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Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson announced earlier this week that the Department of Labour’s Pay and Employment Equity Unit (PEE) will be disestablished as part of the re-prioritizing of Government spending currently being undertaken...
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New Zealand’s government has struck an exclusive deal with fast food giant McDonalds. Young people receiving the unemployment benefit will be sent to jobs with...
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For years Shayne Sime aged 42 after a severe head and spinal injury, struggled in life as a paralysis gradually crept through his body, rendering him wheel chair bound....
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Age Concern New Zealand, an advocacy group for people over 65, says moves to cut tertiary education for senior citizens are ageist and counter-productive....
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New Zeakand and Australian trade ministers met with their Pacific counterparts in Samoa yesterday to negotiate an “enhanced version” of the Pacific Agreement on...
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Research at Massey University has shown that agricultural workers have the highest incidence of leukaemia of all New Zealand occupation groups. The cause is expected to...
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New Zealand based Hulme Supercars are gearing up for the debut of their CanAm supercar that will provide a “Formula-1 like driving experience.” The company is named...
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There seems to be the suggestion in New Zealand that Shell and even possibly other oil companies desire to pull out of the “service station” industry. One ponders...
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Their performance defied their fears. A severely injury hit New Zealand managed to turn up red hot on the field against the hapless Ireland in the first Super Eights...
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The National government has made changes to the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme which allows overseas workers, mainly from the Pacific, to work in New Zealand...
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ACT Party leader and Local Government Minister Rodney Hide has gained Cabinet approval to look into law changes that will strip city and district council spending back...
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On June 5, World Environment Day, hundreds of people “froze” across New Zealand, together at 1pm in public places people stopped moving and became human statues...
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The act of injustice that clearly cripples the life of a soul, by way of wrongful imprisonment, wrongful incarceration in New Zealand and is proven the question of...
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Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand, a Catholic aid, development and social justice agency, says it has both reservations and relief over the government’s 2009 Budget. The...
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On Tuesday, French climber Alain Robert, popularly known as “Spiderman,” climbed a 41-story Sydney tower with his bare hands, just to make the world aware about...
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Filed under: News, Weird Important to note: Those Monopoly cards that read “Bank error in your favor” don’t exist in real life. A New Zealand couple...
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The Otago Daily Times is reporting that the dairy industry will be releasing details from a case study under the Government’s greenhouse gas “footprinting...
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Westpac, the bank that has put clothing manufacturer Lane Walker Rudkin into receivership is saying there is no money to cover the redundancy entitlements or unpaid...
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Banks have a lot to answer for. If a citizen makes a small mistake, or unable to pay, banks are merciless. If a citizen negotiates with the bank to pay there is still...
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The New Zealand Herald reported this morning that Justice Minister Simon Power wants to see judges alone as opposed to 12 jurors decide the sentences for people...
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Filed under: Sports, Video, Weird New Zealand’s commitment to great sports that are considered weird by the rest of the world (cricket, rugby) is undoubted. But...
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It’s all about women power these days. Well I am not a staunch feminist as such, but it definitely is a feel good factor when women all across the world are...
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Entire region of Middle East these days is witnessing progress in respect of women. Despite women being largely dominated and always subjected to discrimination, the...
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In the solely Muslim Women workforce factory in Riyadh a huge heavy metal door protected by bouncers like guards awaits to welcome any visitors who has to gain entry...
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