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Like many developed nations, New Zealand has an aging population, by 2031 those aged over 65, the current retirement age, will be equivalent to 35 percent of the working age (15-64) population. A new Department of Labour report estimates that by 2036...
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New Zealand Herald social issues reporter Simon Collins writes that “Employers are rushing to gain new $5000 subsidies for young workers” and why wouldn’t they? The new ‘Job Ops’ scheme provides $3000 upfront, and $2000 after six...
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Religion has never played a huge roll in New Zealand’s politics, an explicitly religious party has never been elected to parliament. The closest they have come was when the Christian Democrats changed their name to ‘Future New...
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Hundreds of workers throughout New Zealand are taking action and building momentum in their struggle against Telecom NZ’s decision to outsource its network maintenance to VisionStream.
VisionStream is an Australian company which operates on a...
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The National government is looking at reforming New Zealand’s health care system in a way that would bring back health structures similar to the ones the party brought in during the 1990s. Doing so would be breaking an election promise, but it...
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Last weekend New Zealand was subjected to the somewhat bizarre spectacle of a twenty three hour long corporate sponsored variety show. TV3’s Big Nite In telethon raised $2 million for the KidsCan charity which provides school shoes, raincoats...
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It’s barely a week ago that ACT MP David Garrett was telling prison officers that by opposing the governments private prison agenda because of their experiences working in a privately run correctional facility that they “wouldn’t get offered...
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Oxfam is calling for a new approach to negotiations on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) which are likely to be launched at the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting happening in Australia over the next few...
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The legislation to allow private contractors to run prisons is currently making its way through New Zealand’s parliament and the Law and Order select committee is hearing submissions. Last week one of those submissions came from a group of...
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Social Welfare minister Paula Bennett came under criticism when it was announced that single mothers receiving the Domestic Purposes Benefit would no longer be able to get a training allowance for university study, while Bennett, who has used her own...
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