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MySpace New Zealand has done a “census” of its users to show what MySpace would be like if it were a country. With over 129 million users globally (half a million in New Zealand) if MySpace was a country it would be the 11th largest in the world....
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Finsec, the union representing workers in the finance sector, says that New Zealand banks are still making excellent profits and can and should be doing more to help the local economy. These comments come in the wake of banks pulling out of a $2...
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A “Three Strikes” crime policy that would see violent offenders receive life sentences for a third offense is likely to increase the level of unreported domestic violence, according to an informal survey by the lobby group Rethinking Crime and...
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A citizen initiated referendum on a controversial child discipline law is going to be held in three months time. Section 59 Crimes Act 1961, which provided a statutory defense for adults prosecuted for assaulting a child if the force used in the...
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The New Zealand Herald has revealed some interesting figures about executive pay. For example the chief executive of Sealords had a 231 per cent increase last year, to $1.56 million after a one-off superannuation scheme contribution.
Meanwhile,...
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Christchurch, New Zealand’s second largest city has been shown to be the country’s safest. Christchurch has recorded 100 violent offenses per 10,000 population – lower than Wellington, Auckland, South Auckland, Hamilton and Dunedin....
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The New Zealand Herald is reporting that an Air New Zealand flight to Australia was grounded on Thursday after cabin crew members were suspended for donning wigs. Wearing wigs to work was a creative form of industrial action in the ongoing pay dispute...
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Prime Minister John Key has told the new politics TV programme Q+A that he only knows of two businesses so far that may take part in the Government’s nine-day fortnight scheme when its launched on Friday. The scheme allows businesses and their...
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Following the revelations that United States ‘tough on crime’ lobby groups are being funded by the private prison industry, and the resulting speculation that the same thing could be occurring in New Zealand, further questions are being...
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As New Zealand gets closer to contracting prison management to private corporations there is speculation rising about possible future (or even present) links between the private prison industry and “tough on crime” lobby groups. The Standard has...
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