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240 flight attendants employed by Air New Zealand subsidiary Zeal 320 Ltd began four days of industrial action yesterday as part of their campaign for fair pay. The cabin crew gave notice of strike action and the employer responded by issuing a...
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New Zealand’s unemployment rate is now 5.3%, the highest in 6 years. The latest Household Labour Force Survey shows 115,000 people out of work but still actively looking as of the end of March. Social development minister Paula Bennett says the...
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Jim Salinger, one of New Zealand’s top climate scientists, has been fired from his job at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa). Salinger, a common guest in various media, is reported to have been sacked for ignoring a...
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The Century-old Christchurch based clothing-maker Lane Walker Rudkin (LWR) Industries, which has hosiery and garment factories in Christchurch; garment manufacturers in Greytown and Pahiatua; a sock factory in Timaru and a sports apparel factory in...
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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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