Employment

16 Aug 18, 9:53am

Christian Hawkesby suggests the new Adrian Orr-led regime at the Reserve Bank may result in increased volatility in interest rates and foreign exchange markets
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Former Key and English chief of staff gets new Aussie consulting job

14 Aug 18, 2:52pm

Jason Walls

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Wayne Eagleson, chief of staff to PMs Key & English, will be paid more than $100,000 for five-months of consulting work for South Australia’s Premier
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interest.co.nz is hiring

11 Aug 18, 11:23am

David Chaston

We need a new business journalist skilled at explaining the drivers of the economy and its key sectors
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'Difficult to achieve further increases in construction activity'

6 Aug 18, 4:06pm

David Hargreaves

30 comments

ANZ economists expect building industry to 'muddle through' at still-high activity levels, but it's not an easy road ahead
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First unemployment increase since 2016

1 Aug 18, 11:15am

Jason Walls

87 comments

Figures from Stats NZ show unemployment is up slightly, but overall wage inflation has seen a sizeable boost
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Ebert Construction in receivership

1 Aug 18, 10:45am

David Hargreaves

30 comments

'Poorly performing' Auckland projects blamed for tipping construction company over the edge
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National to vote against Reserve Bank Act changes

26 Jul 18, 3:30pm

Jason Walls

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National Party finance spokeswoman Amy Adams says her party is opposed to the idea of the RBNZ having a dual mandate and won't support RBNZ Act changes
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Why should employers train?

26 Jul 18, 10:51am

Martine Udahemuka

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NZ Initiative's Martine Udahemuka says the benefits for employers to train apprentices need to be front and centre in the discussion on New Zealand’s approach to vocational education and training
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This week's guest Top 10

20 Jul 18, 10:00am

Guest

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Liz Kendall and Miles Workman look at the Top 10 things keeping ANZ economists up at night, which include expensive houses, underwhelming productivity, the cost of an ageing population, anxious businesses and more
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Unaffordable housing impact 'more pervasive than generally appreciated'

18 Jul 18, 12:26pm

David Hargreaves

120 comments

ANZ economists suggest that our expensive housing is affecting the economy's productive potential
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Should you take any notice of what the economic forecasters are predicting?

5 Jul 18, 5:00am

Rodney Dickens

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Rodney Dickens checks how reliable economic forecasters' employment growth predictions are and how useful the leading indicators of employment are
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Govt to make it easier to hire migrant construction workers

27 Jun 18, 12:00pm

Jason Walls

62 comments

A ‘KiwiBuild Skill Shortage’ list is being created, after a Minister’s warning to Cabinet that NZ simply does not have the labour force to deal with the pipeline of construction projects
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Labour's preoccupation with 'The Vibe'

7 Jun 18, 8:22am

Peter Dunne

25 comments

Peter Dunne argues that the Government is not prepared to confront lessons from the past and says that the idealism - not the failure - of the 1970s Labour administration is what is being remembered
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Govt opens the gate to NZ for degree students

5 Jun 18, 12:51pm

David Hargreaves

76 comments

The new policy as proposed by the Government would triple the amount of no-strings work time degree-level students would enjoy in NZ
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Will capacity constraints scuttle Labour's KiwiBuild plan? Yeah … Nah!

3 Jun 18, 9:40am

Rodney Dickens

41 comments

Rodney Dickens says higher construction demand will soon attract building capacity, so KiwiBuild's demands will be responded to by industry without starving other sectors for long
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Monthly migration gain smallest since May 2014

21 May 18, 11:27am

David Hargreaves

97 comments

Rising numbers of non-New Zealanders are continuing to leave, pushing net migration down from high levels to an annual gain of 67,000 in April, down nearly 5000 from a year earlier
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A beast half-tamed

8 May 18, 7:25am

Guest

32 comments

Mercer's David Scobie says inflation may be lying low at the moment - but it is lurking
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'Immigration to drop sharply, but uncertainties remain'

7 May 18, 3:24pm

David Hargreaves

27 comments

ANZ economists see immigration likely reducing to 40,000 a year by 2020 but say the migration outlook 'provides risks on both sides at the moment'
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CTU, BusinessNZ and Government join forces to ‘future proof’ NZ

3 May 18, 12:26pm

Jason Walls

51 comments

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introduces the ‘tripartite Future Work Forum’ with a goal to prepare NZ for the ‘rapidly changing nature of work’
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Unemployment falls for fifth consecutive quarter

2 May 18, 10:57am

Jason Walls

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New Zealand’s unemployment rate drops to 4.4%, in line with the Reserve Bank’s forecast
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