Employment

7 Jun 18, 8:22am

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

4 comments

New Zealand’s unemployment rate drops to 4.4%, in line with the Reserve Bank’s forecast
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Why the Government is holding back on migration

24 Apr 18, 4:24pm

David Hargreaves

87 comments

David Hargreaves says the tweaks the National Government made to immigration settings towards the end of its tenure have turned the migration tide
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March migration gain smallest in four years

24 Apr 18, 11:05am

David Hargreaves

66 comments

Immigration is continuing to drop from very high levels spurred by rising numbers of departing non-New Zealanders; over 3000 non-Kiwis left in March - a record for a March month
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Hospitality sector warns MPs of ‘significant concerns’ in new employment rules

11 Apr 18, 1:29pm

Jason Walls

11 comments

Hospitality NZ is telling MPs to take a closer look at proposed legislation that would see a significant carve out of the 90-day trial period, cautioning them it will have a ‘significant’ impact on the tourism sector
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Shane Jones at it again, calls out another major NZ company chairperson

5 Apr 18, 1:07pm

Jason Walls

32 comments

The outspoken Minister of Regional Economic Development has blasted The Warehouse Group chairwoman Joan Withers for her 'inept' handling of the Kaikohe Warehouse’s U-turn on closing
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Minister dismisses BusinessNZ concerns over new employment rules as ‘overblown’

3 Apr 18, 3:51pm

Jason Walls

1 comment

Workplace Relations Minister Ian Lees-Galloway says he’s not concerned about the lobby group’s opposition to new workplace legislation
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This week's guest Top 10

2 Apr 18, 9:59am

Guest

12 comments

Paul Barber from the NZ Council of Christian Social Services on winds of change, rental culture changes, reining in predatory lending, poverty and inequality, living wages and more
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So far so good on the RBNZ changes

26 Mar 18, 4:40pm

David Hargreaves

The changes announced regarding the Reserve Bank's handling of monetary policy look sensible, but with legislative changes still to come there may yet be room for surprises
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RBNZ to target 'maximum levels of sustainable employment'

26 Mar 18, 9:09am

David Hargreaves

47 comments

Finance Minister Grant Robertson and incoming RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr have signed a new Policy Targets Agreement; new committee to be formed for setting interest rates
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This week's guest Top 10

23 Mar 18, 10:10am

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8 comments

Motu research analysts on cow vs breast milk, nudging Singaporeans who may or may not be capitalists, world happiness, being paid to be fired, HIV and religion & more
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Positive, but not game-changing

19 Mar 18, 11:13am

David Chaston

11 comments

David Chaston explains why current economic growth is probably as good as it will get. There aren't many more workers who can participate & we need large, long-term business investment to change productivity
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Business confidence rebounds

28 Feb 18, 2:08pm

Jason Walls

3 comments

Although the numbers are still nothing to write home about, business confidence is bouncing back after falling to almost decade lows, according to the ANZ Business Confidence Index
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This week's guest Top 10

16 Feb 18, 10:00am

Guest

8 comments

Xero's Lena Hesselgrave on Aussie banks under the spotlight, Barnaby Joyce's contradicting public and private life, the Australian Treasury's open banking push, the question of whether health insurance is a con, and more
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