Update to multiple car crash iin Hawke's Bay

"It’s hard to think of a better way to spend a dollar than taking dangerous criminals off the streets," says ACT Leader David Seymour, welcoming a $1.9 billion investment to expand prison capacity and deliver frontline Corrections officers.

National has scrapped the pay equity taskforce that fights for equal pay for women and looks at ethnic pay gaps.

The world has been experiencing a productivity slowdown, from which New Zealand has not been exempt. COVID-19 temporarily boosted labour productivity, but more recently, productivity has retreated. The overall trend since 2007 has been one of slow productivity ...

The coalition Government is refreshing its approach to supporting pay equity claims as time-limited funding for the Pay Equity Taskforce comes to an end, Public Service Minister Nicola Willis says.

Beyer, who died last year, was elected mayor of Carterton in 1995, making her the world’s first openly transgender mayor. Carterton’s Deputy Mayor Dale Williams said he was “disgusted” by the comments his council had received regarding a ...

In figures released yesterday from Statistics New Zealand, unemployment rates for Māori hit a four-year high of 8.2%, up by 1.4%. Similarly, rates for Pacific peoples have surged by 1.5% to reach 7.4%.