/media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/infographics/2036/NewstalkZB_logo_NZH_140x170.jpg){kind=logo}
Carmen Hall
Multimedia journalist
Multimedia journalist
We are your advocate, Aotearoa. Uncovering stories that matter, asking hard-hitting questions of those in power, live-blogging sport events, monitoring the highs and lows of the NZX and providing Premium expert opinion and analysis. Bringing you distinctive, quality journalism and breaking news from across New Zealand and around the world. With specialists working together to create indepth reads, engaging video, and unmissable podcasts.
Check out Carmen’s latest content
Carmen Hall: Some Kiwis just don't fancy physical work
It is the industries where you might break a sweat that are suffering the most.
Want a job? Forestry desperate for tree planters and timber mills need workers
Finding people who were drug-free and would show up was hard.
Revealed: The industry paying $100,000+ salaries - and still can't find enough workers
Anna Browne has traded her hairdressing scissors for a 40-tonne crane.
'In our DNA': How NZ company grew its value from $31m to $330m
'Last season Bay growers received $1.78 billion from the sale of kiwifruit'
Supply chain crisis: Soaring costs hammer companies, some may go bust
Plumbers will definitely run out of some products, market warned.
'Please help': Kiwifruit leader's SOS as Omicron hits workforce
More than a shift's worth of kiwifruit workers not at one packhouse due to Omicron.
Kiwifruit workers earning up to $40 an hour as sector battles labour shortage
Some seasonal kiwifruit workers are choosing the days and hours they want to work.
Gold kiwifruit orchards set record $2 million a canopy hectare
The number of growers had increased by about 15 per cent in the last five years.