OpinionDita De Boni: Buy NZ, or it's goodbye NZBargain deals can have costly results. "I reckon it's high time consumers - especially those who can afford it - stepped up to the plate," writes Dita De Boni.08 Nov 08:30 PM
EmploymentFisher & Paykel staff give strike noticeAbout 900 F & P Healthcare production, maintenance and distribution workers at the company's Highbrook plant have given 14 days notice of strike action over a pay dispute.06 Sep 11:00 PM
New ZealandDrilling companies accused of cutting cornersThe country's biggest union has accused drilling companies of putting workers' lives at risk by cutting corners to save money.20 May 09:23 PM
New ZealandO'Connor defends Labour list criticismsLabour MP Damien O'Connor is this morning defending his comments attacking the Labour party's list as a 'gaggle of gays and self-serving unionists'. A political commentator and a unionist on the list give their reactions.10 Apr 09:20 PM
New ZealandMP slams unionists, gays on list panelThe Labour Party's list has been labelled 'a gaggle of gays and self-serving unionists' by one of their own MPs.10 Apr 05:30 PM
Small BusinessPublic should have say on 'mondayised' holidays - MPThe public should have a say on whether public holidays that fall on the weekend should be "mondayised", a Labour MP says.01 Feb 12:21 AM
Small BusinessLabour bill to 'Mondayise' Anzac and Waitangi daysThe Labour Party will try to force the Government's hand to 'Mondayise' Anzac Day and Waitangi Day if they fall on a weekend by introducing a member's bill to make the change.28 Jan 12:51 AM
New ZealandSealing Pike River mine would conceal evidence - unionThe EPMU says sealing the Pike River mine would prevent investigators from learning what really happened.14 Jan 07:10 PM
EmploymentCall to 'Monday-ise' public holidays gains momentumPoliticians and unions are calling on the Government to move public holidays that fall on weekends to Monday as workers face losing two days off in 2011.11 Jan 03:51 AM
EmploymentTurn off phone on holiday: unionistListen out for the sound of waves crashing on the shoreline and birdsong in the trees - not the ringtone of your company phone.29 Dec 04:30 PM
AgribusinessMeat workers pay not docked - CEOSilver Ferns Farms has hit back at complaints that workers at its Te Aroha plant had their pay deducted for observing a two-minute silence to remember the Pike River miners.17 Dec 04:23 AM
AgribusinessPay cut for two-minute silenceStaff at a North Island freezing works had their pay cut for the official two-minute silence to remember the 29 miners killed in the Pike River mine.16 Dec 04:30 PM
New ZealandPike River miners set to lose jobsThe majority of miners remaining at Pike River Coal mine look set to lose their jobs, as officials today told workers they were going to proceed with redundancies three weeks after a series of explosions killed 29 workers inside the mine.10 Dec 05:50 AM
New ZealandGoff says Labour will not bow to Hawkins' threatsPhil Goff has made it clear that it is not up to MP George Hawkins to decide who will replace him in his Manurewa seat.09 Dec 07:04 PM
New ZealandLabour in turmoil over MP's threat to resignMP George Hawkins is threatening to force a byelection if the party selects a replacement Manurewa candidate he dislikes.08 Dec 04:30 PM
