The Govt’s delight in announcing declining nationwide unemployment this week masked a grimmer truth: In some regions, more people are out of work than before. And the shadow of redundancy hangs over many people in jobs once considered safe.
The official unemployment rate has fallen to 6.2 per cent, the lowest for three years, whereas six months ago it was 7.3 per cent, the highest for 13 years.
New Zealand's jobless rate fell to a three-year low in the first three months of the year as the employment rate grew for the first time in four quarters.
A last minute Budget top up for the Department of Conservation is likely to mean only 80 staff will lose their jobs.
Software companies Xero and Orion Health say they will be able to absorb at least some of the workers who are set to lose their jobs at Telecom.
New Zealand police officers are being drawn to the warmth of Australia, as the force here battles through a budget freeze.
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Paula Bennett's reputation for being tough on beneficiaries is in jeopardy as figures reveal record high numbers on state financial support.
I'm starting to feel guilty about this long decadent Auckland summer. It could just be my grandmother's Presbyterian streak kicking it.
Campaigner Deborah Littman says paying a living wage will require a leap in thinking to accompany an increase in the $13.50 minimum wage to $18.40.
Auckland and Wellington councils have agreed to look into adopting the "living wage" of $18.40 an hour proposed by a coalition of union and community groups.
Parents of students attending Auckland's Diocesan School for Girls pay roughly one and a half times as much in fees as Ana Malolo takes home for cleaning the school.
Very weak jobs data from Statistics New Zealand yesterday raised economists' eyebrows.
The New Zealand dollar fell by more than half a US cent today after labour data showed that the employment rate fell to its lowest point in 10 years.
New Zealand's unemployment rate fell from a 13-year high in the last three months of 2012 as people stopped looking for work and the participation rate shrank.
New Zealand labour costs rose in the final three months of 2012 as the gathering pace of Canterbury's reconstruction effort saw the building and construction sector underpin gains.
Marking 50 years of work at the Hillside foundry, Roger Parsons yesterday poured the last KiwiRail cast on site before heading to his local for a beer.
It's back to school for students but many teachers are unemployed because of an oversupply.
An East Coast man on the dole for 25 years is the longest unemployment beneficiary in the country and has been paid more than $260,000 in taxpayer money.
The latest tax figures offer some hope that the labour market is not quite as grim as official statistics portray.
Australian workers are being sought for a large Auckland building project beginning soon, outraging NZ First leader Winston Peters, who says Kiwis have been snubbed.