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Plan to chase leavers as school ends
A new national service looks ready to start next year to make sure every 16 or 17-year-old ends up in work or training after leaving school.
<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Lose the fat, pump up the motivation
Never mind the cheaper carrots, try a few workouts instead.
'Frontline jobs' also casualties of big cuts
Public service job numbers have continued to fall.
Thousands picked as work guinea pigs
Work and Income officials have selected just over a tenth of the country's 43,000 sole-parent beneficiaries with no children under 6 to be the guinea pigs for a work-testing scheme starting today.
Minister's BSA complaint against TV3 to go ahead
A complaint by Paula Bennett over a news item which claimed she offered money to a solo mum is to go ahead.
State of emergency lifted for Christchurch and Waimakariri
Christchurch mayor Bob Parker says the city has moved from a state of emergency "to a state of urgency" and significant problems remain.
Canterbury quake: Residents kicked out of damaged flats
Twenty-three people have reportedly been evicted from quake-damaged council flats without warning.
Shoppers slow return to Christchurch CBD
Business owners in central Christchurch are anxious about their shops being sealed away from customers behind cordons a week after the earthquake.
Midnight subsidy for quake-hit businesses
The first round of quake-affected businesses signed up to the Government's wage assistance package will see money in the bank tomorrow.
Be flexible with earthquake victims, English tells IRD, banks
Finance Minister Bill English has asked banks and the Inland Revenue Department to be flexible with Christchurch earthquake victims.
Former sex workers granted benefits
Two former sex workers who have been without an income since a six-month job scheme ended on May 21 were granted unemployment benefits yesterday.
Winz sting exposes beneficiary scam
Police have been called in after a Govt "sting" of secondhand appliance dealers found some allegedly conniving with beneficiaries to deceive Work and Income.
Rise in number of young without income
The number of young people aged 20 to 24 with no income almost trebled between 1996 and 2006, according to new figures.
Winz tells jobseeker to 'dumb down' CV
Winz staff told a woman with a university bachelor degree to "dumb down" her CV before applying for jobs.
Winz moves early to bring in tough stance on benefits
Winz has started bumping people off the invalids benefit, months before new work tests officially come into force, beneficiary advocates say.
Wife of former gang boss admits fraud
An ex-gangster's wife has admitted using documents to dishonestly claim $12,000 from taxpayers.