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Early Ratification Of EU Free Trade Agreement Would Be Worth Approximately $3m To NZ Onion Industry
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:43:08 +1300 | Vegetables New Zealand
Early ratification of the European Union free trade agreement (EU-FTA) would be worth approximately $3 million to the New Zealand export onion industry, Onions NZ confirmed today. ‘This would be great news for New Zealand onion growers, coming ...More >>
TradieGuide Unveils New Websites To Connect Residents With Local Electricians
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:33:38 +1300 | TradieGuide
TradieGuide is announcing the launch of three new websites designed to connect residents with top-rated electricians in their local areas: Electricians Kapiti , Electricians Lower Hutt , and Electricians Oamaru . These platforms aim to streamline the process ...More >>
New Zealand Trade And Agriculture Minister McClay Opens Ultra-Modern Pet Food Factory
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:08:32 +1300 | Riverland Foods
Cats in China and Australia will soon be gobbling products from a state-of-the-art New Zealand factory built to supply rising global demand for premium pet food. Officially opened by New Zealand’s Minister for Trade and Agriculture Todd McClay, the Christchurch ...More >>
Port Nelson Welcomes Over 3000 People Behind The Gates For The First Time In 7 Years
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:44:00 +1300 | Port Nelson Ltd
Over 3000 people made their way to Port Nelson on Sunday to get a behind-the-scenes look at the port's operations. Originally scheduled for 2020 and cancelled due to COVID-19, the event marked the first time in seven years the port was able to offer ...More >>
CTU To Support Uber Drivers Rallying For Basic Workers’ Rights
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 06:18:55 +1300 | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
This case is relevant not only to gig or platform workers, but to all working people. All workers who have been misclassified as contractors have the right to test their employment status in court.More >>
Commission To Issue Statement Of Issues On Proposed Foodstuffs Merger
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:10:12 +1300 | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has decided to issue a Statement of Issues for the application from Foodstuffs North Island Limited and Foodstuffs South Island Limited seeking clearance to merge. The Statement of Issues will be published on the Commission’s ...More >>
Uber Drivers To Rally As Appeal On Contractor Misclassification Begins
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:10:34 +1300 | FIRST Union
WHAT: Uber drivers are holding a rally outside the Court of Appeal in Wellington tomorrow, as the company begins its appeal against 2022’s Employment Court verdict (in a case taken jointly by FIRST Union and E tū) that four drivers were permanent ...More >>
Revolve Asbestos Advocates For Regular Inspections To Ensure Safety From Asbestos Hazards In Auckland
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:05:21 +1300 | Revolve Asbestos
Auckland, New Zealand – Amid concerns over the presence of asbestos in older constructions across Auckland, Revolve Asbestos , a leader in asbestos removal and testing in NZ, is highlighting the necessity of routine asbestos inspections. Such inspections are ...More >>
Opiki Dairy Farmer Earns A Spot At FMG Young Farmer Of The Year Grand Final
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:45:16 +1300 | FMG Young Farmer
The Chair of Fitzherbert Young Farmers is one step closer to winningNew Zealand’s most prestigious farming award after being crowned the Season 56 Taranaki Manawatu FMG Young Farmer of the Year. Zayn Jones, 31, was announced as the Taranaki Manawatu ...More >>
Free NZ App Removes Need For Paper Trucking Logs, Improves Road Safety
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:36:46 +1300 | Log Ninja
A new, free phone app for truckers to easily log their driving hours will remove the need for old paper logbooks, still used by an estimated 90% of truck drivers in New Zealand. In 2022 there were 51 fatal crashes, 166 serious injury crashes, ...More >>
Kāpiti Council Living Wage Will Do More Harm Than Good
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:30:09 +1300 | New Zealand Taxpayers' Union
Commenting on the introduction of the living wage for all employees and contractors at Kāpiti Coast District Council, Taxpayers’ Union Campaigns Manager, Connor Molloy, said: “The problem with blanket living-wage policies is that they ...More >>
NZ Post's proposal to lay-off 700 posties - Postal Workers Union counter-proposal
Sun, 17 Mar 2024 14:25:14 +1300 | Postal Workers Union of Aotearoa
Postal Workers Union counter-proposal response to NZ Post proposing to lay off 700 posties and expanding its ‘third class’ workforce The Postal Workers Union has a counter-proposal in response to NZ Post’s proposal to lay off all 700 posties ...More >>
Unite Union Offers Support To Freyberg Students Facing Disciplinary Action Over Protest
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:51:54 +1300 | Unite Union
Unite Union has offered professional advice and assistance to any Freyberg student facing disciplinary action over the recent protest at the school. “A school strike and protest in 2006 over youth rates drew very similar criticism at the time. In ...More >>
Minister - Don’t Throw The Baby Out With The Bathwater
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:02:49 +1300 | Early Childhood Education
“Getting rid of Pay Parity in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) sector will send a message that we don’t value qualified teachers,” says Kathy Wolfe, CE Te Rito Maioha. Pay Parity is not yet fully implemented, however when it is it “will ...More >>
Rotorua Workers Deserve To Be Paid Fairly
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:07:42 +1300 | Amalgamated Workers Union
59 members of the Amalgamated Workers Union NZ (AWUNZ) and 16 members of First Union have voted to go on strike after months of negotiations resulted in a failure to come to an agreement with their employer Infracore. Infracore is a CCO of Rotorua ...More >>
Hon. David Seymour On Newly Created Ministry Of Regulation, With The Newmarket And Parnell Business Associations
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:58:09 +1300 | Newmarket Business Association
Newmarket & Parnell, 15 March 2024 – This morning the Newmarket Business Association (NBA) and Parnell Business Association (PBA) hosted an exclusive breakfast with Hon. David Seymour, where he discussed his newly created Ministry of Regulation, ...More >>
E Tū TVNZ Members Launch Save Our Stories Campaign
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 12:15:48 +1300 | E tu
E tū, the union for journalists and media workers in Aotearoa, is today launching a campaign to stop the proposed changes at TVNZ. The Save Our Stories campaign is a response to last week’s announcement of a proposal for significant cuts across ...More >>
New Bill Removes Employers’ Requirement To Collect Union Dues
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:36:41 +1300 | ACT New Zealand
Employers will no longer be obligated to automatically deduct fees from union members’ pay if a bill lodged in Parliament’s ballot by ACT MP Dr Parmjeet Parmar is drawn and passes. “Currently, the Employment Relations Act makes employers responsible ...More >>
Douglas McKay To Retire From The BNZ Board
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:35:01 +1300 | BNZ
BNZ today announced that Douglas McKay, ONZM, is retiring as a director of BNZ, effective 31 May 2024. Mr McKay has been a member of the BNZ Board since 5 March 2013 and has been the Chair since 1 August 2015. The BNZ Board has appointed Warwick ...More >>
Scrapping Pay Parity Is Not The Solution To The ECE Sector Crisis
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:59:51 +1300 | NZEI
NZEI Te Riu Roa members working in early childhood education (ECE) say the Government should come clean on whether it is going to scrap pay parity for early childhood teachers. Pay parity means the pay rates of ECE qualified kaiako (teachers) are determined ...More >>