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Let’s Get Waitakere Moving Without Paula Bennett, says Unite
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:20:06 +1200 | Unite Waitemata
Interest is building in a protest at Paula Bennett’s Office at 6.45 pm, Thursday 15 August, against the welfare reforms; called by Unite Waitemata Paula Bennett will be addressing a public meeting about “Moving Waitakere Forward.”More >>
NZ 9th in worldwide resources and mining salary ranking
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:38:44 +1200 | Hays
New Zealand’s local resources & mining professionals earn the 9th highest wage globally, according to a worldwide study of remuneration trends published by recruiting experts Hays Resources & Mining.More >>
Man Dies In Logging Accident
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:02:17 +1200 | New Zealand Police
A 51-year-old Tuatapere man died yesterday in what appears to be a workplace accident, which occurred on a rural property on Young Road, Orepuki, Southland. More >>
Survey confirms it’s time for a Living Wage
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 15:09:03 +1200 | Council of Trade Unions
The New Zealand General Social Survey: 2012, released today confirms it is time for a Living wage, says CTU President Helen Kelly. Helen Kelly says “the survey shows that Kiwis are struggling with low wages and incomes.More >>
New man pilots aircraft engineers
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:37:57 +1200 | Aircraft Engineering Association of New Zealand
Early August saw Dave Evans at the controls of the Aircraft Engineering Association of New Zealand (AEANZ) Committee. With Avgas in his blood, Dave spent many years with the RNZAF before joining ServiceIQ as Aviation Sector Manager, where his twin ...More >>
Government ignoring poverty, again
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:15:35 +1200 | Green Party
It remains to be seen if announcements today will better protect children, but the National Government is forgoing an opportunity to really help kids by ignoring the elephant in the room, which is poverty, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei says.More >>
Marking Youth Day, UN Spotlights Rights of Young Migrants
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:55:14 +1200 | UN News
Marking International Youth Day, United Nations officials today highlighted the plight as well as the contributions of young migrants, who often face hard conditions away from their homes.More >>
Disabled People Discriminated Against In Employment
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:33:30 +1200 | CCS Disability Action
One of New Zealand’s leading disability services provider today urged the Government to help end the discrimination of disabled people in employment. CCS Disability Action said there was clear evidence of discrimination against disabled people in access ...More >>
Hospitality Industry Serves Up 100 More Jobs
Tue, 13 Aug 2013 09:05:18 +1200 | SEEK
Jobs in the hospitality and tourism sector across the country are up 13% from July 2012, shows data released by today. More >>
A way to turn hospitality experience into qualifications
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:27:13 +1200 | Manukau Institute of Technology
Many people in the hospitality industry have years of experience but do not have the qualifications to match. More >>
Govt's first step in improving H&S in NZ
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:39:06 +1200 | New Zealand Safety Council
The NZSC believes that the New Zealand Governments broad acceptance of the Taskforce recommendations is the first step in improving H&S in NZ. More >>
Candidate calls for action over AgResearch
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 14:39:22 +1200 | Anjum Rahman
A Hamilton City Council candidate says the Mayor, councillors and local MPs need to do more to try and save the loss of 180 jobs from AgResearch’s Ruakura base. Anjum Rahman, who is standing for the East Ward, says the planned loss of jobs would ...More >>
Hands up, who wants to save lives?
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:54:34 +1200 | New Zealand Register of Exercise Professionals
If your answer is yes then a career in the exercise and fitness industry could be for you. The exercise and fitness industry in New Zealand is diverse with the options for employment spanning from working one on one out of people’s homes, teaching ...More >>
Training company helping healthcare job seekers
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:44:05 +1200 | Access Healthcare
Amida Training is expanding its services to help meet the demand in the labour market through the Ministry of Social Development, Training For Work services. Owned by Access Homehealth, Amida is to provide employment focused training courses to help ...More >>
U.S., Russia, China, All Torture Prisoners
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:53:09 +1200 | Sherwood Ross
The three most powerful nations all operate prison systems that are places of sadism, sickness, and madness unfit for human habitation, much less human reformation. More >>
Action Needed on Living Wage
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 09:58:30 +1200 | George Hawkins
Manurewa Local Board Member Hon. George Hawkins wants to see Auckland Council take urgent action to implement a living wage policy for all its council employees. More >>
Jenny Morrison appointed Independent Chair of NZUAG
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 14:37:00 +1200 | NZ Utilities Advisory Group
The New Zealand Utilities Advisory Group (NZUAG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jenny Morrison as its Independent Chair. “We are delighted to have someone of Jenny’s calibre and experience chairing the NZUAG Board,” Board spokesman David ...More >>
Royal Dutch Shell: They Really Have a Friend in Pennsylvania
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 11:43:04 +1200 | Walter Brasch
Royal Dutch Shell, which owns or leases about 900,000 acres in the Marcellus Shale, had a great idea. It wanted to frack the Ukraine. But, there was opposition. So, Royal Dutch Shell decided to create a junket for some of the Ukrainians opposed to ...More >>
Bill English didn’t ask Rio for a jobs guarantee
Fri, 9 Aug 2013 10:10:36 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party
Bill English never even bothered to ask Rio Tinto for a jobs guarantee and as the ink was drying on the $30 million cheque Rio was proposing to cut 30 jobs, showing this Government has been walked over yet again, says Labour’s SOEs spokesperson ...More >>
Wind Power Capacity Expanding Rapidly in U.S.
Thu, 8 Aug 2013 17:29:18 +1200 | US State Department
Wind power is gaining a greater share of the U.S. energy market, according to a new assessment from the Department of Energy, making the United States one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing markets for this clean and renewable source of energy.More >>
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