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'Unprecedented times' for labour market - recruiter
A student job recruiter says it's unprecedented times for the labour market, as youth unemployment drops and job listings soar.
Unemployment has dropped to 4 percent - the lowest in nearly a year.
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Employers need to pay living wage to avoid labour shortages
After his government allowed RSE workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu into the country without going through MIQ to make up for staff shortages, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says the… Audio
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Marsden Pt workers feel abandoned by govt as job cuts loom
Frustrated workers at Marsden Point feel abandoned by the government ahead of a vote over whether to cut hundreds of jobs.
Shareholders will decide on Friday whether to stop processing oil at the… Audio
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A jobseeker's market as unemployment drops, wages up in NZ
It's a job-seekers market - with employers competing to fill roles and pumping up pay packets.
Official data released today shows the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest in nearly a year, and… Audio
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Unemployment rate falls to 4 percent
The unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level in nearly a year to four percent. That's better than predictions from analysts, and even below the level before pandemic. The fall was driven by… Audio
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Midday News for 4 August 2021
Audio 4 Aug 2021Wages are up, unemployment is down. And the issue with unattainable First Home Grants in a commodified housing market Audio
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Unemployment falls to 4 per cent
The unemployment rate has fallen to four per cent in the three months ended June, down from 4.7 pct in the previous quarter. Wages grew at an annual rate of 2.2 percent. This is the second quarter the… Audio
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Economy forecasts tricky to balance for the experts
Economists are often asked to forecast our financial futures. But how seriously should we take these predictions? David McLeish, senior portfolio manager at Fisher Funds talks to Jesse. Audio
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Unemployment looms as Marsden Pt oil refinery winds down
Northland's jobless rate could be set to skyrocket as one of the region's biggest employers winds down.
Workers at the Marsden Point oil refinery are bracing for hundreds of jobs to go next year… Audio
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Calling Home: Amanda Ellis in Honolulu
Amanda Ellis arrived in Hawai'i in 2016 and no other place outside of New Zealand has had a stronger impact on her own personal growth than Hawai'i. She's Calling Home this morning from Manoa Valley… Audio
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The problem with economists' forecasts
Audio 25 Jul 2021The data is clear: economists' forecasts are often wrong. Given their track record, shouldn't these prognostications come with more caveats and disclaimers when they're broadcast by the media? Audio
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Calling Home: Philip Toogood on Denarau Island
When Philip Toogood and wife Julie arrived in Fiji in 2006 it was only with the intention of being there for three years. Fifteen years later, the couple remain at home on Denarau Island. He's Calling… Audio, Gallery
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A deeply unsympathetic media campaign
Employers have put their hands out for more migrant workers to fill gaps in their rosters over the last two weeks, but their campaign may have hit a sour note. Audio
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Unemployment down, but are jobs enough to cover rising costs?
The government's counting another drop in unemployment numbers as a win - but others say they don't paint the whole picture.
Over the past three months, more than 31,000 people found jobs and got off… Audio
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Forty-five killed in violence in South Africa after Zuma imprisonment
In South Africa at least 45 people have now died in the violence that has been engulfing parts of the nation since the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma last week.
This toll includes ten people… Audio
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Ask an Economist
Audio 15 Jun 2021Bryan Easton is back once again. Tonight he reviews last month's budget, considers the practicality of unemployment insurance, and maybe answers a question or two on our options for cutting our… Audio
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Calling Home: Sam Schoeller in Klosters, Switzerland
Sam Schoeller is based near Klosters in Switzerland. He initially arrived in Switzerland 40 years ago in what was meant to be a short excursion to learn more about the country his father came from… Audio
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Bill giving water fluoridation power to Director-General of Health passes second reading
A bill on water fluoridation decisions has passed its second reading at Parliament - more than four years after it was first introduced. Audio
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Marsden Pt workers fear major job losses as shutdown looms
Workers at Northland's oil refinery say the region should be bracing for the biggest loss of jobs in a generation, but not enough is being done to cushion the blow.
Plans for a $250 million shutdown… Video, Audio
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The Panel with Sue Kedgley and Peter Elliot (Part 1)
Audio 25 May 2021Panellists Sue Kedgley and Peter Elliot discuss cyber-attacks, healthy home standards and a proposed scheme for unemployment insurance. Audio
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Unemployment insurance could cost $5b a year
Plans to permanently introduce an insurance payout for people who lose their job could cost as much as $5 billion a year.
Using ACC as a possible template, the government is considering an… Audio
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Economist says unemployment insurance won't be cheap
An economist says an unemployment insurance scheme won't be cheap - but it will be an important lifeline for people who lose their jobs.
The government is mooting an ACC-style scheme, covering 80… Audio
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Budget 2021: Will benefit increases make a difference?
Max Rashbrooke, editor of 'Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis', speaks talks to Jesse about Budget 2021. Audio
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Covid-19 in Peru: 'vaccine' made from guinea pig poop
Kiwi Patrick Emanuel is a pathologist who is based in Lima. We've spoken to him before about the situation with Covid-19 in Peru, and now things are looking bad there with next door neighbours Brazil… Audio
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MSD told to crack down on unneeded wage subsidy recipients
The Auditor-General wants the Ministry for Social Development to crack down on businesses that got the wage subsidy and didn't need it.
The multibillion-dollar wage subsidy scheme was designed to… Audio
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The employment numbers that hide the squeeze on the economy
The unemployment rate has defied the expectations of economists, banks and Treasury. Is it hiding the reality of the job situation, or did the wage subsidy save us? Audio
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Why an apology is needed over the 70's Dawn Raids
The Dawn Raids of the 1970s carry a shameful legacy to this day - and those who haven't forgotten, want an apology. Audio
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Covid 19: Job losses not as bad as expected
In the year since the country went into lockdown, job losses have been nowhere near as bad as feared in the early stages of the pandemic.
But the number of people on the main unemployment benefit… Audio
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Accessibility leader Minnie Baragwanath: 'NZ's hang-ups on abilities and disabilities are holding everyone back'
Minnie Baragwanath MNZM is the Chief Possibility Officer and founder of the newly established Global Centre of Possibility at AUT. She is a long-serving advocate for people who have a disability or… Audio
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US passes huge aid packages without $15 min wage provision
We begin this morning in the United States, where the Senate has finally passed Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic aid plan. The scheme, one of the largest emergency aid packages in the country's… Audio