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Polytechs are trying to make more space available as record numbers sign up for apprenticeships. The number of people signing up for apprenticeships has doubled to 17,000 after the government in June made them fees free for the next two-and-a-half years. Taumaloto Tiatia has always wanted to be a plumber but feeling family pressure to […]
An organisation supporting workers from the Pacific Islands wants employers to ensure staff are well looked after as the seasonal worker scheme starts up again. The government will bring in 2000 Recognised Seasonal Employer, or RSE, workers into the country to help with harvests. Growers must pay isolation facility costs for each worker and also […]
The government has offered help to the under-pressure horticultural sector by allowing 2000 Recognised Seasonal Employer, or RSE, workers in to help pick fruit and vegetables this summer. Growers had complained that without these workers, some produce would rot unpicked. The government has however imposed strict conditions. The workers would have to be paid the […]
The ASB bank’s latest housing confidence survey for the three months to October shows a net 12 percent of people thought it was a good time to buy a house, a 9 point drop on the previous quarter. It found that nearly half of respondents thought house prices would rise over the next 12 months, […]
New Zealand’s migration policies might be contributing to the current poor state of national productivity, according to an economic report. A report prepared for the Productivity Commission by the Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) said the area of greatest concern was the extent of relatively cheap imported labour available to undertake low-wage, low-capital intensity jobs […]
Ōpōtiki may be a small town, but it has scored more from the Provincial Growth Fund than several large regions. Up to July 2020, Ōpōtiki was awarded $117.37 million from the government fund, more than Waikato, Southland, Otago, and Canterbury. Ōpōtiki Mayor Lyn Riesterer said the money was badly needed in the town. “Maybe we […]
In September, the council issued permission for 1734 new residential builds in the city, bringing the total number of consents for new dwellings this year to 15,470. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff said 56 percent were townhouses and apartments, and the remainder were either standalone houses or retirement villages. The high number of dwellings reflects progress […]
One week since managed isolation bookings became mandatory to enter the country, capacity for the country’s border hotels is at a pinch point, with most returnees facing at least seven-week waits. Crop growers around the country breathed a sigh of relief in September when the government granted more than 200 critical worker visas to machinery […]
More than 400 foreign fishers are headed to New Zealand to crew deep sea trawlers after failing to find Kiwis to fill the jobs. A charter flight from Russia will arrive in Christchurch tomorrow, where the first 200 crew will begin managed isolation. Russia has recorded more than 1.3 million cases of Covid-19 – the […]
Norske Skog is the latest industrial player to signal a review of its New Zealand operations, following similar moves by others in the manufacturing sector. The Tasman newsprint mill in Kawerau employs about 160 people and is a major contributor to the wider area’s economy. Norske Skog said the review did not equate with closure and […]
