New Zealand's minimum wage rises today.
The minimum wage becomes $17.70 an hour, up $1.20 from $16.50.
This is the second increase in a year and a half, and the hourly rate will rise again to $20 by 2021.
E tū union's director of campaigning, Annie Newman, said the lift in the minimum wage was welcome, but it did not go far enough.
"E tū is pleased that this is the first of three steps toward a decent minimum wage of $20 in 2021 but $17.70 still means a gap of nearly 15 per cent between the minimum wage and the Living Wage.