At one upmarket Auckland restaurant the waiting staff are likely to be at least as well qualified as their clientele.

Former employees have questioned Telecom's security policies and one can still look up customer details despite having left his job.

The Pike River mine tragedy would not have happened if NZ had maintained a mining inspector programme canned more than a decade ago, a mining expert says. He says families are right to be furious at the Govt for interfering in mine safety.

The Labour Party is accusing a senior minister of being in contempt of Parliament, saying he misled the House when The Hobbit movie project was under threat of being moved overseas.

The father of a miner who died at Pike River has accused police and the Government of withholding information that shows bodies may be recovered intact from the explosion-hit coal mine.

Growing problems for New Zealanders trying to obtain British visas will be up for discussion in talks with British ministers this week. From April, the number is to be limited to 21,700 a year, compared to about 28,000 in 2009.

Politicians and unions are calling on the Government to move public holidays that fall on weekends to Monday as workers face losing two days off in 2011.

Workers go looking for a new job for a different challenge or because they feel unappreciated, a survey has found.

Often people I meet seem genuinely curious about what it's like to work in the advertising industry.

Customers claim businesses are being greedy in adding surcharges on days not officially holidays.

Listen out for the sound of waves crashing on the shoreline and birdsong in the trees - not the ringtone of your company phone.