At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff have attended stop work rallies this afternoon in protest against new employment laws.

Thousands of workers have gathered in Auckland and Wellington as 28 protests against new employment laws take place around NZ.

A new national service looks ready to start next year to make sure every 16 or 17-year-old ends up in work or training after leaving school.

At the top level TVNZ is gradually forgetting how to run old-fashioned current affairs, writes Herald media commentator John Drinnan.

The Henry situation is interesting from an employment law perspective for two main reasons.

The median weekly income edged lower in the year to June, as more people started receiving money from the Government rose while the self-employed earned less and investment income fell.

Kiwis are working fewer hours compared to 10 years ago.

A 3D software company that has so far received more than $14m from taxpayers says it cannot guarantee it will keep jobs in NZ.

When Marie Hull-Brown retired at 60, she'd never held a job for more than five years.