Key: Pay hike 'noose around students' necks'
There is no new money to offer teachers a bigger pay increase unless they wanted to burden their students with a future of paying off national debt, says Prime Minister John Key.
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Thousands rally against new employment laws
At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff attended stop work rallies this in protest against Government workplace changes.
15,000 rally against workplace changes
At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff have attended stop work rallies this afternoon in protest against new employment laws.
Thousands 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.
DHBs: Patients hurt by 'dirty' industrial tactics
District health boards have asked the Government to "review" the right of health workers to strike, saying patients are being harmed.
Unions' fight for workplace access takes to the streets
Thousands of workers to protest proposed new laws in 28 towns from Kaitaia to Bluff today.
Industrial action won't 'magic up' more money - Tolley
As teachers reject the Govt's latest pay offer, the Education Minister says they simply don't have the kind of money being asked for.
Paris airport could run dry after fuel blockades
France's govt yesterday admitted that the country's biggest airport might run out of fuel, as pension reform protesters blockade refineries.
<i>Media</i>: Insult to injury for Indians
First it was Paul Henry. Now it's Michael Laws. These are cruel times for shock jocks and the people who love them, writes John Drinnan.
Minister brushes off Henry payout question
Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman maintains he is unaware of any golden handshake to Paul Henry and says it would be "inappropriate" to find out.
<i>Gill South</i>: A dash of silliness goes a long way towards a happier workplace
It doesn't have to be wacky, but a bit of fun at work is therapeutic for staff, and for the business.
Hobbit actors 'political pawns'
Kiwi actors are being used as pawns in a high-stakes game involving Sir Peter Jackson's The Hobbit.
Canadian union backs NZ actors over <i>Hobbit</i>
A Canadian actors' union has sided with its Kiwi counterparts in a dispute over employment terms on Peter Jackson's The Hobbit films.
Things far from rosy in Aust workplace
The glow is starting to fade on working life in the lucky country.
Sam Neill calls for calm
Actor Sam Neill says the dispute between the actors' unions and 'The Hobbit' producers could be resolved with a simple cup of tea.
Aussie MP wades into <i>Hobbit</i> row
Australian MP Eric Abetz is accusing the actors' union advocating a boycott of the film The Hobbit of threatening thousands of jobs on both sides of the Tasman.
IHC companies put under statutory management
Two firms caring for the disabled asked to be put under statutory management as they could not afford the potential $176m liability of a requirement to pay sleeping workers.