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![Home truths of a new start in NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Home truths of a new start in NZ
More than 40,000 migrants who have been granted permanent residence are absent from New Zealand.
![A 'yes' can add quality to career](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
A 'yes' can add quality to career
New graduates are currently in demand in the nursing industry, but they must be eager and enthusiastic, and should never say "no" to anything.
![$400m more a year for KiwiSaver](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
$400m more a year for KiwiSaver
Up to $400 million more a year could be pumped into the KiwiSaver scheme with the latest contribution increases.
![Peter Neilson: Impetus for saving a gift to the young](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Peter Neilson: Impetus for saving a gift to the young
We have the chance right now to make a real difference to the quality of life our newest employees will enjoy when they retire, writes Peter Neilson.
![Helen Twose: Top-ups from employers' pockets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Helen Twose: Top-ups from employers' pockets
Will an increase in KiwiSaver employer contributions be covered by dropping my base pay back?
![Pacific Blue pilot's job in the balance](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pacific Blue pilot's job in the balance
The Pacific Blue pilot convicted of a careless Queenstown takeoff is to meet his employer next week to discuss his flying future.
![Telecom job cuts may hit 1230](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Telecom job cuts may hit 1230
Telecom says it will axe between 930 and 1230 jobs by the middle of this year as part of its efforts to cut costs.
![Innovation: New projects drive plans to hire staff](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Innovation: New projects drive plans to hire staff
The overwhelming majority of Auckland information and communications technology employers are planning to hire new staff this year as new projects are rolled out and customer demand increases, research shows.
![Forestry worker 'lived life to the fullest'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Forestry worker 'lived life to the fullest'
The family of a 23-year-old forestry worker killed by a falling tree yesterday say he died doing what he loved and knew it was a risky job.
![Aviation commentator hits back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Aviation commentator hits back
An aviation commentator has hit back at a judge's criticisms of the pressure put on pilots during yesterday's sentencing of a Pacific Blue pilot.
![Police name man killed in forestry incident](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Police name man killed in forestry incident
Police were called to a private forestry road in the Waione Block, off State Highway 30, near Moose Lodge, about 2.50pm yesterday.
![Party-prone aviator loses appeal bid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Party-prone aviator loses appeal bid
A pilot accused of booze-fuelled antics at a Sydney hotel and supplying a colleague with drugs during a spa pool party was rightly sacked, a court has ruled.
![Australia a land of milk and honey](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Australia a land of milk and honey
A year after moving to Melbourne with his family, Fala Sakaria is earning almost twice as much as he would working as a welder in Auckland.
![Income gap growing wide as the Ditch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Income gap growing wide as the Ditch
Despite rising salaries, Kiwis' pay packets are still well behind those of their Australian counterparts - and the gap is getting bigger.
![Cities muffle Christchurch growth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cities muffle Christchurch growth
Auckland and Wellington are still dragging down New Zealand's job market, despite spectacular earthquake recovery-related growth in Christchurch.
![Engineer in for better year](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Engineer in for better year
New Zealand's biggest civil engineering and resource business, Fulton Hogan, has a $3.7 billion forward order book, nearly four times the size of Fletcher's Construction's $1.1 billion.
![Software firms offer hope for Telecom staff](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Software firms offer hope for Telecom staff
Software companies Xero and Orion Health say they will be able to absorb at least some of the skilled workers set to lose their jobs at Telecom.
![Xero, Orion will hire Telecom workers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Xero, Orion will hire Telecom workers
Software companies Xero and Orion Health say they will be able to absorb at least some of the workers who are set to lose their jobs at Telecom.
![Youth wage bill passes by a single vote](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Youth wage bill passes by a single vote
Employers will be able to pay 16-to-19-year-olds in new jobs $11 an hour after a controversial bill was passed into law by one vote.
![Big job losses tipped at telco](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Big job losses tipped at telco
Telecom says it never ruled out cutting more than 1000 jobs as speculation swirls that up to 1500 positions will be slashed.
![1500 jobs to go at Telecom - Labour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
1500 jobs to go at Telecom - Labour
Telecom could be set to axe up to 1500 jobs, in what would be the single largest job loss of any single company in New Zealand.