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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.
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Ministers meet <i>Hobbit</i> filmmakers
Two senior ministers have made themselves available to mediate in the industrial dispute surrounding The Hobbit after meeting with Fran Walsh and Sir Peter Jackson today.
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Co-writer reacts to <i>Hobbit</i> dispute
The Aussie film industry is lobbying for The Hobbit should industrial issues not be resolved in NZ, says the film's co-producer and co-writer.
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Aussie ombudsman takes NZ company to High Court
An Australian ombudsman is taking a NZX listed New Image to court to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars it says is owed to 14 workers.
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<i>Hobbit</i> deal near with unions, studios - report
The Hobbit could be released as early as 2012, according to Hollywood sources.
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Battling actors have a hobbit onside
The furore over The Hobbit is the normal process of a union trying to talk to an employer who is refusing to talk back, says actor and director Ian Mune.
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Kiwis learning to work smarter not harder
Kiwis are working fewer hours compared to 10 years ago.
![Email row over <i>Hobbit</i> claims](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Email row over <i>Hobbit</i> claims
The head of an Auckland actors' agency says he was saddened by an insulting email from the head of South Pacific Pictures reacting to comments he'd made on the Hobbit stand-off.
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<i>Media</i>: Losing the plot over Jackson's Hobbit
Sir Peter Jackson is being cast as Gandalf in a row about payment for actors...
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Govt shouldn't take sides on Hobbit - CTU
The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) is fuming at the Government for siding with Sir Peter Jackson's stance on the union dispute surrounding The Hobbit movies.
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Kiwis leading job boom in Australia - study
New Zealanders are moving to Australia in record numbers, but they arrive already educated and end up working on average harder and longer than Australians, a government study says.
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'Success story' Right Hemisphere may shed jobs
A 3D software company that has so far received more than $14m from taxpayers says it cannot guarantee it will keep jobs in NZ.