Super Fund chief's $800k pay
New Zealand Superannuation Fund chief executive Adrian Orr received a more than 18 per cent pay rise to almost $800,000 in the last financial year, according to its latest annual report.
New Zealand Superannuation Fund chief executive Adrian Orr received a more than 18 per cent pay rise to almost $800,000 in the last financial year, according to its latest annual report.
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Under-fire Auckland Council has blown its wages and salaries budget by $50 million, figures show.
Watercare chief executive Mark Ford - who is known as "The Fixer" - is expected to step down shortly for health reasons.
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Auckland University's student union was justified in sacking its general manager for financial mismanagement involving a loan to cover $1.4m in debt, a court has ruled.
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New Zealand women are earning thousands of dollars less than their male counterparts just five years after graduation, a report reveals.
Former postie Linda Street pedalled the streets of Christchurch for more than five years on ever-increasing sized rounds, clocking up unrostered overtime.
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The number of businesses who say it is getting harder to find the skilled workers they need is well above the long-term average, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research reports.
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The woman in charge of equal employment opportunities is set to "crack the whip" on government departments for failing to close the gender pay gap.
Migrant workers who were housed in central city offices with no bathroom or kitchen facilities are taking their former employer to court over unpaid wages.
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New Zealand is still wasting its "demographic dividend" of young Maori and Pacific people reaching working age.