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![Underpaid vineyard workers win wage battle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Underpaid vineyard workers win wage battle
A company that paid vineyard workers as little as $2 an hour has lost a legal battle over unpaid wages.
![Minimum wage - the $15 question](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Minimum wage - the $15 question
More than 150,000 people have petitioned to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, but Act says $12.75 is already too much. Simon Collins investigates.
![Cash for preaching lifts Tamaki's pay to $1m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cash for preaching lifts Tamaki's pay to $1m
Bishop Brian Tamaki is paid an average of $3000 each time he preaches at a Destiny Church outside of Auckland.
![Women students demand action over pay gap survey](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Women students demand action over pay gap survey
Women students are demanding government action after a survey showed men with the same tertiary qualifications start earning more after one year.
![Shareholder watchdog defends Telecom salaries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Shareholder watchdog defends Telecom salaries
The chairman of the Shareholders Association has defended Telecom executives' high salaries, saying the company operates in a global market.
![Gattung swipes at Telecom's big salaries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Gattung swipes at Telecom's big salaries
Former Telecom head Theresa Gattung has attacked the company for paying its executives much bigger salaries than when she was in charge.
![Fare hikes to hit bus passengers hardest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fare hikes to hit bus passengers hardest
An imminent rise in bus fares could see a drop in passengers, a public transport campaigner says.
![<i>Brian Gaynor</i>: Surge in jobless hitting younger Kiwis hardest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Brian Gaynor</i>: Surge in jobless hitting younger Kiwis hardest
The recession has been particularly savage on young workers with 18.4 per cent of the 15 to 24 age group now unemployed.