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Back to work: Tools to turn inner chaos to calm
The festive season glow is fading as the reality of the year ahead sets in. Lisa Bradley reports on how to keep the return-to-work blues at bay and deal with the challenges ahead.
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90-day trial promises empty - Labour MP
The Govt has been criticised for saying the 90-day trial period would be voluntary, and then asking for it to be on all public sector contracts.
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Police get 'culture change' hurry up
Police Minister Judith Collins has given a sharp warning to her senior officers to speed up the "culture change" required by the Bazley inquiry into police sexual misconduct three years ago.
![Australia beckons Pike River miners](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Australia beckons Pike River miners
Up to 50 redundant Pike River Coal mine employees could soon be crossing the Tasman to take up lucrative positions in Australian pits.
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70pc of NZ workers looking for new jobs
Workers go looking for a new job for a different challenge or because they feel unappreciated, a survey has found.
![Beat the back-to-work blues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Beat the back-to-work blues
The holiday is over and that sinking feeling has set in - it's back to work, back to reality.
![Surcharge confusion stretches to 4th day](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Surcharge confusion stretches to 4th day
Customers claim businesses are being greedy in adding surcharges on days not officially holidays.
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Turn off phone on holiday: unionist
Listen out for the sound of waves crashing on the shoreline and birdsong in the trees - not the ringtone of your company phone.
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Pike River family: Generosity 'humbling'
The family of Ben Rockhouse, who died in the Pike mine, have praised the 'selflessness and generosity' of the people of NZ.
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Pike River Coronial Inquest date set
The Coronial Inquest into the deaths of 29 men in the Pike River Coal mine will be held early next year, the chief coroner Judge MacLean says.
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Pike River: Generosity overwhelms
On Friday the 19th November I discovered my brother Conrad Adams was one of the 29 men who were inside the Pike River mine.
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Govt opens ACC to private sector
The Government is to allow private insurers to compete with the Accident Compensation Corporation.