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.

Up to 50 redundant Pike River Coal mine employees could soon be crossing the Tasman to take up lucrative positions in Australian pits.

Workers go looking for a new job for a different challenge or because they feel unappreciated, a survey has found.

The holiday is over and that sinking feeling has set in - it's back to work, back to reality.

Often people I meet seem genuinely curious about what it's like to work in the advertising industry.

Listen out for the sound of waves crashing on the shoreline and birdsong in the trees - not the ringtone of your company phone.

The family of Ben Rockhouse, who died in the Pike mine, have praised the 'selflessness and generosity' of the people of NZ.

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.

On Friday the 19th November I discovered my brother Conrad Adams was one of the 29 men who were inside the Pike River mine.

The Government is to allow private insurers to compete with the Accident Compensation Corporation.

The moral of the story is perhaps to treat everyday like the jolly man in his red suit might be coming - or at the very least, like someone might be watching.

Relationships vital as charity's leadership changes hands.

Bernie Monk knew his son was dead as soon as the Pike River Coal mine exploded on November 19. But there are others who are still clinging to hope that their loved ones are buried alive in the remote South Island mine.

Silver Ferns Farms has hit back at complaints that workers at its Te Aroha plant had their pay deducted for observing a two-minute silence to remember the Pike River miners.

NZ women still struggle to gain leadership roles and suffer from high levels of domestic violence, a report says.

Peter Dunne has defended the timing of the announcement of eight job losses at the IRD in Greymouth.

Staff at a North Island freezing works had their pay cut for the official two-minute silence to remember the 29 miners killed in the Pike River mine.

Hours after announcing his resignation from the 95bFM Breakfast Show, Matt Heath has been confirmed as the new Drive show host on Radio Hauraki.

More than 50 sawmill workers at two North Island sawmills have been told they will lose their jobs.