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.

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.

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

Customers claim businesses are being greedy in adding surcharges on days not officially holidays.

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

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.

Pike River Mine was evacuated this morning when gas levels rose sharply...

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.