Secondary teachers have called off strike action planned for tomorrow to allow contracts negotiations with the Ministry of Education to continue.

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Unemployment numbers just released show NZ's jobless rate has fallen from 6.9 per cent to 6.4 per cent - better than many were expecting.

Growing numbers of local authorities in Britain are forcing their staff to 'clock out' every time they take a cigarette break.

It might be Australia's biggest day, but the tills will ring loudly and the bubbly will flow on this side of the Tasman as well on Tuesday.

A staggering 40 per cent of Kiwi adults lack the literacy skills to carry out their jobs.

John Key says his deal to keep The Hobbit in NZ was far less than what Labour paid for LOTR, but Labour says the PM isn't telling the full story.

The recruitment company that shortlisted serial fabulist Stephen Wilce for a top defence job says a military court of inquiry was looking for someone outside the system to blame.

The law change that was part of the deal to clinch The Hobbit for New Zealand was still being heatedly debated when Parliament adjourned last night.

Parliament was tonight working its way through a labour law change the Government says is essential to ensure The Hobbit movies are made in New Zealand, but was facing stiff opposition from Labour.