Labour Weekend falls in late October in Aotearoa New Zealand when Spring is in full flux ... But – lest we forget – as Malcolm Evans’s cartoon (below) highlights, Labour Day commemorates the ...

Labour market statistics provide a picture of the New Zealand labour market, including unemployment and employment rates, demand for labour, and changes in wages and salaries. Key facts: In the ...

according to the latest data from Stats NZ. The Household Labour Force Survey revealed a 4.8% unemployment rate in the September 2024 quarter. That’s up slightly from 4.6% in the previous quarter.

Forecasters say almost all of New Zealand is expected to experience rain on Saturday as holidaymakers flock north and south for the Labour Day long weekend. Forecaster MetService said “most ...

If you prefer, you could do next to nothing on a long weekend ... days of Labour Day, of course, many of these goods and services either did not exist or were simply shut. New Zealand had an ...

On those results, National would hold 48 seats and would require Act’s 11 seats and NZ First’s eight to form a Government. Labour would occupy 39 seats, the Greens 11 and Te Pāti Māori six ...

Labour is calling on Deputy Prime Minister and NZ First leader Winston Peters to apologise for naming a public servantin a statement found to be contrary to Parliament’s rules. Speaker of the ...

NZ Labour Party: Labour, Greens And Te Pāti Māori Call On The Prime Minister To Block The Treaty Principles Bill The three opposition parties are listening to the clear and unified voice of Te ...

Daniel Gerrard, Chief Executive of Water Safety New Zealand, highlights the urgency of the message: “This Labour Weekend, we want everyone to enjoy the water while being aware of the potential ...

The Government has refreshed how it will approach public-private partnerships, as it looks to use them more to build infrastructure. The Labour Party has also signed up to the new framework, although ...

There were no fatal crashes over the Labour weekend. The lowest recorded death toll for the public holiday was in 2013 when one person died. The holiday period began at 4pm on Friday and ends on ...

1 Tree of Nourishment (Kāwai 2) by Monty Soutar (David Bateman, $39.99) A free copy of the new novel that has held the Number 1 position this past fortnight is up for grabs in our Labour Weekend ...