Employment

The global retailer is spending $407 million on setting up the store, which is due to open in Sylvia Park towards the end of this year.

Jobseekers are competing with hundreds of other applicants. Here's how to stand out.

A champion for Pacific workers in Aotearoa has received a King's Service Medal in the New Year Honours List.

The action - beginning 6am on Tuesday - includes about 100 PSA union members working at the border not doing any unpaid work, and taking breaks together.

Although the economy is set to improve next year, there is a warning things are likely to remain difficult for applicants for some time yet.

The workers say they each paid about $20,000 for their visas and jobs, but are now left in limbo.

There is anecdotal evidence that "non-parents feel pressure to pick up the slack" - like working over Christmas - when those with caring responsibilities are unavailable, experts say.

MBIE favoured a 2 percent increase, however, the government opted for 1.5 percent rise.

Laid-off public servants have been slogging it out on a months-long job hunt, and for some that will continue into 2025.

The job is leaving "almost everyone" who does it with post-traumatic stress disorder, a campaigner says.

That equated to nearly 20,000 jobs, economist Shamubeel Eaqub's data shows.

Some 190 workers - mostly migrants on work visas - are set to lose their jobs as Prolink NZ goes into liquidation.

Kiwifruit company Seeka is supporting 100 ni-Vanuatu fruit pickers helping with summer pruning to contact their families back home.

Removing the median wage requirement from the Accredited Employer Work Visa will make it much easier and affordable for businesses to fill skilled and unskilled roles, say employers.

The industrial and construction sectors drove last month's rise but conditions remain tough for those looking for a job.