New Zealand unemployment rates are expected to double, post-COVID-19.
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Kiwifruit industry providing employment for laid off kaimahi
As the Kiwifruit industry move into harvesting season, finding workers to fill vacancies usually occupied by foreign seasonal workers is proving to be a challenge and an opportunity.
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$4 billion more to pay wages and help whānau
Today Cabinet agreed to increase the putea put aside to pay the wages of those out of work. There is now $9.3 billion budgeted to help Aotearoa kaimahi and whānau.
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Air New Zealand receives $900mil bailout
Air New Zealand will be able to continue with essential services following the government's $900mil financial lifeline.
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Coronavirus: "I really need to find work," laid-off Northland worker says
Black Heart Holdings Limited, a small agricultural machinery leasing company in Kawakawa in Ngāti Hine rohe, has been struggling with business ever since the Covid-19 outbreak started. The small business originally had eight staff operating the logging trucks but that number has now been cut down to two.
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Two IT/Tech project managers confess: Being a tutū helps
A Māori IT/Tech project manager credits being a tutū with helping him enter the IT/Tech industry. Working for Fraedom, a tech company owned by Visa, Daniel Harrison (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Porou) is one of three Māori, that his company employs in IT/Tech. Like other Māori who have come into this line of work, it was skills, not his qualifications that enabled him to cross over into this industry.
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Govt 'kick-starts' plan for jobseeker careers in screen sector
The government is kick-starting an initiative to assist jobseekers develop careers in the screen sector following plans by Amazon Studios and Netflix to film major productions in West Auckland.
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Poverty and rangatahi major concerns in Tairāwhiti
Combating poverty and supporting rangatahi are two areas community leaders in Te Tairāwhiti want to see better supported, and a community trust is hoping to help make this happen by providing funding assistance.
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New project to develop Māori-owned land in Gisborne expected to bring $60m in revenue
A new project Turanga Whenua, Turanga Tangata developing Māori land in the Gisborne area is planned to bring millions of dollars of revenue to the rohe.
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Jetstar Downgrade Means Cheaper Fares from Air New Zealand
Air New Zealand is offering discounted airfares to Jetstar customers affected by their announcement to downgrade their regional services.