Employment

The former Aratere has spent five months in New Zealand waters since being retired, as it waits for permission to enter India.

Northland Regional Council says a woman whose teaching registration was cancelled for serious misconduct is no longer employed by them.

One economist says no - largely because of a major economic problem.

The downsizing comes after several agencies earlier cut 152 jobs and were merged to create the Bioeconomy Science Institute.

More than a third of hospitality and tourism workers say they have been pressured into working while sick, not taking holidays or going without other minimum protections, new study says. Audio

Antarctica New Zealand is on the hunt for 40 people to work in one of the most remote places on Earth. Audio

If you picture a real estate salesperson, you probably don't imagine someone living in a retirement village. But it might be more common than you think.

NZEI members last year rejected the government's most recent offer of a 2.5 percent pay rise from the end of January with a further 2.1 percent a year later.

Ten female former MPs have released a report after receiving 1390 submissions and holding three months of hearings on the government's pay equity changes last year.

But the workplace relations minister is backing the new system, saying it's made the law simpler and more robust.

District nurses say severe understaffing is causing burnout and stress, and also putting their safety at risk. Audio

There have been eight times more applications than jobs on Student Job Search. Audio

The PSA said the NZ First leader was wrong to blame unions for being too slow to convince New Zealand First to block the bill.

Westpac's chief economist says all else being equal, pay rises this year will be lower.

But police bosses say 57 percent of officers having considered quitting in the last year is not a pressure point for pay negotiations.

Businesses on Wellington's South Coast are doing it tough since the failure of the Moa Point wastewater plant. Audio

When your income comes from sharing your life, that can be a problem.