Unemployment

10
May
10 May 2013

New statistics revealing a fall in the unemployment rate from 6.8 per cent to 6.2 per cent does little for Pacific Islanders, according to New Zealand First’s Spokesperson for Pacific Island Affair

19
Apr
19 April 2013

Speech: Horowhenua Grey Power Public Meeting
War Memorial Hall, Chamberlain Street, Levin
Friday 19 April, 2pm

Don’t Take It Any More!

28
Mar
28 March 2013

New Zealand First says the impact of up to 1230 jobs to be cut at Telecom is an economic death rattle for the Government’s failed employment strategy.

22
Mar
22 March 2013

If one thing is certain in New Zealand politics today it’s that we are facing a leadership crisis.

13
Mar
13 March 2013

I take a call on behalf of New Zealand First.

18
Jan
18 January 2013

New Zealand First says beneficiary numbers are on the rise again despite desperate attempts by Social Development Minister Paula Bennett to say otherwise.

10
Oct
10 October 2012

New Zealand First says the Government’s new youth minimum pay regime provides an unliveable wage that will actually worsen the rate of youth unemployment.

6
Sep
06 September 2012

It is time for the Government to scrap the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) as the official measure of employment.

28
Aug
28 August 2012

New Zealand First is calling on the Government to scrap the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) as the official measure of employment.