WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand's jobless rate rose slightly in the second quarter as the labour market remained soft, supporting the view that the central bank will proceed with a flagged 25 ...

New Zealand’s government will lay off nearly 9,000 workers, amounting to 14% of public sector jobs, by mid-2029 as part of a bid to slash billio ...

New Zealanders don’t “really care” about the details of one of the Labour Party’s key election policies, leader Chris Hipkins ...

Labour NZ appeals to Telecom's conscience Several senior members of New Zealand's Labour opposition party have published an extraordinary public letter to Telecom New Zealand, asking the telco to ...

It is often said that Oppositions never win elections because governments lose them. In other words, if a government is unpopular enough it will lose an election, regardless of the calibre of the ...

The party announced the policy in October, but the number of jobs it is expected to create, and which assets it will invest ...

New Zealand’s opposition Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins delivered a “state of the nation” speech on March 24, in an attempt to resuscitate the party after it lost power in a landslide defeat in the ...

New Zealand’s right-wing National Party-led government released documents on August 2 which make clear that the previous Labour Party-led government—which lost the October 2023 election—had begun ...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins is getting little clarity from voters on which governing partners he should shut out, with a new poll showing the electorate divided on his post-election options. Hipkins ...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has written to PM Christopher Luxon to say Labour would support legislation to pass the India ...