Category: employment_and_labor
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Media Monitor: Mark Lundy Released From Prison
RNZ is reporting that convicted double murderer Mark Lundy was released from Tongariro Prison on Wednesday. He was granted parole last month, but the release date was suppressed until Wednesday. Corrections confirmed Lundy left the prison around 6 a.m. RNZ…
Politics and GovernmentHealthBusinessWorldSportAsiaEmployment and LaborSocial IssuesLegalMedia Mark LundyTongariro PrisonChristine LundyAmber LundyPalmerston NorthParoleMurderRNZ News
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Man Dies in Kaikorai Valley Road Workplace Incident
Police have named Michael John Sherry, 32, of Fairfield, as the man who died in a workplace incident on Kaikorai Valley Road on April 24. Police have expressed their condolences to Sherry's family during this difficult time. The incident has…
Law EnforcementSocial IssuesAustralasiaEmployment and LaborLegal
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Fatal Workplace Incident in Te Anau
One person has died following a workplace incident on Manapouri Te Anau Highway this afternoon. Police were called to the scene at approximately 3:30 p.m. Sadly, the individual was pronounced dead at the location. The incident will be referred to…
Law EnforcementSocial IssuesAustralasiaLegalEmployment and Labor WorkSafeTe AnauManapouri Te Anau HighwayCoronerAccidentDeathNew Zealand PoliceNZ Police
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Beauty Therapist Awarded $100K After Unfair Treatment; Budget Cuts Announced; Power Outage in Spain and Portugal
A beauty therapist, Zelinda Doria, has been awarded almost $100,000 after her former employers forced her to take early maternity leave and then caused her to resign. Doria's joy at discovering she was pregnant was replaced with stress after her…
BusinessPolitics and GovernmentWorldEconomyEmployment and LaborEnergyGeneral Politics Zelinda DoriaNicola WillisSpainPortugalTory WhanauWellingtonmaternity leave
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Seventy-Six New Police Officers Deployed Across New Zealand
Seventy-six new police officers are heading to districts across New Zealand after graduating from Wing 383. A ceremony was held at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua to celebrate the constables' successful completion of their initial training. Commissioner Richard Chambers, police…
Law EnforcementSportEducationMediaEmployment and Labor New Zealand PoliceWing 383Casey HalesEthan SempleDon MannPoriruaNorthland