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According to the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, Bill English’s recent budget is the most positive change in direction for a decade, but it is still fumbling in its approach to stimulating long term growth. “We’re slowly turning the Government spending supertanker, but we’ve missed the boat on dealing with tough looming policy issues, such as the...read more
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
New Zealand has been listed as the world’s most peaceful country in the 2010 Global Peace Index followed by Iceland and Japan. The Index uses dozens of indicators, from the crime rate...
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
NZ has ranked highly in an international study of wealth and happiness, but its citizens are not quite as happy as the Australians, according to a survey by a London based think tank, the Legatum...
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Kiwis who earn $30,000 or less are the most likely to have a good work-life balance, according to a Government report from the Ministry of Social Development.
Nearly 80% of fulltime workers in...
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
More Kiwis are calling NZ home, as the population rises and fewer people move overseas. The official population has risen to 4.3 million, partly because the economic downturn has seen...
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Schooling in a New Location
A successful school search is not simply about "getting in" to a school in a new location. Recognising that all children moving to another country are...
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Planning Relocation
Carefully evaluating employees, their skill set and their current family situation before making a job offer, is a best practice that increases the employer's return on...
Thursday, 8 October 2009
New Zealand Best Destination for Expats
Says a Poll for Telegraph.co.uk (06/17/09).
New Zealand ranked ahead of Canada, Australia, France, the United Arab Emirates, Portugal,...
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
New National School Curriculum
From February 2010. New Zealand schools should start using the extensively overhauled National curriculum. It is designed to give schools more...
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Question 1: The two most significant obstacles when managing short-term international assignments are tax compliance and keeping control of the length of the assignment. True or False ...
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Safest, easiest to do Business, favourite destination - this is New Zealand!
Auckland and Wellington are the Australasian region’s safest cities for personal safety and security.
The...
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
New Housing figures point to possible end of recession
NZ House prices rose 1.9 per cent in August, based on the Real Estate Institute's price index.
September figures published on 16th...
Thursday, 3 September 2009
They say the NZ Employment market is highly skewed. People with skills and talent are still needed to fill the SKILLS GAP in order to increase productivity.
Companies can only...