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Press Release – LGNZ The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs and the Government have today signed a formal agreement to work in partnership together to get more young people into local jobs. Mayors Taskforce for Jobs Chair, Mayor Max Baxter of torohanga District Council said: … The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs and the Government have today signed a formal agreement to work in partnership together to get more young people into local jobs. Mayors Taskforce for Jobs Chair, Mayor Max Baxter of Ōtorohanga ...

Government to work with mayors on job creation 16 Jul 2021 15:18 PM More Related Stories Related Podcast The Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs to work in partnership on driver licensing, education, health and rangatahi mentoring. Taskforce chair and Ōtorohanga mayor Max Baxter says access to driver licensing and testing remains a significant barrier for young people entering the workforce, especially for those in rural areas. He says w...

Opotiki District Council up for national award Conceptual image of Opotiki Harbour training structures. Photo: Tonkin & Taylor. ); } else { // } Opotiki District Council, in partnership with the Whakatohea Maori Trust Board, have been nominated for a 2021 Local Government New Zealand EXCELLENCE Award. The council have been nominated for the EXCELLENCE Award for Economic Well-being for their work on the Opotiki Harbour Transformation Project as Catalytic Capital for ...

Central Hawkes Bay people meet Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern 22 Apr, 2021 04:05 AM 3 minutes to read Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern chats to Hawkes Bay Today reporter Shannon Johnstone during a visit to Central Hawkes Bay Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern chats to Hawkes Bay Today reporter Shannon Johnstone during a visit to Central Hawkes Bay A few months ago, Dawn Leach got a dairy farming job through the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs, now she has had the opportunity to speak to the Prime Minister abo...

Mayor Phil Nixon: South Taranaki is the centre of the universe 19 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 7 minutes to read South Taranaki Mayor Phil Nixon says lots is happening in the district. Photo / Bevan Conley Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron Laurel Stowell talks to South Taranaki Mayor Phil Nixon about his first 18 months in the job and why he lives in "the centre of the universe". Phil Nixon gets up at 5.30am. If he ...

Local Focus: Mayors Taskforce for Jobs setting fire to young peoples ambitions 31 Mar, 2021 11:40 PM 3 minutes to read New initiative embraced at jobs expo. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video Journalist Whanganui, Manawatū and Taranaki, NZH Local Focusgeorgie@localfocus.nz Public speaker Dale Williams says we should find the spark inside each young person and "throw petrol on it, not water - ignite it!" Williams was in Whanganui last week to share his experience in bridging the gap betwee...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Most Gore companies on hunt for staff, survey shows 13 Mar, 2021 08:40 PM 3 minutes to read Ninety-six businesses across a range of sectors, including agriculture, retail, health and education, were interviewed for the survey. Photo / 123rf Otago Daily Times A recent survey of Gore businesses shows 87.5 per cent are looking to employ extra staff in the coming months. However, they also say their main challenge within the next six to 12 months is the lack of a good, skille...

Thursday, 11 March 2021, 4:33 pm Twenty-five South Waikato youth not in employment education or training (NEETs) could soon be in paid work with help from WORKit, a $250,000 employment programme launched today by the South Waikato District Council and Mayors Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ), funded by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD). The WORKit programme is one of a number of Community Recovery Programme projects throughout the country funded by MSD through the Mayors Taskforce For Jobs (MTF...

Ōpōtiki’s Workforce Development Co-ordinator, Barbara MacLennan knows that Opotiki’s benefit figures don’t make great reading – at the end of January, there were 586 local people on Job Seeker Work Ready benefits, 50% higher than the same time last year, largely due to COVID. “That is more than 580 people who want, but don’t have work and all the benefits that work brings. It is not just the income but the wider benefits of working, health and wellbeing, confidence and self-esteem...

Christel Yardley/Stuff Waipā District Council’s Te Tahi Water Treatment Plant processes and pumps water to Pirongia and Te Awamutu. For the Waitomo District Council, it could mean a loss of about $7m, from a revenue base of $32m. “We haven’t done a full analysis on what the impact could be for Waitomo but we will need to look at how we structure the council financially,” Robertson said. “That could lead on to a wider conversation about smaller councils versus larger councils and w...