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Local Focus: Mayors Taskforce for Jobs setting fire to young people's 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 between schools and employers in provincial towns, as part of a jobs expo for high school students. He ha...

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, skilled workforce. The survey was carried out as part of the Gore District Council's "Closing the Gaps" in...

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 (MTFJ), a nationwide network of Mayors working towards the vision of all young people under 25 being eng...

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, learning new skills and adding value. “So it is vital to get our local people in work, particula...

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 whether restructure of local government should take place.” The Government is reviewing how to imp...