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The Conversations: A 'wage freeze' can come with unintended consequences 12 May, 2021 12:04 AM 5 minutes to read Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Photo / File Other OPINION: You would be hard pressed to find an economist who would argue against the merits of fiscal responsibility and controlling government debt. This is why it was so hard to believe the Government's rationale for a public sector wage freeze when it is already pouring upwards of $50 billion into the economy in response to Covid-19. But fiscal responsibility and the need for "moderation and re...

You would be hard pressed to find an economist who would argue against the merits of fiscal responsibility and controlling government debt. This is why it was so hard to believe the government’s rationale for a public sector wage freeze when it is already pouring upwards of NZ$50 billion into the economy in response to COVID-19. But fiscal responsibility and the need for “moderation and restraint” were indeed the justifications for the proposed three-year freeze – or “restraint” – on public sector wages over $60,000 (except in exceptional circumstances). Responding to pressur...

Survival of the fittest: More people retraining and upskilling post-lockdown 2 May, 2021 01:00 AM 4 minutes to read Tertiary enrolments are on the rise post lockdown. Photo / Getty Images Jimi Hunt graduated with a bachelor of management studies earlier this month - and it only took him 20 years to get there. Hunt used to travel the world as an ambassador and public speaker for mental health and wellbeing but border closures put a stop to that. He has lived most of his life in Mexico and before the lockdown he used to split his time between there and Tauranga for work and s...

“My friend said ‘give it a go’, and I never left.” Clark said she would always remember the first time she drove a harvester, in 2017. “I drove to the end of the row and tried pushing the break but in a harvester the feet ... they don't do anything, they are just foot rests, it is all by your hands!” Clark said. Scott Hammond/Stuff Clark had come a long way since then, studying and practising at the same time. Constellation Brands offered a cadet programme, open to high school-leavers who were interested in pursuing a career with them. Students spent six months in the viney...

ANDY JACKSON/Stuff WITT student Sacha Mills decided to study social work after struggling with her own mental health issues and finding there wasn't enough resources to get help. Taranaki mental health student Sacha Mills wants to be the change in her community. And she's far from alone. Student numbers in the social work certificate Mills is completing at Taranaki’s Witt polytech have doubled this year to 105. It is one of a number of qualifications at the institute recording record numbers. The popularity of the social work course is being attributed to a surge in interest in mental h...