Media releases

These links are to recent and archived information releases from the Department and our Ministers. They include links to other sites with related information.

date	subject
3 Feb 2012	Worker crushed by 2.5 tonne concrete panel [health and safety]
3 Feb 2012	Employee loses part of finger on unguarded auger [health and safety]
2 Feb 2012	Permanent and long term migration forecast to improve to net gain from cycle low; India now second largest source of skilled migrants [immigration]
31 Jan 2012	One third of workplace fatalities in agriculture in 2011 [health and safety]
31 Jan 2012	Pike River hearing – Greymouth District Court [health and safety]
31 Jan 2012	Workplace deaths down in 2011 but too many dying on the job [health and safety]
30 Jan 2012	Administrative call for parties charged over Pike River explosion [health and safety]
25 Jan 2012	Online skilled job vacancies slip in December [labour market]
25 Jan 2012	40 years of industrial mediation service [labour]
18 Jan 2012	Quad bike safety reminder after high summer accident rate [health and safety]
10 Jan 2012	No room for complacency on construction sites [health and safety]
4 Jan 2012	Workers and employers urged to keep safe during summer [health and safety]
24 Dec 2011	250 organisations pledge to improve health and safety in 2011 [health and safety]
22 Dec 2011	Administrative call for parties charged over Pike River explosion [health and safety]
21 Dec 2011	Auckland man on 91 immigration-related charges [immigration]
21 Dec 2011	Christmas safety reminder for adventure tourism operators [health and safety]
21 Dec 2011	Report highlights expanding job market in canterbury [labour market]
19 Dec 2011	Power companies fined after workers suffer preventable burns [health and safety]
19 Dec 2011	High Hazards Unit Recruitment Completed [health and safety]
18 Dec 2011	Christmas break ideal time for employers to check machinery is adequately guarded [health and safety]
16 Dec 2011	Construction falls from height are preventable [health and safety]
16 Dec 2011	Action plan released to reduce illness and injury at work [health and safety]
15 Dec 2011	Immigration fraudsters may be deported [immigration]
15 Dec 2011	Quad bike checks result in almost 200 enforcement notices [health and safety]
14 Dec 2011	Draft plan aims to reduce high work toll in agriculture [health and safety]
14 Dec 2011	Online skilled job vacancies grow again after two month fall [labour market]
13 Dec 2011	Company fined for failing to keep employee and community safe [health and safety]
13 Dec 2011	Testing of lipsticks and hair dyes [health and safety]
6 Dec 2011	Feedback sought on plan to reduce manufacturing work toll [heath and safety]
5 Dec 2011	Essential Skills in Demand Lists latest review [immigration]
2 Dec 2011	Zion Wildlife Park Companies Convicted for Death of Animal Handler [heath and safety]
1 Dec 2011	Charges Laid Following Workplace Fatality in Makara [heath and safety]
1 Dec 2011	High Hazards Unit Meets Solid Energy on Methane Spike [heath and safety]
1 Dec 2011	Migration Trends July-September 2011 [labour market]
30 Nov 2011	Department of Labour – Response on Huntly East Mine [heath and safety]
28 Nov 2011	Employers urged to plan for Christmas holiday period [employment relations]
25 Nov 2011	Charges laid following fatal gas explosion in Onehunga [heath and safety]
24 Nov 2011	Employee injured when pinned under roller [heath and safety]
16 Nov 2011	Lead employment indicator expects moderate growth but online job vacancies continue to fall in October [labour market]
11 Nov 2011	Pike River - Parties charged named [health and safety]
10 Nov 2011	Pike River Charges Laid [health and safety]
9 Nov 2011	Farmers responding to quad bike safety campaign [health and safety]
2 Nov 2011	Department of Labour tackles demolition dust in Canterbury [health and safety]
1 Nov 2011	Notification system ready for adventure tourism operators [health and safety]
26 Oct 2011	Feedback sought on plan to reduce illness and injury at work [health and safety]
19 Oct 2011	Employee killed in preventable 15 metre fall [health and safety]
18 Oct 2011	Fall in online job vacancies in September [labour market]
7 Oct 2011	Employee severely injured and in coma after six metre fall [health and safety]
6 Oct 2011	Roofing company fined after employee falls more than 5 metres [health and safety]
4 Oct 2011	Employee severely injured after being hit by 400kg steel beam [health and safety]
30 Sept 2011	Indians sentenced for immigration fraud [immigration]
28 Sept 2011	Growth in skilled job vacancies indicate gradual improvement [labour market]
27 Sept 2011	Poultry producer fined after employee loses part of finger [health and safety]
19 Sept 2011	Resignation of the Chief Executive and Secretary of Labour [department of labour]
16 Sept 2011	Immigration welcomes sentencing of passport fraudster [immigration]
7 Sept 2011	Action plan released to reduce high rate of forestry deaths [health and safety]
6 Sept 2011	Spring visits to 400 farms to check on quad bike safety [health and safety]
30 Aug 2011	Migration trends in 2010/2011 [labour market]
28 Aug 2011	Business recovery information at your fingertips [employment relations]
26 Aug 2011	2011 Skills Highway Winner Announced [employment relations]
23 Aug 2011	Ministerial Inquiry panel and TOR announced [labour]
18 Aug 2011	Company fined after contractor injures hand on unguarded machine [health and safety]
18 Aug 2011	Visa sale targeting Tongan community [immigration]
17 Aug 2011	Company fined after employee loses toes [health and safety]
17 Aug 2011	Work deciding factor in migrants choosing Auckland [immigration]
16 Aug 2011	Scam labour sentencing shows intolerance of immigration fraud [immigration]
16 Aug 2011	Skilled job vacancies and lead employment indicator show employment growth flattening [labour market]
12 Aug 2011	Ancient kauri manufacturer fined after employee severes fingers [health and safety]
9 Aug 2011	Goodman Fielder employee loses fingers in machine [health and safety]
8 Aug 2011	Labour Market steadily improving despite earthquake disruption [labour market]
4 Aug 2011	Nearly 150 organisations pledge to improve health and safety [health and safety]
4 Aug 2011	Repeat offender kiwi plastics fined $45,000 for unguarded machinery [health and safety]

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