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The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) is investing in three programmes to help unemployed people into future jobs generated by economic growth in the Bay of Plenty.

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Regional Economic Development

Ministerial Diary 31 March 2019

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  • Hon Willie Jackson

A drop in the unemployment rate to 4.2 per cent shows the Government’s approach to supporting employment is working.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

An initiative to drive economic revival in the Tolaga Bay area by fostering the success of grass-roots business, and to develop Tolaga Bay as a tourist destination was launched today by Minister of Employment, Willie Jackson.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Pae Aronui, a skills and employment initiative for urban rangatahi was launched in Hamilton today by Employment and Associate Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

A new skills assessment tool looking at innovative ways to identify talent and bridge the gap between job seekers and employers was launched today by Employment Minister Willie Jackson.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Ministerial Diary 28 February 2019

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  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Regional Economic Development

The Government will be providing skills training to Northland youth to help them get jobs in the forestry sector with the support of funding from the Provincial Growth Fund in the Eco Toa programme, Minister of Employment Willie Jackson announced

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Regional Economic Development

I am very pleased to be invited here today by Te Puna Ora o Mataatua for the opening of the Tū Māia Rangatahi Hub.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

A new employment hub in Whakatāne will help get more rangatahi earning and learning Employment Minister Willie Jackson said today at the opening of the Tū Māia Rangatahi Hub.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Ministerial Diary 31 January 2019

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  • Hon Willie Jackson

Employment Minister Willie Jackson, along with Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage, today announced the launch of a new training programme targeting the Waiapu catchment, Ka Hao te Rangatahi. The programme is designed to develop young people’s skills through conservation and erosion management.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Employment

The Employment Minister acknowledges the release of the Household Labour Force Survey which shows an unemployment rate of 4.3%, the second lowest in nearly a decade.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Employment Minister Willie Jackson has welcomed additional funding to support more young people in regional New Zealand to gain sustained employment.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Today’s record employment rate of 68.3 percent, matched by the lowest unemployment rate of 3.9 percent in over a decade means better lives for thousands of New Zealanders, Minister of Employment Willie Jackson says.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Minister of Employment Willie Jackson announced at today’s Bay of Connections annual forum a further $3.08 million investment to tackle youth unemployment in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Seventy five young people in Hawkes Bay are being supported into employment through LIFT’s He Poutama Rangatahi Hikina programme, said Minister of Employment Willie Jackson who announced funding of $375,000 for the programme today.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

It is heartening to see the economy continuing to add jobs at a good pace, and that wage growth is picking up for hard-working Kiwis, Employment Minister Willie Jackson says.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Employment Minister Willie Jackson announced $1.7 million over two years for four He Poutama Rangatahi initiatives in the Hawke’s Bay today.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Te Tai Tokerau youth are being helped into employment or training with a new partnership investment of $4.4 million, Minister of Employment Willie Jackson has announced.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

The Coalition Government’s plan to enhance education and employment outcomes for rangatahi has been given a boost in Budget 2018, say Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Employment Minister Willie Jackson.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Māori Development

“This year’s Budget delivers for Māori,” Māori Ministers Kelvin Davis, Nanaia Mahuta, Peeni Henare, Meka Whaitiri and Willie Jackson said today. 

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Hon Meka Whaitiri
  • Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
  • Employment
  • Māori Development
  • Whānau Ora

Employment Minister Willie Jackson today announced funding of more than $1.5 million over three years for two pilot projects in Opōtiki that will support youth to employment as part of the He Poutama Rangatahi initiative.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment