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Up to 50 Māori apprentices in Wellington will receive paid training to build houses for their local communities, thanks to a $2.75 million investment from the Māori Trades and Training Fund, announced Employment Minister Willie Jackson

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Rapidly growing sectors will benefit from a $990,000 Māori Trades and Training Fund investment which will see Wellington jobseekers supported into work, announced Employment Minister Willie Jackson today.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

An investment of $2.025 million from the Māori Trades and Training Fund will support Māori to learn new skills while making a positive difference for their communities, announced Employment Minister Willie Jackson today.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Employment Minister Willie Jackson welcomes an initiative that assists employers to get mature workers into New Zealand small businesses.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Today’s unemployment data shows the Government’s plan to protect jobs and cushion the blow for businesses and households against the economic impact of COVID-19 was the right decision, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Finance

A pre-employment training provider in Taupō will receive $722,500 to expand its services to include more young people, Employment Minister Willie Jackson announced today.
 

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

The Government is establishing 15 independent Regional Skills Leadership Groups to better manage changing skills and workforce needs in our regions and cities and to support the recovery of labour markets.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Employment Minister Willie Jackson welcomes a boost of over $30.3 million to the Mana in Mahi – Strength in Work programme, increasing support and job opportunities for those most at risk in the labour market as the economy recovers from the impact of COVID 19.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Social Development

Employment Minister Willie Jackson is welcoming an initiative that will help up to 60 at-risk young people in the Bay of Plenty into employment.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Social Development

The Government is funding more pathways to jobs through training and education programmes in regional New Zealand to support the provinces’ recovery from the economic impacts of COVID-19, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and Employment Minister Willie Jackson have announced.

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

Budget 2020 makes major investments jobs and training as we get New Zealand working again after the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Social Development

Associate Health and Whānau Ora Minister Peeni Henare has today announced the Government’s plan to support Māori communities and businesses in the face of COVID-19.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
  • Employment
  • Health
  • Māori Development

The Government has allocated $100 million to help redeploy workers affected by the economic impact of COVID-19, with the hard-hit region of Gisborne-Tairāwhiti to be the first helped, Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford, Forestry and Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and Employment Minister Willie Jackson announced today.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Economic Development
  • Employment
  • Forestry
  • Regional Economic Development

Employment Minister Willie Jackson announced today that Tairāwhiti rangatahi will benefit from an investment made by the Government’s He Poutama Rangatahi (HPR) scheme.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

A programme for employers to help them engage effectively with younger employees was launched today by Minister of Employment, Willie Jackson.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Today’s news of low unemployment, rising wages and record numbers of Maori in work shows the economy is in good shape and that the Government is delivering better outcomes across New Zealand.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Finance

Working New Zealanders are getting more in their back pockets under the Coalition Government’s economic plan.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

The Provincial Growth Fund will invest over $2.27 million to promote skills, training and employment in disadvantaged areas of Tairāwhiti, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and Employment Minister Willie Jackson announced today.

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

More rangatahi in Wairoa will soon have the support of Wairoa Young Achievers Trust (WYAT) through the Government’s He Poutama Rangatahi (HPR) scheme, announced by Employment Minister Willie Jackson today.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Construction businesses in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development will start using virtual reality technology to prepare people for jobs in the industry, Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni and Employment Minister Willie Jackson announced today.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Social Development

The Kaikohe community is set to benefit from the establishment of a wide-ranging skills and employment programme, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones announced today.

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

The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) will invest $3.88 million in a range of digital, work and life skills training for young unemployed people in Northland, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and Employment Minister Willie Jackson announced today in Northland.

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

Many more young New Zealanders will be helped into work and training with the expansion of the successful Mana in Mahi programme, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Employment Minister Willie Jackson said today.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

Making sure all New Zealanders can achieve their potential by developing skills, finding secure employment and having fulfilling careers is the driving force for the Government’s Employment Strategy, released today by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Employment Minister Willie Jackson.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Prime Minister
  • Employment