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Stuff: Kiwi salespeople among world's most honest

Despite regularly featuring in least- respected-profession lists, New Zealand salespeople are among the most honest in the world, an international study has found. United States behavioural scientist George Dudley tested the exaggeration rates of more than 140,000 salesmen and women from nine countries and found that New Zealand and British salespeople exaggerate the least.

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NZ Herald: Fruit left to rot as growers face major pickers shortage

Fruit is being left to rot on the trees as Hawke's Bay growers face the worst employment shortage in years.

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The Changing Face of New Zealand

New Zealand - the land of 4,027,967 people. It's a fascinating place and changing one as revealed by the 2006 Census of Population and dwellings.

Unlimited: Game On

The global computer games industry is a monster. New Zealand game developers are using a number of strategies to keep themselves in this increasingly cut-throat game.

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New Zealand's social wellbeing continuing to improve

The Social Report 2006, released today by the Ministry of Social Development, shows that New Zealanders' social wellbeing is continuing to improve. This year's report for the first time also looks at how New Zealanders' wellbeing has changed over the last 20 years. Of the 18 indicators tracked from the mid-1980s, the majority have improved. New Zealanders are better educated, they’re healthier and more of them are in paid work

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Unlimited: Pick of the Crop

You can't contest that farming is the economic backbone of New Zealand. Just look at the figures: agricultural production amounted to $14.7 billion in 2004 and the primary sector accounts for 7.6% of GDP and contributes over half of New Zealand's total export earnings.

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Stuff: A workers' paradise in hiring bonanza

About 22,000 people found work in the June quarter in the biggest hiring bonanza in more than a decade. Economists said the new job figures out yesterday were "supercharged", "staggeringly high", and "strong across the board", taking unemployment back to 3.6 per cent, its lowest level since the mid-1980s.

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NZ Herald: Unemployment At 24-Year Low

Unemployment benefit numbers have dropped to under 40,000 for the first time since 1982, Work and Income figures show. The department's quarterly figures show that at the end of June, 39,572 people were registered as unemployed.

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Unlimited: The Future of Us

Seismic shifts in New Zealand's population will change the way we live, work, and do business

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Returned Kiwis’ Experiences Of Franchising

A number of New Zealanders who have returned home have chosen self-employment through franchising. Franchise New Zealand magazine and website asked some of them if the reality lived up to the dream.

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