Wellington, July 1 NZPA - The Labour Party and the Public Service Association have accused the Department of Labour of trying to stop its staff attending a rally at Parliament to protest pay discrimination against women.

Wellington, June 30 NZPA- About 200 people braved freezing temperatures outside Parliament today to protest the lack of pay equity.

Wellington, June 15 NZPA - A minder for the Department of Labour's chief executive is necessary to sort out the "shambles and mess" at the immigration service, Prime Minister John Key says.

Wellington, June 14 NZPA - New Zealand's immigration system is "unacceptable and it has to be fixed", Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman said.

Wellington, June 9 NZPA - Another pregnant woman on a visitor's permit has been ordered to leave the country by Immigration New Zealand.

Wellington, June 8 NZPA - A Korean woman will be kicked out of New Zealand after being refused a student visa because she is pregnant -- despite being willing to pay for her maternity care. Sung Won Kim, 31, and her partner arrived on visitors' permits in March.

Wellington, May 28 NZPA - Treasury has amended processes around identifying fiscal risk following a ministerial inquiry into the non-disclosure of a forecast $1.5 billion four-year shortfall in an ACC account.

Wellington, May 14 NZPA - The Government's decision to scrap the Department of Labour's pay and employment equity unit shows a lack of commitment to addressing equal pay for work of equal value, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) says

Wellington, March 31 NZPA - A resolution to the dispute which led to Air New Zealand threatening to cancel some regional services is a case of common sense prevailing, Prime Minister John Key says.

Wellington, March 30 NZPA - The Government will change the law if the dispute that is threatening Air New Zealand's regional services isn't settled in a "commonsense way", Prime Minister John Key said today.