Wellington, March 11 NZPA - Property investors have warned that rents could go up by $34 a week if the Government scraps landlords' depreciation claims on housing, but the Government says they are wrong.

Wellington, March 11 NZPA - Some redundancies are inevitable at the Education Ministry as it seeks to prune $25 million from its $441 million budget, Education Secretary Karen Sewell said today.

By Chris Ormond of NZPA Wellington, March 10 NZPA - Funding cuts within the Education Ministry will negatively impact on education quality as a result of less research and less teacher and curriculum development, says Labour's education spokesman Trevor Mallard.

Wellington, March 3 NZPA - Concerns have been raised over the possibility of workers being stripped of rights under changes to personal grievance rules.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, March 2 NZPA - Legislation bringing in changes to personal grievance cases could be before Parliament by the middle of the year, Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson says.

Wellington, Feb 18 NZPA - The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) says it does not yet know how the current academic year is looking in terms of tertiary enrolments -- or how close universities and polytechnics are to their "caps" on the numbers of students the Government will fund.

Wellington, Jan 29 NZPA - Labour MP Trevor Mallard and Green MP Metiria Turei are no longer Facebook friends. Mr Mallard thought the Green Party co-leader had been rude on his page so he defriended her and she blogged that she was sad about that.

Wellington, Jan 28 NZPA - Union groups have condemned the 25 cents an hour, or $10 a week, increase to the minimum wage but the Government says any higher increase would constrain job growth.

(Adds quotes and reaction) by Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, Jan 27 NZPA - The Government says its 25 cent increase to the minimum wage -- about $10 a week -- is all that can be afforded, but unions say it is miserly and the Labour Party want it set at $15.

Wellington, Jan 27 NZPA - The minimum wage will go up by 25 cents an hour to $12.75, the Government announced today. Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson said the increase was in line with the Consumer Price Index.