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Local Employment Programme Exceeds Target Fourth Year Running
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 11:23 am | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ) Community Employment Programme has now supported 6,400 young people into employment and exceeded targets for the fourth year in a row. More >>
South Waikato Youth To Get Hand Up Into Jobs
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 4:33 pm | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
Twenty-five South Waikato youth not in employment education or training (NEETs) could soon be in paid work with help from WORKit, a $250,000 employment programme launched today by the South Waikato District Council and Mayors Taskforce for Jobs More >>
Mayors Gather To Develop Rangatahi Mentoring Programme
Friday, 28 February 2020, 1:57 pm | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
A workshop to be held in Wellington next month aims to grow one of New Zealand’s most successful mentorship programmes, which has paired dozens of young Māori in one-on-one partnerships with local mayors. The Tuia programme, in partnership with ... More >>
Mayors Taskforce For Jobs targets looming threat
Friday, 21 February 2014, 11:41 am | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
The newly-appointed Mayors Taskforce For Jobs has held its first Mayoral workshop of 2014 to create an urgent plan to address the country’s dire youth unemployment numbers. More >>
Mayors Taskforce for Jobs Announces New Leadership
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 4:27 pm | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs, a nationwide network of all Mayors in New Zealand, has received a boost today with the announcement of a new chairperson and two new deputies. The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs is committed to building a brighter future ... More >>
South Island Mayor to Lead Taskforce for Jobs
Thursday, 5 December 2013, 2:03 pm | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs, a nationwide network of all Mayors in New Zealand, has received a boost today with the announcement of a new chairperson and two new deputies. The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs is committed to building a brighter future ... More >>
Every NZ Mayor Now A Mayors Taskforce for Jobs Member
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 12:32 pm | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
All New Zealand Mayors have now joined the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs which aims to see every young New Zealander under 25 engaged in education or work. The Mayors of Tauranga (Stuart Crosby) and Chatham Islands (Alfred Preece) are the latest representatives ... More >>
ACT - Simplistic solution to increasing youth unemployment
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 2:00 pm | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
Mr Williams refutes as simplistic the solution of the reintroduction of a youth wage offered by Sir Roger Douglas to improving New Zealand’s economy. “First and foremost, the solutions lie within communities themselves working closely together ... More >>
Mayors Taskforce for Jobs on quake
Saturday, 26 February 2011, 3:13 pm | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
Mayors Taskforce for Jobs Chair – Mayor Dale Williams –Otorohanga says it is with a heavy heart he extends his and fellow Mayors support to Mayor Bob Parker in Christchurch More >>
Mayors Release Report Into Modern Apprenticeships
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 11:59 am | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs has released a report into the Modern apprenticeships programme. The Taskforce commissioned the report as part of their strategy to achieve the Taskforce vision of “zero waste of young people”. More >>
Developing youth critical to economic recovery
Monday, 3 August 2009, 4:22 pm | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
“We will need the skills and talents of every young person to lift us out of the recession and improve our productivity”, Chair of the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs and Mayor of Otorohanga Dale Williams said today in support of the Government’s ... More >>
Mayors Taskforce Supports Youth Policy Initiatives
Friday, 1 February 2008, 3:11 pm | Mayors Taskforce For Jobs
The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs has been working on youth employment for the last six years and is particularly pleased to see the emphasis on education and vocational training recently announced by both the National and Labour parties. More >>