Leesa Tilley is a musical polymath who launched and managed the first four years of the Ragamuffin Music Festival as a promoter. Over the years, she has organized and presented numerous events, worked as an audio engineer and with iconic artists such as Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Bryan Ferry, Joan Armatrading, David Byrne, Crosby Stills & Nash, Jackson Brown, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, The Beach Boys ...

3 days ago · Unemployment rises to 5.1 percent, up from 4.8 percent 4000 jobs lost in Q4, 33,000 rise in the number of unemployed in 2024 Annual wage growth slows to 3.3 percent from 3.8 percent Data in line with expectations, backs further RBNZ rate cut in two weeks Unemployment has risen to a four-year high as ...

3 days ago · Unemployment has risen to 5.1 percent, the highest level since 2020. The latest figure, released on Wednesday morning,. Consensus economist forecasts were for the unemployment rate to rise to 5.1 percent in the three months ended December, from 4.8 percent in the previous quarter. ANZ economist ...

3 days ago · New Zealanders are feeling worse about their quality of life, according to a new survey. New survey data released by the Quality of Life Project found 77 percent of people felt positively about their quality of life, down from 83 percent in 2022 and 87 percent in 2020.

4 days ago · Last year was a tough year for the New Zealand economy. So tough, in fact, that HSBC estimates it had the biggest drop in gross domestic product in the developed world and The Economist put us ahead of only Finland, Latvia, Turkey and Estonia on a measure that included stockmarket performance, inflation, unemployment and government deficits.. But …

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Jan 31, 2025 · The government's new climate target for 2035 has surprised even some of its strongest critics with how small the promised emissions reductions are.. All countries including New Zealand agreed to aim for the strongest possible ambition to avert worsening heat and increasingly severe weather disasters.

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Dec 19, 2024 · Bad news for the economy could mean good news for homeowners in the new year, economists say. Stats NZ said on Thursday that gross domestic product (GDP) was down 1 percent in the September quarter, and had been down 1.1 percent the previous quarter. That is the worst drop since 1991, excluding the Covid-19 lockdowns.