Ditching the CV for FB

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Once upon a time, handing in your CV and waiting for "the call" was about all that was required to find a job.
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Moving company fined

A downed wire that electrocuted farm dogs and sheep has seen a moving company fined $60,000.

Lundy trial: Told to get home

Amber Lundy's godfather told Mark Lundy "get your a**** home now" when he saw police cordon around Lundy home.

Top Wellington rugby job severed

WRFU braces for a $750,000 loss as termination of shared CEO arrangement with Hurricanes announced.

Housing market takes a breather

House prices and sales melted in January, but real estate agents say it was a typical "summer slowdown".

Fourth arrest in homicide case

Police arrest fourth person in relation to the alleged shooting of Adam Watkins.

Lundys lived for each other: parents

Christine and Mark Lundy "lived for each other", and there was no suggestion of cheating, their parents say.

Maori performing arts leader dies

Hawke's Bay man who dedicated his life to Maori performing arts and music has died.

New mission gives pastor lease of life

Search for climber over

New lemon squeezer upsets veteran

Ninety-three year-old flabbergasted flat-brimmed hat has been re-worked on new 50 cent coin.

Council supports wharf strategy

Auckland Council votes in support of controversial plan to develop city’s wharves.

'Hours' till Sky's Neon launch

Neon should launch in hours, but it won't provide a cheap way to watch the latest series of Game of Thrones.

APN won’t float NZME this year

Guest nights continue to rise

Niche programme looks at cyber security

Potential impacts of ‘‘security events’’ are driving Dr Ryan Ko to create a world-leading cyber security programme.

Date bungled on by-election paperwork

Botched paperwork means the governor-general will be forced to sign off on the Northland by-election a second time.

John Key in SkyCity retreat

PM toughens up his opposition to putting taxpayer cash into the planned SkyCity convention centre.

Talk of NZ role in Iraq 'not rocket science'

Hague puts hat in Greens leadership ring

Staffer repaid cash from credit card

A staff member working for Minister Paula Bennett had to pay back $1200 after it was discovered the money was withdrawn from office credit card.

Time for clarity over Iraq

The lengthy deliberations over New Zealand's part in the war against Isis continue.

This time left has blinkers on

It's hard to think of a more challenging conundrum than the one posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis).

Underneath it changes little

Time to revamp the sevens

Counting the cost of 'free'

If row of lemons pays out, then the Government has truly struck the jackpot.

Maori performing arts leader dies

Hawke's Bay man who dedicated his life to Maori performing arts and music has died.

Shadows Kickstarted

What We Do in the Shadows will screen in 70 US cities after $400,000 was raised more than a day ahead of its deadline.

Redford to star in Pete's Dragon

Kiwi up for big short story prize

Watching the whistleblower

American film-maker Laura Poitras talks about her documentary Citizenfour on Edward Snowden.

Ditching the CV for FB

Once upon a time, handing in your CV and waiting for "the call" was about all that was required to find a job.

Dividing a cemetery - and a city

If nothing else, Wellington's urban motorway is a monument to its creator, the Ministry of Works.

Families offered tickets to musical

The end of free parking

Going out on a limb

In a Mein St workshop in Newtown, you'll find a handful of craftsmen making artificial limbs.

Thrush's calf injury puts him out for Super start

Star lock flies home from South Africa and will miss the first four to six weeks of the Hurricanes' campaign.

Pulse need to ease their shooting pains

The actual season is still two weeks off but the Central Pulse's shooters need to show some form now.

Parking ban for World Cup matches

Phoenix interested in signing Wanderer Appiah

Franklin keen to retain Firebirds link

Cricket Wellington are yet to talk to James Franklin about whether he has a future with the Firebirds.

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