In the eight weeks the New Zealand Herald has been running the Jobs Challenge series, topics covered include:
Part One: October 7-8
Attracting investment in a global market: Industry NZ; The Irish Model.
Editorial: The road forward starts here, today
Stop the slide - it's time for us to climb
Dollars and sense - recipe for a brighter future
Irish pay to create a free-market icon
Part Two: October 14-15
The path from full employment: How Taits and Fisher & Paykel survived.
From guaranteed jobs for all to doleful days
Founders defied depressing times
Part Three: October 21-22
An Anzac currency: Tax breaks lure business overseas.
Editorial: We can do it if we all work together
Notion of an Anzac dollar gaining currency
Get tougher call for Maori jobs
Part Four: October 28-9
Creating a knowledge society.
Our rocket trip to the future is waiting - if we all want to go
Part Five: November 4-5
Regional development.
Back to the future, with 2000 cast-offs
Auckland, Christchurch - a tale of two cities at work
Log-jam looms as jobs in forestry go begging
Part Six: November 11-12
The Mayors' Taskforce For Jobs and the "Zero Waste" movement.
Bucks to be made in zero waste
Part Seven: November 18-19
A dozen dynamic growth sectors; Immigrants' skills wasted.
Twelve key industries that will propel New Zealand's economic growth
Skilled migrants flee 'pariah' abuse in NZ
City fails to offer work for migrants
Part Eight: November 25-26
Summary and Readers' Comments.
Kiwis rise to challenge of work in 21st century
Editorial: A challenge we know we can meet