November 13: Lane Walker Rudkin (LWR) confirms
plans to lay off 60 staff at its textile manufacturing plant
in Christchurch (company since placed in receivership)
November 17: Hewlett Packard says up to 250 jobs
could be lost in restructuring following the company's
acquisition of EDS.
November 18: Fletcher Building-owned Plyco Select says
plant closure in Auckland planned with 81 jobs threatened.
The announcement follows the loss of about 600 jobs at
Fletcher Building over the past three months.
November 19: Air New Zealand says it will cut 200 jobs
in an effort to save more than $200 million a year.
November 21: Rakon Ltd (a quartz crystal and
oscillator producer) says it will cut 45 jobs in its Auckland
manufacturing operation.
November 27: Bluebird says its Timaru plant will be
closed at the cost of 38 jobs.
December 7: ANZ National Bank says up to 200
jobs will be lost in restructuring. Announcement follows
earlier statement saying a further 700 jobs would be
outsourced to India.
December 16: Electrolux says 3000 jobs to go
internationally -- 60 people employed in NZ under threat.
December 17: Griffins closes Lower Hutt factory -- 228
jobs lost.
December 19: Agresearch cuts nine scientific
staff with a further three under threat.
December 28: Auckland's Hill Top School closes
with nine teachers losing jobs.
January 14: Northland kitchen manufacturer Pat
Gavin goes into liquidation -- 30 jobs at risk.
January 30: Building material manufacturer Stevenson
Group says will close some branches with about 100 jobs
threatened.
February 4: Telecom announces plans to move
about 250 contact centre jobs to the Philippines.
February 11: REINZ says it will have to downsize. Does
not give indication of numbers involved.
February 19: Hamilton-based Caravans
International Munro loses 20 jobs as tourism industry dries
up.
March 2: GE Money says it will cut 70 jobs from
17 branches and establish 30 new positions in Auckland and
Christchurch.
March 5: Irwin International Tools says it will 105 of
162 staff March 10 - Agresearch and Lincoln University
propose merger, saying it may result in job losses.
March 10: Clifton Wool Scour, Invercargill, announces
closure plans with up to 40 jobs to be lost.
March 13: Otago Timbermill Blue Mountain Lumber
loses 56 of 110 workers.
March 16: TVNZ announces 90 jobs to be cut to
save $25 million after lower than anticipated advertising
revenue.
March 17: Christchurch-based water jet
manufacturer CWF Hamilton announces 29 redundancies.
March 19: New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Tiwai Point,
Southland, plant lays off 25 contractors March 19 -
Stabicraft Marine (also in Southland) lays off 13 staff.
March 25: Fisher and Paykel Appliances
introduces 35-hour week in a bid to save 60 jobs.
March 26: Sealord confirms 130 jobs lost.
March 26: Nelson Pine confirms 58 workers to be made
redundant.
March 26: Pacific Brands says its Christchurch
and Palmerston North plants will be closed unless a buyer is
found. The plants employed 38 and 51 jobs respectively.
April 1: Dairyworks says 23 workers at Temuka cheese
factory facing redudancy or a move to Christchurch.
April 2: Tertiary Education Commission says it will
cut 70 jobs.
April 2: NZ Post says job losses amongst staff
will be unavoidable.
April 3: Summit Wool Spinners accepts 45
voluntary redundancy applications after saying 80 jobs were
threatened. Proposes shorter shifts in efforts to save
further losses.
April 17: ASB senior staff volunteer to take a
pay cut while staff earning over $50,000 have pay frozen in
efforts to preserve jobs.
April 21: Fairfax Media proposes loss of 70 jobs and a
move to a nine-day fortnight at some of its operations.
April 22: IRD asks for voluntary redundancies;
it plans to lay off 250 staff.
April 23: Fisher and Paykel signs onto Government's
nine-day fortnight scheme but says it must still lose nearly
30 people.
April 26: Justice Ministry proposes to cut 88
jobs and create 51 new positions.
April 28: Lane Walker Rudkin (LWR) placed in
receivership. The company employs 470 people in New Zealand.
April 30: 300 bar workers' jobs threatened,
mostly in South Island, as parent company CEA Trading placed
in receivership. Receivers say they expect to preserve the
majority of staff positions.
April 30: Ministry of Fisheries unveils
restructuring plan which could see 29 positions axed.
May 5: Orcon says it plans to cut 23 jobs.
May 6: Caravans Internationa Munro announces a
further 64 jobs must be cut to stay afloat.
May 12: Ports of Auckland confirms 28 staff will
be made redundant.
May 14: Yellow Group contractor TeleTech
announces 144 call centre workers to be made jobless as
operations shift to Philippines.
May 14: Up to 60 job cuts announced with the
pending closure of Bright Wood New Zealand in Southland.
May 15: Lane Walker Rudkin Industries Ltd (in
receivership) confirms factory closures and 186 redundancies.
