Anzac Day tragedy - helicopter crash kills three people in Wellington, NZ...

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Anzac Day tragedy - helicopter crash kills three people in Wellington, NZ...



Helicopter crashes in darkness and thick fog on the way to Anzac Day commerations in Wellington, New Zealand...



Three people are dead after an Air Force Iroquois crashed in dark and foggy conditions north of Wellington



An Air Force helicopter has crashed in farmland in Pukerua Bay, north of Wellington, killing three  people.



The Iroquois was en route from Ohakea to Anzac Day commemorations in Wellington.



Local woman Pamela says she thought something was wrong when she heard the helicopter flying over. She says she hears helicopters overhead quite often, and was worried when she realised how low the blades of this one were. Pamela says rescue helicopters are circling the area, and as she was speaking, she was walking down her farm track to see if she could help in any way.



Another local woman can see the crash site, which is a few hundred metres from her home in Pukerua Bay.



She says it looks as if the aircraft went straight into a hill, and it is now hardly recognisable.



The crash happened in darkness and thick fog.



There is  one survivors, who is critically injured  and was taken to hopital.



Apparently there was no fire when the aircraft went down.



Acknowledgements: © 2010 NZCity, NewsTalkZB

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Helen Clark spending holiday in NZ...

Former prime minister Helen Clark is spending her holiday back home in New Zealand.

She says she is enjoying time out from her busy job as head of the United Nations Development Programme.

Helen Clark will spend time at the beach and in the countryside, and hopes to do some hiking as well before returning to New York City in the new year.

Come back Helen - your country needs you!

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Bosses to get the right to decide when and if workers can have a break...

Bosses will be able to axe workers’ mandatory breaks and compensate them with pay or time off in lieu if a new government bill is passed.

National's proposed law will include “compensatory measures” which include being able to start work late or leave early, and provision for employees to trade accumulated missed breaks for a day off, the New Zealand Herald reported.

Compensatory measures can include staff pay.

Employers will be give the final say over when and how long breaks will be if an agreement cannot be reached through "good faith bargaining" between bosses and employees, according to the bill.

Labour's employment spokesman Trevor Mallard told the New Zealand Herald the bill posed downsides for vulnerable workers whose breaks weren't protected in collective contracts.

"The idea you could be pushed into taking no breaks at all and pushed into having them outside work hours is not a good idea," Mr Mallard said.

"It means the break is worth nothing if it can be replaced with 'time off' at the whim of their employer."

Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson has said the changes were aimed at assisting businesses by increasing flexibility for employers.

National's bill would dissolve the law passed by Labour last year which gave workers two 10-minute breaks and a half-hour lunch break each day.

Interested parties, including Business NZ and the Council of Trade Unions, have not been consulted about the changes.

Would you be happy to give up your lunch break if you could leave early?


Is this the short end of the stick and a return to an ECA Part 2? Is this part of the pay-off to those who supported the National Party in getting back into power? Whats next - attacks on the Holidays Act?

OSH has already determined that workers should have regular breaks in the interest of health and safety.


Acknowledgements: MSN NZ