The minimum wage will rise just 1.5% next April from $23.15 to $23.50 an hour.
Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden said the Cabinet decision met the New Zealand First-National Party coalition commitment to moderate increases in the minimum wage each year.
“The New Zealand
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