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Jay_R 
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 Posted: 28 May 2008 at 10:38am |
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I worked in a Chinese restaurant in Levin, 3 or 4 nights a week, getting about $9 an hour which was fantastic in 1991!
Becks - I used to go out with one of Paddy's sons for about 4 years!
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minik8e
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 11:16am |
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I worked as a Fuel Transfer Technician (aka pump girl) for a small BP petrol station, got $6.25ph, worked about 18 hours a weekend and had a tab which meant a lot of my pay went on paying that....then it was to New World as a bakery assistant for $5.41ph...
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Roksana
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 12:21pm |
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My first job was at Pak n Save at delikitchen (I use to smell like ham after that...)
I use to get $7.50 and hour...I think!! This was in 1996?!
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james
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 12:29pm |
my frist job was babysitter and that was free as it was my brothers and sisters then when i left school i went taxi depacthing that was 10 per hour 
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Rachel75
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 12:45pm |
I had a paper run then worked at Hannahs for $5 p/h 
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almostthere
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 1:30pm |
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My first ever job was cleaning a church for $20.
Then in an ice cream parlour, i got $6 an hour! It was great fun!!!
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MorgansMum
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 1:32pm |
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Mine was at pokeno takeaways making the HUGE icecreams that they sell then later on cooking the fish and chips I think I got around $7.00 per hour
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emz
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 1:49pm |
I was a letter-stuffer for $5 an hour (I was 10 so it was pretty good, and not taxed so even better!), sorted archived files out for $10 an hour (involved working in a shed covered in pigeon poo  ) all for the same company I now work for in the evenings (better job and better pay though lol!)
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fattartsrock
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 2:38pm |
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I worked at a bakehouse, I think it was about $3 something an hour (in 1989). Kaye Kake Kitchen, my dad worked there and hooked me up. I worked there fulltime weh I left school, I think I was on about $5 something an hour?
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jack_&_charli
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 3:53pm |
my first job was in nelson at an ice cream parlour....think i got about $5.50/hr and ALOT of free icecreams
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KABJ99
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 4:45pm |
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My first job was at 7 years old working in my parents bookshop on a Saturday morning. Think I got $2 for the day and the rest ($10.00) was put in a special jar for holidays, special trips, buying gifts for peoples birthdays, christmas etc. Was always great fun at holiday times or Christmas as Mum would give you the money and you got to go shopping and had to work out what you were going to buy people for christmas etc or spend your money on when holiday .
Next main job was berry picking from the summer I was 10. Earn't about $10.00 on the first day and my big sister and i went and got our ears pierced with it.
Then from 12 had a phamplet delivery run and used this money to buy and keep a pony. Used to get up at 5am and do my phamplet run, see to my pony, go to school (or netball on the weekend), and then spend all of the rest of my free time with my pony.
Definitely taught my older sister and the value of money and budgeting and working for what you want. (Unfortunately my parents slipped up when it came to my younger sister who expects everything to be handed to her on a plate).
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nikkitheknitter
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 4:57pm |
I worked at the Agrodome as a "stage girl" which in reality was picking up sheep crap and dealing with some seriously stubborn rams for 14 hour shifts for $6.50 an hour 
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HippyMama
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 6:39pm |
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I think my first "real" job would have been at BK, lasted maybe four months or so until my granddad died. After that I worked at Paper Plus, which rocked! Did a bit of babysitting on and off though too, right through high school and uni.
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 28 May 2008 at 11:56pm |
Lucky you Claire. I really disliked Paddy, he just thought of us in Feilding as money and didn't actually care about us. We did make things a bit difficult for him thou  . Think xmas party, open bar and not much food  .
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Jay_R
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Posted: 29 May 2008 at 10:06am |
Yeah lucky me. He was a di*k, can't believe I went out with him for so long!
And I pretty much felt the same as you do about Paddy Without the just being money bit though.
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Candkids
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Posted: 29 May 2008 at 10:21am |
i took horse treks on the weekends & holidays & got $7.00ph and worked at bigfresh 3 afternoons a week i think thaT was $7.20
and i babysitted for ALL the neighbours too, and with the price of childcare theese days they got a dam good bargan LOL
one of my mates worked for her dads company and she used to walk along the highway between rotorua and taupo and wipe down the reflective match stick things on the side of the road, she got paid $12.00ph which in 96-99 was lots, we all wanted to do it lol
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MelanieAndBree
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Posted: 29 May 2008 at 10:34am |
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I worked at new world in the deli for $6.30 an hour. Fun times.
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What was your first ever job?
