Banks rarely pass on full official cash rate cuts to mortgage holders, Reserve Bank data shows.

A man was crushed to death in a workplace incident at a rubbish tip on Auckland's North Shore today.

The knife has been taken to saver's interest rates, but banks have been reluctant to drop mortgage rates.

Fonterra has been copping heavy criticism over its strategy as the financial pressure facing farmer shareholders deepens.

A former concrete company worker allegedly transferred nearly $235,000 out of its accounts for "non-company related purposes".

Our economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the final three months of 2015 on better activity in business services.

A small but growing number of firms in the United States are helping ease the pain of student loan debt for their millennial employees.

The BNZ has now followed other major banks and is now passing part of last week's official cash rate cut to its mortgage-holders.

COMMENT: Research on confidence tells us that the foundation is set early in life, certainly by the time kids enter school, writes Harold Hillman.

COMMENT: When you go on holiday, are you likely to add a couple of extra items 'just in case' you need them?

The New Zealand economy may have more room to run as inflation remains weak.

The practice relinquishing bonuses has become more popular among CEOs leading ompanies headed into darkness. The hope is it will keep jittery workers from jumping ship. Does it work?

A great habit is the one you keep, writes Anna Russell.

COMMENT: It's Friday morning, the day after the Reserve Bank Governor's bombshell rate cut and I've muddled my diary.

According to a new report from career website Glassdoor, physicians, lawyers, and pharmacy managers had the top salaries in 2015.

COMMENT: While the focus is on government debt and farm debt, interest rate cut adds to a much bigger problem.

BRIAN FALLOW: An increasingly sombre view of the global economy lies behind the Reserve Bank's decision to cut the official cash rate.

A person understood to be a forestry worker has been killed in an incident at a forestry block in Tinui.

Changes in the workplace since the 1970s have hit men much harder than women, Justin Fox writes.

The New Zealand dollar dropped by US1c after the Reserve Bank surprised the market with this morning's OCR cut.

Treasury secretary Gabriel Makhlouf says New Zealand needs to broaden its approach to Asian markets and embrace higher levels of foreign investment.

We may be witnessing the death of a doctrine that has shaped our economy, writes Peter Lyons.

New Zealand has held onto its position as the fourth best performing country for opportunities for women in work.

If you aren't growing, it's just a matter of time before you leave, writes Harold Hillman.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is scrambling to resolve an issue with its payroll system.

Here's a synopsis of current market thinking: governor doesn't want to cut rates but he will have to cut because the world's so gloomy, writes Liam Dann.

That's the idea behind the National Day of Unplugging, a 24-hour tech-free period in March.

A 16-year-old is teaching residents at a Virginia retirement community how to use smartphones.