Risks in the housing market remain high despite a crackdown on lending standards which has made the banking system safer, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.

Nobel prize winning economist looks at how trying to help poor countries hurts them.

Mortgagee sales fall from 961 to 589 nationally with stronger economic conditions.

The Treasury is warning that economic growth this year might drop below 2 per cent. That would mean virtually zero in per capita terms, writes Brian Fallow.

A former employee of Indian restaurant chain Masala described working there as "hell" as two of his bosses were sentenced on immigration and exploitation charges this morning.

Consumer prices rose at a slower pace in the September quarter as more expensive vegetables and local body rates offset cheaper vehicle relicensing fee

The New Zealand dollar has come a long way since the world equities meltdown in August.

Norway's Statoil is exploring for oil around New Zealand. Herald reporter Grant Bradley headed north to find out why they've come all this way.

Age was also a factor, with the highest rates of injury claims coming from workers in the younger, 15 to 24, and older, 65 and over, age groups.

"We could be in Spain," the auctioneer announces, referring to a "contemporary" two-bedroom Remuera apartment about to go under the hammer.

The Government is getting "way ahead of itself" by talking about tax cuts after a single, small surplus, the Labour Party says.

An enterprising entrepreneur has made a tidy profit on a pair of $10 banknotes not yet in circulation.

But Reserve Bank governor is wary of stoking housing market.

Dairy farming was initially rated as one of the highest-risk industries during health and safety reforms before the Labour Minister, Michael Woodhouse, intervened and changed the criteria, documents show.

The line between work and home life is becoming increasingly fuzzy, according to a recent report by HR and recruitment specialists Randstad.

An experienced office worker with a previously unblemished record, today admitted stealing thousands in cash after falling behind with her household bills.

An employee that started her own competing business and took a key supplier from former business penalised $10,000.

NZ house prices have hit a new record high but why?

Australia's next central bank governor will inherit an entirely different set of economic conditions and risks than Glenn Stevens

Survey finds Friday afternoon is the least productive time of the week - and Kiwi workers reckon they'd be happier if they finished early at the end of the week.

While we await the final text of the agreement it may be worth reflecting on the importance of the 90 per cent of the TPP iceberg below the surface of media attention, writes Brian Fallow.

The TPP could halve the number of major foreign investments in New Zealand which need to pass "good character" and business experience tests.

Sweden is the first country to trial six-hour working days, following a study that outlines the risks of working longer.

A self-diagnosed workaholic, Jeanette Russell knows that a real vacation requires her to completely unplug, it's also company policy.

Dairy prices were up for the fourth time in a row in the latest world dairy auction. Why?

Record numbers of $1m-plus house sale prices linked to growing applications for work in regions.

Labour is urging the Government to push ahead with plain packaging for cigarettes after the TTP forbade tobacco companies from directly suing NZ.

Business confidence extended its decline in the third quarter, plunging to its lowest level in more than four years.

Auckland property market rebounds, with average prices jumping from $821,079 in August to $836,275 last month.

A 50-year-old truck driver crushed and lacerated by metal beams while unloading his vehicle at a Hamilton factory remains in a serious but stable condition at Waikato Hospital this morning.