Wellington's barefooted Anglican Bishop Justin Duckworth has thrown his weight behind a campaign for a 'living wage' - recalibrated at $19.25 an hour.

Young people who entered the workforce during the recession will suffer financially for a long time yet.

No central banker today will raise interest rates without looking carefully at Sweden's example.

SkyCity will have made $27 million out of the convention centre deal by 2017 without even turning the first sod, the Green Party claims.

Halfway through the Government's financial year its deficit at just under $1 billion was $381 million smaller than forecast last December.

Rachel Farrant is used to being the only woman in the room, but says the door is open for more to join her.

Robots can leave all future high-tech workers and, potentially, all future low-tech workers worse off.

New Zealand profit from the country's biggest general insurer, Insurance Australia Group, rose from $92 million to $193 million.

Winston Peters says the Financial Markets Authority must investigate "a huge volume" in trading of SkyCity shares.

Praise people when they perform well and minimise your attention on activities you don't want them to focus on.

The softness of Japan's rebound shows PM Abe's challenge to revive the economy from two decades of stagnation.

Italy has only grown 4 per cent - in total - since the euro was created 16 years ago.

Zero-hour contracts work well for some people and stamping out some of the worst aspects that can come with them is better than the "overreaction" of a total ban, the Government says.

Investing is never easy. When things look cheap it's usually because the economic climate looks dicey and there are many things that could go wrong, like in 2008.

The capacity of the proposed Convention Centre falls under the limits the founding study on the project said was needed to make it viable for a return to the economy.

Japan's economy expanded less than economists estimated in the fourth quarter, underlining the difficulty in stoking growth while export gains are undermined.

The expected price for smaller Auckland homes is continuing to increase, with Trade Me reporting a 26.5 per cent jump for properties of one and two bedrooms.

Suddenly, no one in politics seems willing to use these words, as if calling someone working class were an insult.

Parents of many school leavers will find it hard to relate to the working demands faced by their children.

Enjoy low oil prices while they last, though how long that will be is anyone's guess, writes Brian Fallow.

New Zealand Post will decrease deliveries of post to three days per week from July, costing 400 posties their job.

Office romances tend to be corrosive to office morale.

For US workers, the first 10 years in the labour market likely shape lifetime earning potential.

Walt Glazer asks whether Auckland should become the Hong Kong of the South Pacific or remain a Kiwi oasis of security for the future.

The lack of students leaving secondary school with Information and Communications Technology qualifications has been a concern for several years, however the Auckland Business Leaders Group says fixing it more urgent than ever.