In his seventh Budget Finance Minister Bill English keeps a tight fist around the reins of government spending.

Dr Juliet Newson's job as a geothermal reservoir modelling engineer at Contact Energy has her harnessing computer power to visualise the underground steam resources of the Wairakei area.

The first piece of Budget-related legislation has passed its first stage with the support of parties in Parliament except for NZ First.

The interactive visualisation shows where the government money is spent. Readers can see the data by department and functional classification.

We might never see a CGT in this country, which could well be a good thing given the compromises that would likely be part of its introduction, writes Mark Lister.

Successful people don't put things off. Instead, as much as possible they finish what they've started.

Maybe you buy a Lotto ticket, have a flutter on the horses or even try your luck at the blackjack table, but would you gamble your salary?

Businesses have lifted their expectations for inflation, sapping immediate pressure on the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates.

We need to think of not for profit board seats as a deep responsibility and a job that requires due care and attention.

Prime Minister John Key all but conceded that pressure from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for action on house prices was a catalyst for recent announcements.

Most US workers aren't comfortable discussing their pay with anyone at the office other than their boss or the HR department.

The rising trend of intelligent machines replacing human workers is contributing to a scarcity of jobs.

Watching the Reserve Bank grapple with the housing market has been like watching someone blowing up a long party balloon and trying to twist it into one of those sausage dogs.

That Apple should buy Greece with all the useless cash it has on hand is just a joke that won't go away.

Employers are adding online personality tests to their screening processes to gauge candidates work ethic.

The Auckland residential property boom has developed some of the characteristics of the Dublin bubble a decade ago, writes Brian Gaynor.

The Reserve Bank desperately needs the support of the Government to address the distortion its monetary policy is helping create, writes Peter Lyons.

Chief economist says Hosking has it wrong when he heaps all the blame for soaring house prices on the Auckland Council.

Auckland house prices climbed 9.5 per cent in just the last three months, according to the Real Estate Institute - an alarming number, Brian Fallow writes.

There can be some negative impacts of transformation projects - here are some ways to cope.

The Reserve Bank has abandoned its one-size-fits-all approach to loan-to-value ratio curbs recognising house price inflation is an Auckland problem.

Editorial: The Government continues to insist unaffordable prices are entirely caused by a shortage of houses, but the bank has long recognised that demand has to be tackled too.

A man who was dismissed from his job after his legs were crushed by a car in a freak accident wants to take his former employer to court again.

New lending rules targeting Auckland residential property investors will cool the market - but the city's "gravitational pull" will counter any impact, John Key says.

The Reserve Bank's new lending restrictions will make banks' books safer but may fail to cool the Auckland's housing market.

Reserve Bank targets Auckland property investors with new lending restrictions as it looks to take the heat out of the market.

Landlords says tenants will suffer from the Reserve Bank's 30 per cent rental property LVRs and rentals will become scarce.