Celebrations are planned this evening after McDonald's and Unite Union reached an agreement to end "zero hour" contracts.

QV's latest figures show the average property value for the Auckland region has now broken into the $800,000s, fuelled by Auckland City-South.

In the midst of the madness of the Northland byelection, an important story about the New Zealand economy was being told, writes Grant Robertson.

Fonterra has fallen into line with market expectations after oversupply and extreme volatility on world dairy markets prompted the co-operative to once again lower its farmgate milk price.

The Reserve Bank has opened the door to a cut in the official cash rate, but the conditionality attached suggests any decision to go through with it remains some way off.

Unfinished business has kept Xero co-founder Hamish Edwards from slipping into complete retirement.

More innovative and flexible, more holistic and integrated, more devolved and decentralised, more empowering to those in need. Such are the ways in which the Productivity Commission believes the....

With our currency effectively at parity with the Australian dollar and house prices booming everything must be great in the "rockstar" New Zealand economy, right?

Family-friendly working conditions also help parents of young children. These measures don't need to cost a fortune.

NZIER's shadow monetary policy board thinks the Reserve Bank should leave the official cash rate unchanged at 3.5 per cent tomorrow but sees a cut as the next best option.

The Reserve Bank is expected to keep its official cash rate unchanged at 3.5 per cent on Thursday but in the accompanying statement to shift the guidance needle slightly to the easier side of neutral.

Land tax might be one of the answers to reducing tax incentives for rental property investors, writes Bernard Hickey.

The case for taxing the income of residential property investors is compelling.

A speech by the Reserve Bank's assistant governor and chief economist John McDermott gives support to market expectations that the next move in interest rates is likely to be down.

A former National MP and author of The Good Lobbyist's Guide, has been getting in ministers' ears, urging them to stop subsidising the loss-making operations of KiwiRail.

A new study has found the need to control one's image for job security is prevalent among expectant mothers.

Dame Jenny Shipley wants NZ firms to take advantage of her appointment to the the board of the Boao forum, which has grown to become a major event for world leaders.

Mai Chen recently spoke to Henri Eliot about corporate governance and her appointment today to the board of the BNZ.

Vivek Wadhwa explains why it is a great time to be an entrepreneur rather than taking job offers from big companies.

New Zealand should take a leaf out of Australia's book in terms of what not to do in the face of a commodities boom, says Paul Bloxham, HSBC's chief economist for Australia and New Zealand.

When it comes to the workplace gender diversity divide, opinions are mixed. Is progress being made? Or is it just more of the same?

The seasons in George R.R. Martin's "Game of Thrones" aren't regular or celestial, just like business cycles.

Were it not for the annual increase in the tax on tobacco the consumers price index would have recorded outright deflation for the year to March.

Inflation is down again, with falling petrol prices pushing the consumers price index down 0.3 per cent in the March quarter.