Auckland is on the cusp of leaving its awkward adolescent phase to be a truly global city, at least on a par with big sisters Sydney and Melbourne.

What would you do if the sales presentation you were about to give was all wrong? A predicament I found myself in, 30,000 feet in the sky.

What could business leaders learn from a captain in a long-distance yacht race? Plenty, says Volom marketer Jason Willis.

New Zealand has had a lucky break. We have come through a phase of rapid economic growth without generating any serious spike in inflation.

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz says young people out of work should consider working for free.

Fewer women than men choose to go into tech-intensive fields and if they do, are significantly more likely to leave the tech industry.

It's time the Reserve Bank found a way to rein in New Zealand's biggest landlords, writes Bernard Hickey.

New Zealand is the third most prosperous country to live in according to an international report.

House values throughout New Zealand rose 1.1pc in the past three months, the slowest rise in two years, according to QV data out.

A man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife and business partner more than $100,000 after their relationship ended and she was sacked.

Strategies to help you commit to finishing tasks and avoid interrupting the flow of your activities.

A word of encouragement for working mums: You are actually more productive than your childless peers.

Promotion used to mean climbing the ladder of an organisational hierarchy, when the ladders had many more rungs than they do now.

Yngve Slyngstad, Norwegian wealth fund's CEO, says almost all investment decisions are affected by what happens in China.

Experts are warning employers advertising for "young" staff" could be in breach of the Human Rights Act.

Two New Zealand companies have submitted a $40 million plan to restore an infamous Rarotonga resort once linked to the mafia and subject to a local curse.

A union has attacked "antipathy" against forestry workers and their representatives, as a safety review pins the blame for the industry's high fatality rate on everyone involved.

Union slams “antipathy” against forestry workers and their representatives, as safety review pins blame for sector’s high fatality rate on everyone involved.

About 116,000 Auckland households face a rates increase of more than 10 per cent under a rating formula released by Mayor Len Brown yesterday.

Where has inflation gone and does it have a return ticket? Little wonder the Reserve Bank has just left interest rates on hold and the markets expect no change in the official cash rate for another year or so.

A law which takes away the legal right to a tea break and weakens collective bargaining has taken line honours as the first law change passed in National’s third term.

The number of billionaires has doubled since the start of the financial crisis, according to a report from anti-poverty campaigners.