The solution to Auckland's serious housing shortage is - when viewed calmly - logical, writes Bob Jones. Emulate Dubai, and hire cheap overseas workers.

One of the main trends coming through from this year's pay survey is the lack of women in the list of top-paid chief executives. So where are they?

Barfoot and Thompson has just released its annual landlord survey - and it revealed most are planning to put rents up by about 5 per cent.

Tamsyn Parker writes: We're living in a "rock star" economy, even Finance Minister Bill English reckons we should all be in line for a pay rise. But how do you broach the subject?

You already know that caffeine is a drug, but really thinking about what that means in terms of physiological effects on your body can be a little alarming.

The NZ dollar slumped to its lowest in more than a year after RBNZ governor Graeme Wheeler jawboned it through a key support level of 80 US cents.

The issues of cyber bullying and bullying in schools get a lot of attention, but bullying in the workplace flies under the radar.

A new category recognising diversity in the workplace has been added to the Deloitte Top 200 Award, to be announced in November.

If the country has just voted for three more years of the status quo, one area where that is not nearly good enough is climate policy.

Data warehousing software provider Wherescape has shelved its plans to carry out a stock market listing, according to market sources.

Andrew Bell of Andiamo has been appointed to operate the new Cornwall Park Cafe and the former Cornwall Park Restaurant, also known as the Kiosk, which has been closed for many months.

Shamubeel Eaqub The Government will focus on Resource Management Act and local government reform to create more land supply and housing, says Shamubeel Eaqub, NZIER principal economist.

Aucklanders reportedly flocked to open homes on Sunday, surer of their spending power post-election.

'The company I work for does engagement surveys every year," said Alison, who works in retail in Auckland.

Consumer confidence has strengthened - marginally - in the latest ANZ Roy Morgan monthly survey.

Behind the scenes, the Auckland-based developer of medical software has been carrying out pre-IPO marketing with institutional investors on both sides of the Tasman.

National has steered the economy through the global financial crisis and the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes towards a fiscal surplus, so this election is its to lose.

Wages continued to grow more slowly than output per person over the past year.

The NZ economy grew just ahead of expectations in the second three months of the year, with the fastest growth in the services sector for seven-and-a-half years.

National has announced further steps to try to reduce benefit numbers by 25 per cent, including paying more people to move to other regions for jobs and bonus payments for those who stay in a job for a certain period of time.

Recruiters spend an average of six seconds looking at each resume that crosses their desk and New Zealanders are making silly errors that are costing them their dream jobs.

The skills shortage 'red flag' is going unnoticed in many regions as employers ignore the signals.

Watercare chief executive Mark Ford - who is known as "The Fixer" - is expected to step down shortly for health reasons.

Miner and steelmaker Arrium is asking its shareholders to cough up more than A$750 million ($829 million) to pay down its debt pile in the face of sliding iron ore prices.

My 15-year-old daughter has had a KiwiSaver policy since the system began and has just started working one day a week at a local hotel.

New Zealand's biggest medical and health insurer has posted a $1.1 million annual loss after a record $694.5 million in claims.

Auckland's newest special housing area has just been announced and it's a huge site at Papakura. So how many new homes could it hold?