Editorial: Economy rules - so change of Govt unlikely
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.
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.
NZ food prices rose in August, paring the previous month's fall, as more expensive tomatoes, lettuce and broccoli offset discounted breads.
House sales fell 7 per cent in August according to REINZ figures as the upcoming election adds another uncertainty for buyers.
Labour's proposal for a capital gains tax was centre stage at a New Zealand Herald Mood of the Boardroom breakfast in Auckland yesterday.
Nine out of 10 New Zealanders believe a "Friday feeling" exists while many spend the last two hours of the working week getting ready for the weekend, a survey has found.
Every year, vast sums flow into and out of the Crown's coffers, but the amount of new money available for fiscally responsible political parties to fight over - call it the fiscal battlefield - is quite small.
When it comes to the economy the country's two major parties are promising to take New Zealand in very different directions, writes Bryce Edwards.
The Reserve Bank still sees interest rate increases in our future but fewer and further between than it foreshadowed three months ago, writes Brian Fallow.
Blow for Labour as big business gets behind Prime Minister in Herald's Mood of the Boardroom survey.
Every year, the Herald surveys this country's chief executives to ascertain and assess their views on the outlook for their businesses and the economy.
NZIER's monetary policy shadow board recommends the Reserve Bank keep the official cash rate on hold at 3.5 per cent tomorrow.
We're all just so "busy" these days. "Slammed" in fact. "Buried," writes blogger Meredith Fineman. "There seems to be a constant exchange, even a one-upping, of just how much we have on our plates when we communicate about our work."
About 80 Statistics New Zealand workers staged a rowdy protest during a day of strike action to highlight what they claim is unfair pay and an offer that excludes across the board pay-rises.
About 75 per cent of Auckland IT employers want to recruit additional staff in the coming year.
A top economist has labelled small political parties' policies "mad" and a serious risk to New Zealand.
Frantic? Stressed from your never ending ‘to do’ list? A few simple tweaks can help you work smarter, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.
'Interest rates will be lower for longer but eventually higher" is the tricky message the Reserve Bank will seek to convey when it delivers its monetary policy statement on Thursday.
The Green Party's policy to lift the minimum wage by almost $4 to $18 an hour by 2017 is undoubtedly smart politics.
QV has released latest house value data showing big rises nationally and in Auckland but growth rates are slowing.