A construction worker recruited from England to work on the Christchurch rebuild has been awarded almost $40,000 after he was found to have been unjustifiably dismissed.

'The hardest thing for me after my mum died was going back to work," says Barbara (not her real name).

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.

Annual net migration rose to a record in August spurred by more migrant arrivals and the ongoing decline of Kiwis leaving for Australia.

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.

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?

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.