Mining industry leaders are in shock over the rejection of an application to mine ironsands from off the coast of southern Taranaki.

The fate of a $70 million bid to mine ironsands off the ocean floor in the southern Taranaki Bight will be known this Wednesday.

House sale volumes and prices are dropping, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand, which has just released its May sales figures.

Career Coach Joyce E.A. Russell offers her top 10 career tips for the over-50 job seekers.

Food prices rose in May as a drop off in the price of meat, poultry and fish was offset by a 16pc gain in vegetables.

It's the $64 billion question - can New Zealand double its primary exports in the next decade without causing unacceptable harm to the environment?

Workers under 30 are the least loyal employee age group in New Zealand, a new jobs survey shows.

The exchange rate may have eased in recent weeks but two reports remind us of just how overvalued the kiwi dollar is, writes Brian Fallow.

Should you cut your KiwiSaver contributions and divert the money into paying for higher mortgage costs? Money Editor Tamsyn Parker weighs up the options.

How do you build a better manager? Some companies invest in a corporate university to groom future leaders.

There is solid support from the NZ Institute of Economic Research's monetary policy shadow board for another rise in the official cash rate tomorrow.

The International Monetary Fund expects the New Zealand economy to grow 3.5 per cent this year.

Transferring pension funds from Britain to New Zealand isn't a straightforward exercise.

A Government announcement yesterday has been condemned as an unfair tax grab, a compliance nightmare and no way to make tax law.

It's simply a reality that we can't always move into the "perfect job". Sometimes we have to build up to it, sometimes we have to consider taking stepping-stone jobs.

American workplace adviser, Karla L. Miller, explains the legalities around interviewing job applicants about their mental health.

Author Susan Cain explains office layout for introverts - who make up up to half of the American population - and an alternative to the open plan office design.

A growing number of researchers are turning to big data in hopes of unlocking the secrets of the economy at the speed of the Internet.

Auckland house values rose 13.1 per cent annually but have shot up 30.6 per cent since the last peak of the market in 2007.

Weaker dairy prices have acted to drive the NZ dollar lower over the last few months, but currency strategists don't expect the kiwi to go into freefall.

Some companies are asking why not get rid of the management structure altogether?

Kiwi workers would jump ship for a 6 per cent pay rise, a new international employment survey indicates.

A sawmilling company "completely misused" their drug and alcohol policy to drug test 190 staff after cannabis plants were found on company grounds, a union says.