Rising interest rates, LVR restrictions and the onset of winter have taken the heat out of the housing market, according to just released QV figures.

For the first time since the global recession hit, it is now easier to find a job in New Zealand than in Australia.

The jobs numbers out yesterday were less encouraging than the headline drop in the unemployment rate to 5.6 per cent suggests.

Employment growth slowed in the June quarter and outside Canterbury it stalled altogether.

Falling dairy prices could weigh on the NZ dollar and help push the currency as low as US80c against the greenback by the end of this year, says an analyst.

When carpenter Samuel Parnell arrived in New Zealand in 1840, he was asked by a shipping agent to build a store on Lambton Quay.

Argentina didn't default because it couldn't pay its bondholders. It defaulted because a New York judge wouldn't let it pay its bondholders.

Cheap imported carbon credits comprised 99.5 per cent of the units New Zealand emitters used to meet their obligations under the emissions trading scheme last year.

ERA decisions in the past two years show workers frequently receive compensation after being unjustifiably fired for swearing at, or threatening, their bosses.

The New Zealand dollar was headed for a 0.8 per cent weekly decline as more buoyant US figures bolstered demand for the greenback and kiwi sentiment was dented by Fonterra.

EBay says women make up 42pc of its staff - a more diverse workforce than many other Silicon Valley technology companies.

Metro Glass' solid sharemarket debut provided the shot in the arm New Zealand's initial public offering pipeline needed.

Labour wants to repeal the law changes that were ceded to Warner Bros over The Hobbit films, a move which the Govt says would cripple the $3b screen industry.

Returning Kiwis are faring better than ever in the recruitment stakes and are being met with open arms by some employers.

New Zealand has retained its rank as one of the world's most developed countries.

The New Zealand dollar has reached its tipping point and looks to be heading lower after the Reserve Bank fired a warning shot across the bows of the market this week.

The so-called "normal" 40-hour working week appears to be a thing of the past, the 2013 Census indicates.

The Reserve Bank raised its official cash rate to 3.5pc yesterday, but said it would now remain on hold for "a period of assessment".

Is poverty for life? A Treasury report suggests not, writes Brian Fallow. Only 24 per cent of those at the bottom decile in 2002 were there seven years later.

The key difference between the truthers of 2010s and those of the 2000s is what each group has criticised and toward what purpose.

A hotel that reportedly didn't pay one of its workers for nearly six months, underpaid her husband, and withheld wages from both, has to pay the couple nearly $80,000.

NZIER's monetary policy shadow board thinks the Reserve Bank should raise the official cash rate to 3.5 per cent tomorrow, but it is a line ball call.

Firms are missing out if they overlook mums wanting to return to work, according to new research.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's bid to put Australia back on a path to surplus is under threat from senators opposing A$40 billion ($37.6 billion) in savings.

The immigration surge continued to gather pace last month, with the net inflow of 4270 people the second-largest monthly gain on record.

A former chef at an Auckland cafe has been awarded more than $50,000 in unpaid wages and compensation for unjustified dismissal.

Kiwi workplaces are becoming more aware of the need for equal pay for men and women as YWCA-organised awards this week aim to celebrate organisations striving to close the gap.