A third tranche of "Special Housing Areas" will create 18,000 new residences across Auckland. Click here for details and maps of the new areas, announced today.

Auckland mayor Len Brown has just announced a 'significant' number of new approvals of special housing areas will be revealed today.

SkyCity CFO James Burrell, who had been seen as a potential leader, has resigned for family reasons and will return to the UK.

What happens if the payroll services company which the employer used for paying its employees failed to submit my opt-out form?

The average Auckland house sale price and volumes achieved by the city's biggest real estate agency dropped from $725,708 in March to $708,603 last month.

Prime Minister John Key laid out the welcome mat for foreigners yesterday and said it was a point of contrast between National and other parties.

TransTasman Resources has been granted a mining permit to extract titano-magnetite sands some 22 to 36 km off the coast of Patea, in the Exclusive Economic Zone.

Westland Milk, the Hokitika-based dairy coop, has received accreditation to export products into China, joining the five manufacturers named yesterday.

Chief executive Mark Powell has dared say what many others must surely think, but few are prepared to publicly utter: that executive pay is well into the realm of the ridiculous, writes Dita De Boni.

Businesses are still brimming with confidence, ANZ's monthly survey has found.

What we got from Labour's finance spokesman David Parker on Tuesday was a much broader economic policy than that would imply, writes Brian Fallow.

Business confidence extended its slide from a 20-year high amid expectations the central bank will continue to hike interest rates.

Labour's proposal to introduce a variable contribution rate to compulsory KiwiSaver as a counter-cyclical tool has received mixed reviews from bank economists.

If Labour finance spokesman David Parker is proposing a job swap with the Reserve Bank Governor he should say so, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

A full five years before their first New Zealand Superannuation payment kicks in, most Kiwi employees are good and ready to down tools, hang up aprons, return company-provided laptops and take a permanent holiday from work.

The first impression of the Labour Party's "monetary policy upgrade" is that it looks good, writes Brian Fallow, managing to look both conservative and progressive.

Kiwi tech entrepreneur Derek Handley is on the hunt for a "right-hand" in New Zealand to manage investments and launch ventures.

Fifty-one workers were killed while they were doing their jobs last year, the Council of Trade Unions says.

All good sporting careers come to an end. But what happens to athletes who reach their mid-30s and need to find a post-sport work career?

New Zealand is among the minority of developed countries where the tax burden on wages has lightened over the past three years.

How fast and how far interest rates rise will depend in part on the exchange rate, says the Reserve Bank.

Career Coach Joyce E.A. Russell went online last week to take questions on etiquette in the workplace.

When the likes of the OECD look at our structural economic policy settings and compare them to what has worked in other countries, they reckon we should be doing a lot better than we are, writes Brian Fallow.

Research suggests there is no "magic number" for chief executive tenure in this country, with the most poorly performing companies having a mix of short and long-serving bosses.

The parent company of a firm that sold controversial currency trading software racked up a $109,000 debt for food and drink at a flash Auckland restaurant.