Procrastinators everywhere should take heart in gaining what could be the best excuse yet for their thumb-twiddling: blaming it on Mum and Dad.

Here are some reasons not to embrace the view of economic analyst Jesse Colombo that NZ is hurtling towards crisis.

Women earn less than men because they are seen as pushovers when they don't negotiate hard and are seen as "ball-breakers" when they do, a psychologist says.

Japan, the world's third-biggest economy, has a long and notorious history of protectionism.

Auckland's sizzling property market could bring New Zealand's economy crashing down, a global economic expert warns.

Kiwi women should "up the attack" on breaking into top executive ranks and boardroom roles rather than being discouraged by lack of success.

A counselling client of mine "Allie" had just been promoted at her law firm. I asked if she was excited.

Welcome to the first of my regular series entitled My Light-Bulb Moment.

Go into many organisations and you might hear people say "I don't trust my co-workers to do what they say they will," or "This place really lacks trust among colleagues."

Heritage Hotel Management has appointed Marcus Keenan as the new general manager of Heritage Auckland.

Agricultural chemicals manufacturer Nufarm will close its plant in Auckland, with as many as 59 jobs to go in move to Australia.

Trade Minister Tim Groser is not impressed by Australia’s free trade agreement with Japan and hopes it will be ignored by the US within the Trans Pacific Partnership.

New Zealand's emissions of greenhouse gases grew 2.2 per cent in 2012, accelerating from 1.4 per cent in 2011.

The pay gap between the highest and lowest earners is getting wider. It's a trend that, says one researcher, can be traced back to the 1980s.

New Zealand food prices fell in March as cheaper cakes and candy drove a fall in grocery prices, and offset more expensive meat and produce.

Can water cooler talk help fix the gender pay gap? President Barack Obama seems to think so.

A decline in the production of feature films last year dragged the New Zealand screen industry's revenue down 4 per cent.

A fundamental reason New Zealand interest rates and exchange rates are systematically higher than we might wish is that collectively we do not save enough.

Auckland's unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level in six years. So what's behind the fall and will it continue?

Prime Minister John Key has defended new oil and gas exploration permits in a major conservation park, saying it is not a National Park and mining already takes place there.

The Ministry of Education will continue to pursue a leaky schools lawsuit against Carter Holt Harvey after it failed in an attempt to have the claim quashed.

A recovery growing stronger and broader, but accompanied by inflation pressures, is the picture painted by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research's latest quarterly survey .

The number of businesses who say it is getting harder to find the skilled workers they need is well above the long-term average, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research reports.

Business confidence remains at multi-decade highs for the first three months of the year, although the strong upswing of previous quarters has flattened out

Women should think again about directorships, for far from trailing men, it's greatly to their credit that so few are debasing themselves in this way, writes Bob Jones.

Glen Raymond has worked at Auckland's biggest gigs for 25 years and now owns Opel Security.

Property values increased at the slowest annual pace in six months in March as high-debt lending restrictions and interest rate hikes weighed on the market.

The New Zealand job market is thriving, with the number of job listings on Trade Me up 21 per cent on the same time last year.