NZ Post has secured agreement from the Government allowing it to move to three day a week letter deliveries from 2015 but rural areas will still retain their current services.

A casual chat with the right person can give you that networking edge .

Jump in arrivals will put further pressure on Auckland and Christchurch housing stocks, says economist.

Chamber of Commerce is offering youngsters a road to a job through pilot pre-employment course.

Kiwis need to brace themselves for an economic boom, writes Liam Dann, because after years in the doldrums we may not be prepared for the rebound that's coming.

The Financial Services Council has put up a proposal for tax reform which MPs on both sides of the House should be able to support.

Brinkmanship in the US threatens the business and consumer confidence on which its economic recovery depends, says AMP chief economist Bevan Graham.

The Reserve Bank has rejected claims that its curbs on low-deposit mortgage lending will have the perverse effect of reducing the amount of new housing.

New Zealanders who die or leave the country permanently are being replaced by citizens of other nations.

New Zealand rightly prides itself on being a leader in women's rights. It was ranked sixth out of 135 countries in the Global Gender Gap report for 2011.

Another report containing another warning about the need to address rising costs of super has been met with another statement which says: "there's no problem".

About 200 jobs are on the chopping block at Christchurch-based fishing company Independent Fisheries Ltd.

In a history-making selection, US President Barack Obama nominated Janet Yellen to be chairman of the Federal Reserve.