Labour leaders will today discuss how they plan to implement a plan to deliver 10,000 affordable starter homes every year for 10 years.

As we await another miserly Budget from Bill English we are entitled to wonder whether the Government is overdoing the fiscal discipline, writes Brian Fallow.

Expectations of house price inflation have hit a record high in ASB's quarterly survey, while the numbers who consider it a good time to buy a house continue to fall.

Prime Minister John Key has offered "an unreserved apology'' to any Wellingtonian offended by his comment that the capital city was "dying".

New Zealand's chief financial officers are feeling cautiously upbeat but remain worried about challenges in Europe.

The government kept a smaller operating deficit than forecast in the first nine months of the financial year, even as the cost of the Canterbury earthquakes grew.

As Auckland approaches a statistical high of 200 different cultures in its workforce, it is becoming increasingly important for businesses to effectively manage employee diversity.

As competitors evolve and customer needs change overnight, innovation has become a basic requirement for organisations to survive.

Insurance will represent a significantly higher share of the cost of living and the cost of doing business from here on, writes Brian Fallow.

Shares in the Fonterra Shareholders Fund rallied to their highest ever point today after the co-operative announced that it plans to cut 300 jobs.

Asking prices for property in New Zealand reached an all-time high last month, according to new figures.

A female truckie has been awarded more than $63,000 for being sexually harassed, discriminated against and unjustifiably dismissed from her job.

Economic backwaters like Northland and Gisborne should learn from the West Coast, Waikato and Taranaki.

The country's ageing population is driving the demand for professional and non-professional health workers and this can only increase.

Families of Pike River mine victims say they will ensure that recommendations from the health and safety taskforce are acted on.