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.

Switched on Gardener will stay open despite the business playing a central and pivotal role in 106 cannabis operations.

The owner of the Switched on Gardener chain of hydroponic shops has been sent to jail for four years three months, while the general manager got three years nine months.

New Zealand is about to open huge tracts of its offshore territory.

Too many young people are missing out on jobs because they don't know how to shake an employer's hand and speak confidently, a job agency says.

Capital projects worth more than $1 billion are either under way or on the drawing board as the dairy industry gears up for increased demand from Asia for our milk powder.

Employment law experts have expressed concerns about plans to fast-track decisions on disputes before the Employment Relations Authority.

In the last quarter of 2012, there were 461 mortgagee sales, 11 per cent down from the previous quarter and 24 per cent less than the same quarter the year before, according to statistics released today by Terralink International.

Almost 200 Christchurch businesses have been opened or reopened since January and the population is growing as the Canterbury city continues its recovery from the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.

The onus is on those calling for radical, disruptive change to something as important as the electricity sector to demonstrate that it is broken and needs fixing.

Gender diversity in New Zealand leadership teams has fallen behind many Asian countries, according to a new survey

Accounting software provider Xero is offering a $10,000 bonus to new developers who join its Wellington-based team.