Aotearoa Fisheries said its first-half earnings fell sharply after its 50 per cent-owned seafood business, Sealord, wrote down the value of its loss-making Argentinian fishing business.

Building products firm Alesco's tax-avoidance battle is heading to the Supreme Court but its chances of success are slim, says one adviser.

Alesco, whose tax-avoidance battle is seen as a test case for disputes involving more than $300 million, has won the right to appeal its case to the Supreme Court.

A hot Auckland real estate market and the Christchurch rebuild have pushed up spending on home decor items and hardware, according to new figures.

Rising job seeker confidence will see more than half of employees looking to change jobs in the next 12 months, says Pete Macauley, NZ regional director of recruitment consultancy Michael Page.

New research has found that New Zealand organisations trail much of the world when it comes to the proportion of women in leadership positions.

Battling bigger Kiwi waistlines could be as easy as limiting the number of food outlets - especially near schools, according to new research.

Kiwis ate their way through $1.5 billion worth of takeaways last year - a leap of more than 9 per cent on the previous 12 months.

When Laurinda Sutcliffe set up Loobie's Story with husband Brent more than three years ago, she vowed she would make sure her team never felt they were in a nine-to-five rut.

Recent media coverage suggests that the main issue for returning expats, or repats, is re-entry culture shock, writes David Ellis. It is not.

Julia Gillard wasn't sunk by sexism. She was sunk by economics, writes Liam Dann. That's not to say Australia's first female Prime Minister didn't have to battle some dreadful misogynistic rubbish.

Auckland has lost 4 per cent of its most fertile rural land to housing over the past two decades and is set to lose more under the strain of a million more residents.

Figures showing the average wage for New Zealand workers is more than $70,000, have been slammed as unrealistic and sending the wrong signal to new immigrants.

The Reserve Bank says raising interest rates now isn't the right policy response to an overheated housing market.

A factory worker fired when her emotional health deteriorated after a colleague was accused of sexually assaulting her has won her job back.

Stress is something we all have and at some level it's a good thing - it gets us out of bed in the morning and helps us keep motivated and focused.