Prices would have to go up by 6 to 8 per cent to pay a "living wage" of $18.40 an hour to workers in the lowest-paid sectors - hospitality and retailing.

A deer farm worker who was dismissed after more than 20 animals died from disease has been awarded more than $12,000.

The conversation went something like this: "We, Fran, are a continent. You are an island."

New Zealand house values continue to soar but the booming market is no longer being propped up by property powerhouses Auckland and Christchurch.

This weekend Prime Ministers John Key and Julia Gillard hold their annual pow-wow in Queenstown.

The Mainzeal receivership highlights once again the poor governance of the Richina Pacific group of companies.

We cling to the same predictable policy framework while our currency appreciates and the dilemma facing our exporters remains, writes John Walley. The world has changed and New Zealand needs to take notice.

Very weak jobs data from Statistics New Zealand yesterday raised economists' eyebrows.

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell from a 13-year high in the last three months of 2012 as people stopped looking for work and the participation rate shrank.

Auckland's property market had a booming January, with one real estate company selling 78pc more homes worth more than $1 million than the same month last year.

The New Zealand dollar has hit 76 on the Reserve Bank's trade-weighted index, its highest level since at least 1990, writes Brian Fallow.

Employment growth is moderate and wage inflation subdued, payrolls data for the December quarter suggest.

Almost two-thirds of the New Zealand workforce is looking for a new job in 2013.

Companies looking to invest or do business in China need to build up local relationships, use advisers who know the market.

Long-serving Solid Energy chief executive Don Elder has joined the exodus from the top of the state-owned enterprise, his departure welcomed on the West Coast.