A diabetic who was fired for miscounting limes and grapefruit and falling asleep on his forklift died two months before he was awarded $12,000 for unfair dismissal.

Three to four people will arrive in Auckland every hour, based on the next 30 years' population projections.

Without an economic rising tide to lift all boats, only well-run businesses are going to outperform in the new economic "normal" growth environment.

Experts say pay packets in the real estate sector grew more than those in other industries during 2012.

The departing head of the Maori Development Ministry says Maori business has transformed in the past decade and iwi are no longer considered a risk to the NZ economy.

The Irish enjoy nothing more than whingeing about the weather. But internet giants say the people of Ireland should be grateful for their damp, cold climate.

Jeanette Lewis is sipping a latte and looking out over a damp market square. She checks the buses as they pass down the high street.

Brian Fallow writes: "The economy has a soggier soft patch to pull out of next year after September quarter gross domestic product came in below market expectations and the statisticians revised down growth in the first half of the year."

"I want," the boy screamed, "I want a surplus."

If there is a tendency for businesspeople's lips to curl at the very sight of their local council offices, writes Brian Fallow, the reaction may be unfair or at least misdirected.

If anybody thinks they did understand property markets and the link with financial stability, these conference papers will disabuse them of that notion, writes David Chaplin.

What skills and experience do you need to be a successful franchisee?

I'm not an economist, but I do understand what a net loss or a net gain is, writes Susan Chalmers. Most people will be familiar with the concept - at the end of the day, are you better or worse off?