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Brian Fallow: NZ set adrift after cutting Kyoto ties

The Government's climate change policy is a shambles and a disgrace, writes Brian Fallow. "Unless, that is, you are happy for the costs of the inevitable adjustment to a low-carbon future to be needlessly increased."

Kiwis on the move for festive season

Man loses case over blow-up alien

A salesman who fell foul of his boss over a blow-up alien doll has been denied compensation.

Sacked govt worker wins job back

A government employee who was sacked after she accessed client records of Facebook 'friends' has won her job back until a full hearing can be held next year.

World share up as eyes on Fed, Germany

Help to fight the workplace bulge

House prices nearing 2007 peak

Auckland City house values will shortly top the market peak of 2007 in real terms as a red-hot property market pushes up prices.

Cullen calls for compulsory KiwiSaver, higher rates

House sales reach five-year high

House sale volumes have hit a five-year high in the wake of booming prices, with a Real Estate Institute report showing sales up 24 per cent in a year.

Scrutiny makes smaller pay rise likely

Low-wage workers look likely to get a small pay rise of under 3 per cent next April after the Government removed social factors from the criteria for setting the minimum wage.

The growth industry that grew

Something looking suspiciously like a cannabis leaf was in the company's logo, while its shops sold filter systems to mask the smell of the drug and bongs to smoke it.

Auckland house prices up 1.5pc

The average selling price for homes in the Auckland market rose by 1.5 per cent last month, says the region's biggest real estate agency Barfoot and Thompson.

Govt deficit up as tax take dips

The New Zealand government's operating deficit was wider than forecast in the first four months of the financial year.

Health professionals in demand

Winz worker justifiably fired - ERA

A Winz employee who helped family members - including her ex-husband, sister and stepdaughter - get jobs was justifiably sacked, the ERA has found.

Should the Govt act over the pay equity imbalance?

A campaign has been launched to demand equal pay for women after finding that, on average, men are paid at least 10 per cent more than women. Have your say here.

Euro gains as Greece offers to buy back bonds

TPP could quash film funds

The subsidy paid by the Government to The Hobbit could be prohibited under the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, says a leading trade specialist and author.