A Whangaparaoa boat building company has been ordered to pay $45,000 after one of its workers was seriously injured in a fall from height.

The top pay packets of heads of the state sector have been revealed today, with one boss receiving a $40,000 pay rise, despite drastic cutbacks at his Ministry.

'Wouldn't it be great if you could just work when you wanted?' That's what drove a polytech pair to launch a website dedicated to casual work.

NZ remains focused on the target of getting back into surplus in 2014-15, Finance Minister Bill English says, and we're better off than many other countries.

The Government ended the last financial year with a deficit that was about half of what it was last year, but more than the billion shortfall signalled in the May Budget.

Workers' unions were quick to write off the Government's plan for a new, low, starting pay yesterday, while business leaders said it would help create jobs.

Trade unionists were quick to write off the Government's plan for a new, low, starting pay today, while business leaders said it would help create jobs.

A lower-than-usual number of new house listings for this time of year resulted in record house prices last month, according to figures out today.

Prime Minister John Key says the Greens' call for the Reserve Bank to print more money in a bid to devalue the New Zealand dollar is "pretty wacky'' and could create a financial crisis. Do you agree?

John Key says the Greens' call for the Reserve Bank to print more money in a bid to devalue the dollar is "pretty wacky'' and could create a financial crisis.

National says the Greens' call for the Reserve Bank to print money in a bid to devalue the dollar is a "snake-oil solution" but it has backing from Labour.

Heresy is, unfortunately, becoming common in central banking. The world's most important central banks are printing money like there's no tomorrow. Bernard Hickey looks into it.