Several factors, including an improving housing market, are fueling a stronger domestic recovery, Treasury says.

Flight attendants employed by Air New Zealand subsidiary Zeal 320 have agreed to a pay settlement.

The employment spat between Telecom and its engineers has taken a new turn.

After three months of exhaustive searching, IT expert Giles Aubrey is still unemployed.

Projects which boost economic growth, productivity and employment targeted.

Bosses on both sides of the Tasman could be underestimating worker discontent in the recession, new research suggests.

Telecom's board chairman says CEO Paul Reynolds deserves his $5m salary package, which was labelled "shameless greed" by a union head today.

The EPMU hits out at Telecom's decision to pay CEO Paul Reynolds his full performance bonus, despite the company suffering a 43.9 per cent drop in profits.

Staff were responsible for 30 per cent of fraud cases in the 18 months to June, the "fraud barometer" of financial adviser KPMG reveals.

Contractor Transfield Services is proposing to make 154 staff redundant, saying it needed to adapt its telecommunications business to stay ahead of significant changes.

The service industry has shown its first sign of expansion since March last year.