Auckland house prices rose for a third month in July as listings and sales jumped, according to Barfoot & Thompson, the city's biggest realtor.

Consumers remain upbeat in the latest ANZ-Roy Morgan survey, though more about the future than the here-and-now.

Precinct Properties New Zealand's $76 million ANZ Centre upgrade saw 22 office floors refurbished, making it the country's biggest building renovation.

Fair Play on Fees lawyer Andrew Hooker was talking tough as he filed the first documents in the case against ANZ bank at the High Court in Auckland today.

MediaWorks NZ, the broadcaster whose lenders look likely to seize control, narrowed its annual loss in 2012 after massive writedowns a year earlier.

ANZ head of retail banking Kerri Thompson says she is confident the bank will "come out in the clear" in a legal case claiming it has charged excessive penalty fees to customers.

ANZ, the country's largest bank, has today completed the sale of Eftpos New Zealand to global payments company VeriFone.

David Hisco is not one for talking much about himself. Scan the internet and you will find scant personal details about the man who has headed up New Zealand's largest bank for the past 2 years.

An Auckland banker faces a jail term after stealing nearly $1 million from his clients.

New Zealand consumers are more upbeat about buying big ticket items than they have been in five-and-a-half years.

One of New Zealand's biggest banks has scrambled to assess its security systems after handing out hundreds of dollars in counterfeit money.

A prospectus for the Mad Butcher's back door listing is expected to be out next week...

Commodity prices rose in February but the strength of the local currency meant they were flat in kiwi dollar terms.

Concern mounting about drought: economist