No one is confessing to being the economist who authored an email about Standard & Poor's that has landed Prime Minister John Key in hot water.

New Zealand financial markets markets were in a holding pattern today after Europe's debt woes sparked a wave of selling around world last week.

Police could have sealed the Pike River mine and saved any potential survivors...

The New Zealand dollar may rise this week, as equity markets recover from a three-week selloff following the US credit rating downgrade.

Global turmoil in global markets means the next OCR hike is now likely to be December, not September, say a growing number of bank ecnomists.