New Zealand's service sector showed signs of growth last month, but some areas of the sector still face difficult times.

NZers will look back on the winter of 2010 as the moment we finally realised the last decade of growth was a sham.

Global recession hit hard, but it hasn't killed off New Zealand manufacturing. Suzanne McFadden went looking for signs of life.

Kiwibank, which led its rivals in cutting two-year fixed home loan rates last week, has now followed them by reducing its three, four and five year rates.

All the major trading banks have now lifted their mortgage rates, with BNZ becoming the last to move following the recent OCR hike.

The Capital Markets taskforce believes New Zealand could double the size of its public markets in five years - with a little ambition. Here's some of the potential game changers.

Lack of financial literacy is not unique to NZ ...

Sam Knowles deserves an awful lot of credit for leading the creation of a large and worthy institution that has shaken up the banking industry for the benefit of consumers.