New Zealanders have spoken - we're not happy with our banks, and fed up with executive fat-cats and overseas call centres.

The kiwi dollar has surged in value after a stunningly low unemployment stat and a speech by Alan Bollard.

A "large Polynesian woman" has been pretending to be Kate Hawkesby's daughter in order to cash cheques worth thousands of dollars.

Greece and the wider eurozone scrambled back from the brink of disaster again on Friday as the outline of an IMF/eurozone rescue package emerged.

Yellow Pages Group chief executive Bruce Cotterill is playing down prospects of a sale as a committee of bankers ponders the future of the company.

Thousands of workers and union leaders expressed their anger at banks' lending practices and taxpayer-funded bailouts.