Blogging coupled with social media dissemination is brilliant; perhaps the greatest democratising force of our time, writes Chris Barton.

KiwiSaver certainly isn't the first word in workplace retirement savings.

Sharper day-to-day movements will be unnerving for some investors.

Liam Dann writes: Get ready for an influx of bargain-hunting foreign investors, because as the dollar drops, NZ assets are effectively going on special.

Jock Anderson's Caseload looks at the goings-on around the courts and the legal fraternity. This week, a serial litigant is sunk by the cruise from hell.

Small successes lead to more success, and snowballing up can make it easier for us to build momentum and get going. Trying to do too much at once, on the other hand, can be demotivating.

At only 623 pages the unofficial almost-final draft of the Financial Markets Conduct Act regulations, is light reading by historical novel standards.

Liam Dann offers up five reasons for economic gloom and five reasons for cheer.

Shareholders in NZX-listed power companies became the first beneficiaries of National's decisive victory in the general election after the market opened on Monday.

Jock Anderson remembers a time when violent attacks on police officers were condemned and not brushed off by slick lawyers paid to find ways of shifting the blame.

If the country has just voted for three more years of the status quo, one area where that is not nearly good enough is climate policy.

Cunliffe has yet to develop the necessary horizontal management skills to lead the Labour caucus and head Opposition efforts to hold the Prime Minister's feet to the fire, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

KiwiSaver withdrawals to help with buying a first home are handled by the KiwiSaver providers so I talked to Joe Bishop, head of retail and marketing at Gareth Morgan Investments, about your options.

Five things for business to take on board while John Key relishes his victory and forms his next Government.

Liam dann writes: If New Zealand is "on the cusp" of something exciting, as John Key has promised, then it is on the economy which we should now be expecting him to deliver.

John Key goes into the home straight of the election campaign with his integrity publicly intact after the Kim Dotcom fiasco.

My 15-year-old daughter has had a KiwiSaver policy since the system began and has just started working one day a week at a local hotel.

This week a nation heads to the polls for one of the most important votes in its history, Liam Dann writes.

Do you vote on your back pocket? A good chunk of the country does, writes Diana Clement. So what do each of the parties have on offer for you?

What should an inflation-targeting central bank do when inflation is proving unexpectedly slow to make an appearance?

When I casually mentioned that I might trade in my old truck for a later model, my children immediately said, "Get a matt-black Hilux, Dad!"

The Reserve Bank still sees interest rate increases in our future but fewer and further between than it foreshadowed three months ago, writes Brian Fallow.

This morning the Business Herald relaunches its online homepage with a host of new features and content to keep you better informed - both on desktop and mobile.

The Productivity Commission has been sent back into the minefield of housing costs.

Can you please clarify the rules around "regular" contributions toward KiwiSaver and the impact this has on the deposit subsidy.