I'm starting to feel guilty about this long decadent Auckland summer. It could just be my grandmother's Presbyterian streak kicking it.

One of the highlights of this job each year is reviewing the latest iteration of the Global Investment Returns Yearbook...

Economic modelling based on ethanol, which has its limitations as a fuel, may underestimate the potential yields and value added, writes Brian Fallow.

The collapse of Mainzeal has people worrying about who will construct the residential and commercial buildings required for Christchurch, writes Liam Dann.

David Shearer and his cohort of prospective coalition partners, the Greens, Mana and NZ First, are holding a show-trial into who killed the manufacturing industry.

The New Zealand dollar has hit 76 on the Reserve Bank's trade-weighted index, its highest level since at least 1990, writes Brian Fallow.

Imagine it would be if you had just struggled to save a 10 per cent deposit for your first home only to be told you now had only half the money you need, writes Liam Dann.

Kiwi households have regained their appetite for debt, and it is getting rapidly more hearty, write Brian Fallow.

If there is a tendency for businesspeople's lips to curl at the very sight of their local council offices, writes Brian Fallow, the reaction may be unfair or at least misdirected.

The NZ tech sector is in a very good place...

The powerful US Chamber of Commerce has made it clear that the TPP deal is important to America's future success and job creation, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Pair find niche in high-tech marine and residential automation jobs.

Reserve Bank eyes tools to help prevent booms and busts that devastate household and bank balance sheets.

David Shearer's vision is for a New Zealand known the world over for smart thinking and really smart businesses taking the world by storm, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Optimism and shock over dire jobs news no excuse for Govt inaction.

Looking at the US' fiscal numbers it is hard to escape the conclusion that the land of the free is also the land of the free-loader, writes Brian Fallow.

New Zealand is an attractive destination for foreigners who want to make their taxes disappear.

Any approach to lifting housing affordability has to be broader than boosting the responsiveness of the supply side of the construction market, writes Brian Fallow.

Bernard Hickey looks at how nimbyism is thriving, magnified by the power of tax-free capital gains.

A shop's failure prompts decision to focus on online sales instead.

Avoiding or evading tax used to be socially acceptable, or at least not socially unacceptable. Bernard Hickey looks at how artful these dodgers can be.