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.

Just imagine if economic growth wasn't a natural thing. Bernard Hickey looks at the possibilities.

Former accountant chases success in sport and in his own business.

Heresy is, unfortunately, becoming common in central banking. The world's most important central banks are printing money like there's no tomorrow. Bernard Hickey looks into it.

New arrivals are adding to, not subtracting from, New Zealand's future.

John Drinnan's media column looks at Paul Henry's chances of a TVNZ close up, and the fallout from a Kiwi newsman's 'Gotcha' tape of Alan Jones.

Audacious bid got partners in on the ground floor with a new brand.

The recent Sealegs annual meeting was a shambles...

Fran O'Sullivan says John Key 'sat' on the disclosure about the GCSB until US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta had safely departed Auckland Airport at the weekend.

Two Kiwis are putting Fiji on the map for premium beer drinkers.

An outsider tuning in to the Valerie Adams medal ceremony could be excused for thinking Adams came from the small Pacific nation of "ANZ Bank".

Brian Falllow ponders what can be done about the high kiwi dollar. And would changing the Reserve Bank's statutory mandate do any good?