NZ should hope John Key shows some common sense - tempered with heart - when he goes about trying to reduce from 328,000 the number of Kiwis on solo parent, sickness and invalid benefits, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
The tumult on global financial markets is a vote of no confidence in political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic.
Trade Minister will be under pressure in Beijing to live up to the terms of the FTA.
With the benefit of hindsight, the Government's infrastructure strategy at this time last year looks blissfully simple.
The gap between rich and poor is an important issue that rarely gets discussed by our economic mandarins.
It's nice to know the world has confidence in the NZ economy, but that may be of little comfort to struggling Kiwis.
John Key says there's nothing he can do about the high currency. He means there's nothing he wants to do about the high currency.
It is a measure of how subdued is the national mood and how modest are our current ambitions that we expect so little of our elected governments.
Business software developed in NZ attracts growing interest in the US.
The pernicious evil of trusts...
It's official. We now know that John Key and Alan Bollard secretly love our high dollar.
Economic data is reading a little bit like the zombie apocalypse at the moment: the dollar hit an all-time high this week while inflation is the highest it has been in 21 years.
Frogparking - a solar powered parking helper.
While not shedding any tears over the demise of the News of the World, I am still sorry to see a historic newspaper ruthlessly executed by the "Dirty Digger" - as Private Eye aptly describes Rupert Murdoch.
he time is right to engage economically with Islamic finance, writes Zain Ali, head of the Islamic studies research unit at the University of Auckland.