Retailers in lower Queen St are paying $700,000/year or more for a single shop space.

New Zealand is the 13th most competitive nation in the world, according to the latest global survey.

Couples earning $1582.57 per week after tax are struggling to buy an Auckland house.

Hansen compares team's reputation with that of major NZ real estate agency

The first stage of a new $100 million Bay of Plenty shopping centre will be officially opened on Tuesday.

This week is International Drive Electric Week, a worldwide event to raise awareness of plug-in electric vehicles.

More than a third of people overseas who own NZ properties are escaping the tax net, an Opposition MP says.

Watch NZH focus: The rocket ship that is the New Zealand housing market has shown little sign of losing impetus in the past few months. Tristram Clayton talks to QV national spokesperson Andrea Rush.

Fonterra's infant formula sales in China are running ahead of its expectations, chairman John Wilson says.

After a stellar 2015, the acquisitions and mergers market here remains confident even though the deal flow has been slow so far this year.

Newcomer Hong Kong Airlines has business fares out that will undercut rivals when it starts flying to NZ in November.

Mark Weldon's resignation from MediaWorks has triggered harsh reactions on social media.

Today on the program - Why the struggling Warriors have axed six of their top players for failing to meet team standards and the latest on John Key's lawyer that cited a conversation with the PM when lobbying a Minister about a potential crackdown on a foreign trust industry. Also did the police find prescription drugs by Prince's body.

On the program today we’re with Olympic athletes at a dawn service in Auckland as they celebrate 100 days til the Rio games, our man in Wellington, Isaac Davison gives us the lowdown on John Key’s abrupt about turn on foreign buyers investing in homes here. Also we tell you why Alexander McQueen is in hot water over Kate Middleton’s wedding dress

Fashion designer Karen Walker accessorises with a new store for eyewear, jewellery, shoes, bags and fragrances.

The range of New Zealand skincare products will be distributed by China's largest traditional medicine company.

Hokitika-based Westland Milk Products chief executive Rod Quin has given notice of his resignation after seven years in the job.

Commercial savvy joins scientific know-how at a world-leading cancer research firm. Not having to battle with Auckland traffic or northern house prices is a bonus

Roger MacDonald, the new chief executive of Auckland Council's Panuku Development Auckland, gives his take on the year ahead.

We talk to Andy Routley on his personal achievements and challenges DB Breweries have to overcome.

Vaughan Rowsell says working with talented people, at the company's Newmarket headquarters, gets him up in the morning.

Falling revenue and Telstra integration costs have hit Vodafone NZ.

Above the waters of the Hauraki Gulf, a marine farm might appear only a tidy row of racks, or a small bunch of ropes and buoys dotted against the blue.

Steve Saunders' initial exposure to the horticultural innovation that has been a hallmark of his career came in the 1990s.

Rob Jeffrey was an understandably proud parent when he joined sons Grant and Craig and their team as they picked up the top award for family-owned company Kiwifruitz.

Pressure is mounting on Air New Zealand to lower its fares in and out of Tauranga.