Report says kids encouraged to develop independent thought will flourish more.

Which coalition works best for business?

Ardern says people deserve to know Labour's "direction of travel".

Workplace absences are falling but stress levels have risen significantly in two years.

Volunteers sought to test if app can help reduce workers' stress.

The next step should be backing a bill requiring pay audits by gender.

Changes will "safeguard the position of New Zealand workers", says BusinessNZ.

Closing the Cadbury factory will hit Dunedin hard, but what does it say about the health of NZ manufacturing?

Labour and Act say they will back a Green Party proposal to give domestic violence victims up to 10 days' paid leave.

New Zealand manufacturing activity eased from a 15-month high in November, while remaining in expansion for the 26th consecutive month, as production and new orders declined in the month.

Manufacturing sales rose in the third quarter as an increase in output of metal building products offset a decline for both meat and dairy.

NZ's services sector expansion slowed from a month earlier, as economic growth moderated from a rapid to a more sustainable pace.

NZ manufacturing activity picked up in August, extending the period of expansion to two years, and pointing to more industrial production.

From restaurants to rocket-builders — businesses of all sorts share a common problem: Finding enough skilled staff. Anthony Doesburg reports.

The dollar has dropped on news the economy limped along in the first three months of the year, thanks largely to the North Island drought.

Labour and the Greens have defended their controversial electricity policy after New Zealand's business leaders issued an open letter asking them to withdraw it.

Employment law experts have expressed concerns about plans to fast-track decisions on disputes before the Employment Relations Authority.

New Zealand's services sector grew at its fastest recorded pace last month as sales activity rallied, ending a recent horror run of data.