Sam Stubbs talks about the launch of a new KiwiSaver provider.

Avocado crisis is over with a bumper crop coming in this season.

Join Tristram Clayton as he discusses travelling safety tips for Rio with Anthony Bodle from FCM.

Sally Hughes (Character Coalition): The Unitary Plan will do nothing to ease the city's affordable housing issues if the market is left to cherry pick expensive locations for high priced housing in the character suburbs. It will merely enable the unnecessary destruction of a finite historical resource. Leroy Beckett (Generation Zero): Auckland finally has a plan for housing that will meet demand. The Unitary Plan isn't designed to give anyone everything they want, it's the result of years of public submissions and expert testimony The time for political grandstanding is over, the council need to get on with it and pass the plan.

The wait is over for Kiwi shoppers as Australian retail giant David Jones opened the doors to its new Wellington store this morning. Its new shop on Lambton Quay is in the building which once housed the venerable Kirkcaldie & Stains department store.

NBR News Editor Duncan Bridgeman Talks to Tristram Clayton about some surprises in NZ's Rich List released today.

Will a robot kill your job? Experts says they could already replace 45 per cent of the workforce. Business editor at large Liam Dann talks to AUT Professor of Human Resource Management, Jarrod Haar about what we can do.

Will a robot kill your job? Experts says they could already replace 45 per cent of the workforce. Business editor at large Liam Dann talks to AUT Professor of Human Resource Management, Jarrod Haar about what we can do.

A look at how EECA can help you with your business

Communications giant Verizon has bought Yahoo for $4.8 Billion , marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the internet.

Twenty-four secret trap doors are embedded in the new ASB Waterfront Theatre’s stage floor, allowing objects as big as a grand piano to magically appear before the 668 patrons, a project boss says. The Herald was yesterday taken on the first media tour of the $35 million Wynyard Quarter theatre opening later this year at the Halsey St/Madden St intersection. Alun Larsen, Hawkins Construction project manager, showed how the trap doors formed the ceiling of a ground-level room where equipment could be hauled in for a big surprise. “All these trap doors can be opened at once. You could have someone on a grand piano below the floor, coming up,” Larsen said, telling how each square or trap door could be independently operated, or else a giant chasm could be opened under the stage if all the trap doors were opened simultaneously.

Financial Markets Authority chief Rob Everett talks to The Economy Hub's Liam Dann about the state of FMA regulation.

Laura McGoldrick interviews Liam Dann on the new rules and regulations house buyers have to meet before purchasing a property.

Michael Evans, President of the Alibaba Group, speaks to Fran O'Sullivan.

Rate cuts are more likely now new lending restrictions are in place but our biggest bank boss says more work is needed to avoid a housing slump. What does it all mean? Liam Dann talks to economist Christina Leung and fund manager Matthew Goodson.

Reaction to ANZ bank chief David Hisco’s comments on the overheated NZ housing market.

Air NZ has teamed up with Hollywood actress Anna Faris and comedic legend Rhys Darby for its latest safety video, Safety in Hollywood.

Apple's new smartphone has made an appearance online

Email Anne @Anne Gibson Anne Gibson Property editor of the NZ Herald Ghost homes - properties lie empty in spite of crisis 9:42 AM Monday Jul 18, 2016 Save Like on Facebook2.1k Twitter0 Post on LinkedIn2 +1 on Google+3 Auckland Region Property Residential Property Inner-city Auckland apartments and residences in Manly, Takapuna, Newmarket and Gulf Harbour rate highest for empty or "ghost" dwellings, an analysis shows. John Polkinghorne, associate director of specialist property consultancy RCG, said a breakdown of the city's empty dwellings showed these areas had the highest number of vacant dwellings on Census night.

Hamish Fletcher talks to Business Editor Liam Dann about how the new property investment rules will affect people.

Jared and Rosie Ogilvy bought a house with a great view, or so they thought. The Real Estate agent who failed to disclose that a new build would block this view has been fined by a disciplinary tribunal but they now plan to appeal for compensation.

The original Mad Butcher store has shut down, with the outlet's liquidator attributing its demise to flaws in the chain's business model. But NZX-listed Veritas Investments, which acquired the franchise in 2013, is placing the blame squarely on the franchisee who ran the site.

NZ Herald property editor Anne Gibson on NZ Herald focus discusses fears around the prospect of thousands of homes remaining empty.

With many people sunning themselves in warmer climates for school holidays, it has those left behind dreaming of getting away. Ant Bodle from FCM is here with some inside info on how not all airlines are created equal.

See a supplied video of a timelapse of Auckland's LightPath cycleway.

Grant Bradley captures Auckland's LightPath cycleway in use.

Prime minister John Key was a guest of the French President, Francois Hollande at the Bastille Day commemorations in Paris Chris Froome was allowed to keep the yellow jersey after the Tour de France race jury ruled he lost his bike in unfair circumstances.

The Boeing Aircraft Company celebrates its centenary

The new British Prime Minister Theresa May has made Boris Johnson, the former London mayor who led the Brexit campaign, foreign minister. Another day and another wild weather warning - 140 kilometre winds and more heavy rain is heading our way.

Auckland Transport chairman talks about the City Rail Link.