Deloitte Top 200 Executive of the Year - finalist Dean Bracewell, Freightways chief executive talks to NZ Herald business editor Liam Dann.

Deloitte Top 200 Awards young executive of the year finalist, Mike Lewis general manager of Northern operations for New Zealand Post

The Co-operative Bank is pushing to expand its branch presence particularly in Auckland. Chief executive Bruce McLachlan talks to NZ Herald banking reporter Christopher Adams.

The 'Darkhotel' espionage campaign has been unveiled by an IT security company. Some of its activity is tied to the Wi-Fi services of a careful chosen assortment of hotels and business centers in a number of countries. [Video supplied by Kaspersky Lab]

Quality and price are the key words as the judging begins on the Air New Zealand wine awards, meet the judges and hear the success story behind this important export industry.

Kaj Storbacka - Professor - Markets and Strategy, University of Auckland Business School.

The Warehouse Group chief executive Mark Powell speaks with Herald Business Reporter Holly Ryan about the changing face of retail, online and consumer trends.

Auckland Council's Ree Anderson talks to Anne Gibson about Special Housing Areas.

Singapore Airlines' Airbus A380 superjumbo has landed at Auckland Airport twenty minutes ahead of schedule as it starts a five-month summer service. The airline hopes the service will become year round, depending on demand.

Air New Zealand have begun the retrofit to standardise their 777 fleet to make a better customer experience. NZ Herald writer Grant Bradley spoke with Viv de Bues, General manager of Aircratf Maintenance about the new upgrades and changes being carried out.

Police have begun deploying advanced roadside technology including gathering biometric data to better identify drink-drivers, including those who give false names. Police Minister Michael Woodhouse this morning officially launched the national roll-out of the "Booze Bus Biometrics (BBB) system". "The BBB system will enable police to confirm, within minutes, the identities of people in the system that they intend to charge with drink-driving offences by electronically scanning fingerprints, taking digital photographs and comparing the data to existing police records", Mr Woodhouse said.

Bus company NakedBus is launching what it says is NZ's first bus services offering sleeper beds. Naked Bus is touting the service as the first of its kind in this country. The bus has a toilet on board and will call at Hamilton and Palmerston North. It will offer passengers wifi and a food service. Video supplied.

The New Zealand beef industry is thriving on the back of a big improvement in international prices. Droughts in the United States and Australia have played havoc with global supply, which has taken prices to record highs. Commodities markets can be volatile and hard to predict, Beef and Lamb New Zealand chief executive, Scott Champion, says. But Champion, talking to the New Zealand Herald as part of the "Meet the CEOs" video series, explains why he thinks high prices may be around for some time to come.

Bronze sculptures of Hairy Maclary and his friends are due to be installed on Tauranga’s redeveloped waterfront but support is needed for the final leg.

Sir Ralph Norris took over as chairman of New Zealand’s biggest listed company after Ralph Waters retired. He talks here to Herald Property Editor Anne Gibson.

Under the new plan, the Queen St frontage of the old theatre complex is the site for a 39-level tower, costing $175 million, which will have more than 300 apartments when it opens in 2018.

Z Energy chief executive Mike Bennetts talks to the Business Herald's Grant Bradley about petrol prices, changing trends in fuel use and how his company is responding.

First home buyers in Auckland might have to consider an apartment in order to get onto the property ladder, Prime Minister John Key says. His comments follow the release of new CVs for Auckland, which have soared since 2011, particularly in city-fringe suburbs. There are fears the mostly higher CVs could lead to rates increases well in excess of the 3.7 per cent planned for homeowners by Mayor Len Brown next year.

Markets reporter Christopher Adams talks to New Zealand Superannuation Fund chief executive Adrian Orr about the fund’s strong performance, market volatility and the recent controversy over an investment in an Isreali chemical firm.

As part of Money Week, the Financial Markets Authority did some research into what NZers really knew about money and risk. They took to the streets of Auckland to ask a few people what they knew. Read about the research here:

The RBNZ has prepared a short animated video about how money works - its functions and the role the Reserve Bank plays in it.

BNZ chief executive Anthony Healy talks to the Business Herald’s Christopher Adams about his first five months in the top job, a recent management reshuffle and the bank’s strategy around tackling non-traditional competitors such as peer-to-peer lenders.

Are New Zealanders becoming better at managing money - what particular problems are faced by women, Maori or the Pasifika communities? Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell talks about Money Week and financial literacy.

Airbus’ five A350-900 test aircraft took to the skies for an impressive formation flight on September 29 2014. Video supplied by Airbus.

Prime Minister John Key says an inquiry is needed into whether there was sufficient back-up in place after the power cuts in Auckland yesterday - but has warned that if that inquiry finds better backup systems are required it will contribute to higher power prices. Mr Key said there would need to be an inquiry into what went wrong and the response to that. "We know there was a fire, the question is was there enough redundancy built in there." He said if that inquiry found greater contingency systems were needed, it would have a cost. Vector was a controlled monopoly and its charging and costs were set by the Commerce Commission.

Prime Minister John Key gives his thoughts on the New Zealand dollar and the Reserve Bank intervening to try and push down its value.

Peter Mence, chief executive of Argosy Property speaks to property editor Anne Gibson as part of the Meet the CEOs video series.

Tom Nickels, chief executive of Waste Management, New Zealand’s biggest refuse collector and landfill owner. After a successful stint as an NZX-listed stock, Waste Management was taken over by Australia’s Transpacific in 2006. Early this year, China’s Beijing Capital bought the company for $950 million. Beijing Capital intents to invest more than $98 million in the company, which is enjoying double digit earning growth.

The pilots' view of a formation flypast by a Swiss Airbus A330 and the Patrouille Suisse at AIR14 in Payerne. Join the nine pilots in their cockpits and enjoy the air show from an angle you’ve never seen it from before