The IMF expects global growth to fall next year as the emerging economies which are leading the global recovery are unable to fully compensate for weaker demand in rich countries.

If the Prime Minister's son isn't New Zealand's luckiest teenager, he could at least be one of the most well-travelled.

We don't really know much about Owen Glenn the businessman - the sheer scale of his empire and his success as an entrepreneur.

Forget Aspen - China may just be the new off-season ski destination for Kiwis, writes Kerri Jackson.

New Zealand's wine-drinking habits are not far off international trends.

Zero-waste design is a means of creating clothes that minimises fabric disposal. At the forefront of this move is Holly McQuillan. Viva finds out more.

Nine detainees on the roof of Villawood detention centre in Sydney's west have continued their protest overnight.

A Chinese bid to buy 20 NZ farms will be rejected or severely restricted after an Overseas Investment Office review, the Herald understands.

The knives found near the body of a stabbed woman in a suitcase have been handed around a jury in a transparent case.

World share prices surged overnight, bolstered by solid data from US, China and a good European growth forecast.

An Auckland woman died after being stabbed in the heart twice before having her body stuffed inside a suitcase, a court heard today.