Shares in Goodman Fielder have been halted while it contemplates a takeover offer, just over a fortnight after receiving a A$1.27b bid.

Tracey Topp is the founder of online merino clothing retailer Cosy Toes

Over a century ago New Zealanders were among the boldest, most productive risk-takers in the world. For example we pioneered refrigerated exports and changed the way the world eats.

Christchurch-based agribusiness company Scales Corp said its net profit rose by 20 per cent to $20.4 million in calendar 2013

An improving economy and a massive reduction in bad loans helped Westpac New Zealand post a record half-year profit.

Australian housing construction approvals have dipped in the past couple of months, but are still at 19-year highs.

Former chairman Rob Campbell says the local market is ripe for the kind of shareholder activism it was once renowned for.

First-home buyers in Auckland pay almost $200 more a week in mortgage repayments than those starting on the property ladder nationally.

The Government announced last week that 12 of this country's 13 baby milk manufacturers had to carry out changes at their production facilities.

Business confidence among small and medium-sized Australian firms is waning despite business conditions rising to a four-year high.

An Indian national with a master's degree was declined an opportunity to apply for residence as a skilled migrant, despite being more qualified than was required.

Home owners, sitting on a near tripling of house prices over the past 20 years, are largely immune to warnings that the housing market is overheated.