Members of Auckland's Greek community gathered today to talk passionately about the state of the Greek economy and how that affects their families back home.

New Zealand’s Finance Minister is “not particularly concerned” about whether Greece’s financial crisis will roll on to New Zealand.

Greece has stockpiled enough reserves of fuel and pharmaceutical supplies to withstand a long siege, and has set aside emergency funding to cover all the country's vitally needed food imports.

Because Greece doesn't have its own currency, it couldn't increase its competitiveness and boost growth through devaluation.

Many blame Greeks for their country's crisis, but we should also look further north, writes Ana Swanson.

The June quarter ended on an extremely disappointing note, mainly because of the Greek financial crisis.

As Greeks prepare to have a say on their country's future, Ben Wright looks at the referendum and what the result will mean.

Piled high with rubbish congealing in the summer heat, municipal dustbin R21 on Athens' Sofokleous St does not look or smell like a treasure trove.

Her critics call her the villain of the Greek drama, a taskmaster forcing a bankrupt nation to its knees.

Mark Lister on the Greece financial crisis and putting it all in perspective.

Prime Minister John Key says the Greek situation underlined his view that the biggest risk to New Zealand's economic growth came from overseas markets.

While Tsipras' decision to hold a ballot increased the risk of Greece exiting the euro, evidence of contagion elsewhere was limited.

It's a tricky enough situation already, buried under financial jargon with regular breaking developments. And now it's even more confusing.

Capital controls are on the way, with all the disruptions to everyday economic activity that they entail - and Greek banks will stay closed for a week.

With its banks closed, automated cash withdrawals restricted and a big debt payment due tonight, Greece surely cannot continue to defy its creditors.

Currency traders will be on tenterhooks this week as the Greek sovereign debt crisis goes from bad to worse, with more downward pressure likely to come on the Kiwi dollar.

The message for anyone trying the cashpoint at the National Bank of Greece in central Athens was curt and to the point.

It is crunch time for Greece. Again. Yes, you've heard that before, probably many times since the country's debt crisis first blew up around 2009.

European leaders will meet tomorrow to see if they should give Greece more credit to stave off bankruptcy or cast it into the wilderness.

Pacific Investment Management Co Chief Executive Officer Douglas Hodge says investors have had three years to prepare.

Greece lurched closer to an exit from the euro as a meeting of finance officials to reach a deal over aid dissolved in acrimony, forcing leaders to call for an emergency summit for Tuesday.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras escalated his defiance towards the country's official creditors, with a pointed attack on the International Monetary Fund.

Greece was on the brink of economic meltdown as Germany looked poised to push the country out of the eurozone.

Greece faces a week of urgent diplomacy to free up bailout aid and avert a potential default as world leaders press for a final resolution to the standoff.

Of the many wonders to behold in Greece, Matt Derr has found a gem: local wine at $3 a glass.

Greece will be unable to find the 1.6 billion ($2.4 billion) sum it is due to hand the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month, one of the country's ministers has admitted.

That Apple should buy Greece with all the useless cash it has on hand is just a joke that won't go away.

Like a spoilt child and an angry parent locked in an experiment of tough love, Greece and its creditors are embroiled once more in a tug-of-war.

This image of a Greek soldier who singlehandedly saved 20 migrants on the coast of Rhodes after their boat hit rocks defined a week of tragedy.