Inland Revenue Department applications to liquidate troubled companies plummeted to almost zero at one point last year.

David Henderson, the Auckland property mogul who created about $1b of real estate, says agreeing to bankruptcy would be "cowardly" and way too easy.

Investors owed millions of dollars by a NZ man want to know why he appears to have gone unpunished, despite being charged with fraud in the US.

Women students are demanding government action after a survey showed men with the same tertiary qualifications start earning more after one year.

Hundreds of thousands of people may not know who is managing their KiwiSaver money because of problems with getting their addresses correct.

The status quo for property investors cannot be sustained, Tax Working Group member John Shewan says.

The vice-president of the Property Investors Federation is relieved that most housing tax options were ruled out in Prime Minister John Key's speech yesterday, but he is wary of what is to come.

How will business judge John Key's economic plans? Pretty well - if he meets the five key criteria, writes Fran O’Sullivan.

For some families, the dole is a better option than Working for Families tax credits. Simon Collins investigates what's wrong.