New Zealand's operating deficit was wider than forecast in the first five months of the government's fiscal year as personal income tax continued to come up short of the Treasury's expectations.

John Roughan asks: What else might the authorities not want a traumatised population to know?

Bank economists fear as many as one in 10 Christchurch residents will leave the region if major aftershocks continue in coming months.

Five-storey building in city red zone in doubt because of insurers' reluctance to cover its construction

Insurance Australia Group has agreed to buy AMI, for $380 million in a deal that will see the target's liabilities transferred to a new state-owned company.

University of Canterbury will rely on its implicit government guarantee to meet payments to investors on its bonds after the earthquakes scared off students, seriously denting finances.

New Zealand's biggest health insurer faces some weighty issues as it begins its second half-century, reports Karyn Scherer.