Auckland Council has agreed to pick up the $2.9 million tab it will cost to host three additional Rugby World Cup games.

A new department will focus on Christchurch's recovery from its devastating earthquake but concerns are already being raised that locals will not have enough of a say as Wellington bureaucrats make calls on how to go ahead.

Finance officers accused of withholding information to stifle public debate.

An age-old cat-and-mouse game between trusts and the Inland Revenue Department looks set to end with the abolition of gift duty on October 1.

Document sets ambitious goal to lift region's GDP by more than 5pc a year.

Can Ports of Auckland get on with business?

Alasdair Thompson, chief executive of the Employers and Manufacturers Association, says the Super City needs to put its capital to work where it's most needed.

Departure of past directors points to trouble in the boardroom.

To the children it's a place to play; to the Nelson council it's a death-trap to be torn down.