The BNZ-BusinessNZ performance of services index declined to a seasonally adjusted 54.1 in September.

Nearly 150 workers at an aluminium company have walked off the job in protest over a pay offer, says the union that represents them. E

A question for incoming Auckland Mayor Phil Goff: How will you lift the city's economic relationship with China? One in 12 Aucklanders

It may be an Australian icon, but the country's love affair with the humble tinnie of VB is fading fast. Domestic alcohol consumption

COMMENT: Someone has to pay for fast fashion, writes the University of Auckland Business School authors.

Manufacturing activity expanded at a slower pace for a second consecutive month in August, although it remained in expansion.

COMMENT: New Zealand's positive growth story continues - even more positive is the role that manufacturing is playing in our good news story.

Manufacturing exports slumped by more than 20 per cent in July as a persistently strong Kiwi dollar puts pressure on the sector.

Fast-growing Comvita doesn't just want to rely on honey - it is adding olive leaf extract and Omega-3 fish oils to its portfolio of natural health products.

Increased Chinese e-commerce regulation is crimping demand in an important sales channel for many NZ manufacturers, says a major exporter.

Auckland-based Buckley Systems has almost doubled its factory space to meet demand for its precision electromagnets.

Wal-Mart hasn't met the target its manufacturing move had hoped for.

New Zealand manufacturing activity improved again last month, with all regions expanding.

A century of Boeing: Its first international order was from New Zealand, now Boeing is the world's largest plane-maker.​

A Whangarei steel company is thrilled at winning a Convention Centre steel contract, which has already started providing new jobs for Northlanders, with more on the way.

Centre build to create jobs and training opportunities for Kiwi workers.

Kiwi boat maker Sealegs is back in the black and has sold its 1000th craft.

Manufacturing firms which survived the 2007 recession have an unusual secret to their success: stop manufacturing.

New Zealand's jobless rate rose in the first quarter as the nation's labour force recorded its biggest increase in 12 years.

Nurofen has been penalised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for making false claims.

Recent years haven't been kind to the former market star - or its investors.

Manufacturing activity slowed for a second month in March to the lowest level in five months.

The long-held faith in open markets is beginning to fade - and it isn't just political rhetoric, reports Bill Powell.

A focus on excellence in innovation saw Nauhria Precast emerge victorious at the Westpac Auckland Business Awards Best of the Best 2015.

New Zealand manuka honey company Comvita is linking up with its Australian counterpart Capilano Honey to form an apiary business in Australia.

Mercedes-Benzoffers the S-Class sedan with a growing array of options such as carbon-fiber trim, heated and cooled cupholders and four types of caps for the tire valves, and the carmaker's robots can't keep up.

INTERACTIVE: Unemployment rates have fallen to the lowest level since recession but not everyone is feeling the benefits.

The unemployment rate has unexpectedly fallen to a six year low of 5.3 per cent.

The luxurious 50-metre, 550-tonne luxury vessel is the largest Auckland shipyard has ever made.