Exports were up 19 per cent in November with the annual trade balance for that month a surplus of $1.3 billion - the first since 2001.

As property prices soar out of reach, some holiday-goers are trading the dream of a place in the sun for a holiday home on wheels.

New Zealand had a current account surplus of $35m in the September quarter Statistics New Zealand said today, due largely to Canterbury earthquake insurance claims.

Boutique ice cream maker shows that customers are prepared to pay top dollar for quality products.

Silver Ferns Farms has hit back at complaints that workers at its Te Aroha plant had their pay deducted for observing a two-minute silence to remember the Pike River miners.

An unsuccessful discounting strategy contributed to poor trading results that forced Fisher & Paykel Appliances to downgrade earnings guidance today.

Staff at a North Island freezing works had their pay cut for the official two-minute silence to remember the 29 miners killed in the Pike River mine.

Another 80 job losses announced today in a third sawmill unable to profitably export timber suggests the wood industry is in crisis, says a union representing workers in the sector.

The Government is being asked to step in and make sure ANZAC Day poppies stay New Zealand-made.

Anzac Day Poppies will be made offshore, New Zealand's Returned Service Association has announced.

Gearing down for the recession proves a wise decision...