Latest from Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

New Tourism Minister on more international visitors - and who pays for infrastructure

Upston has announced $60m in tourism initiatives, but none are additional investments.

Restaurant owner who served up unsafe food has sentence reduced

Xinchen Liu has been resentenced after the wrong summary of facts was used the first time.

Taupō Ironman event generates $23m visitor spending for the region

Taupō District Council estimates the December event earned $50m for New Zealand.

Mining business fined $27K as figures reveal worst immigration offenders

142 infringement notices issued under new Immigration Employment Infringement scheme.

28,000 banned heaters still in NZ homes pose ‘significant risk to lives’

28,000 of the heaters linked to fires are thought to still be in NZ homes.

Far North council pushes for separate climate zone to cut building costs

MBIE says any changes must go through a formal review process.

Horror Christchurch rental: Landlord agrees to pay $13k to vulnerable tenants

The rental had a leaking roof and gutters which overflowed into the dining room.

Opinion: Why more generation won’t solve NZ’s energy woes

OPINION: New Zealand's electricity demand could nearly double by 2050.

Wellington social housing buildings earthquake-prone

Tenants will be rehomed when required for earthquake-strengthening work.

Kmart mop causes horror injury to Kiwi woman

Staff lost the mop but still found there were no issues with safety, she claimed.

400 applications, no job: Woman ‘cannot live’ as unemployment reaches four-year high

Suzanne George has been job hunting for more than a year in Wellington.

'Significant life safety risk': Staff backlash over use of quake-prone Police College buildings

Worried staff say their lives are being gambled with for the sake of 'productivity'.

Property Insider: Questions about ‘defective’ apartments

How can it be that 19-year-old apartments need $36.6m repairs or $82m rebuilding costs?

Cops seize $60m of ‘tainted’ property allegedly linked to criminals

A look at some of the properties targeted by police - and why they made the move.

Immigration border staff to strike on New Year’s Eve

It will include about 100 union members not doing unpaid work, and taking breaks together.

'Consequences can be dire': Products for kids recalled due to safety concerns

'The dollar value might be small, but the risk of harm is not worth taking.'