New Zealanders will need as much as $200,000 in savings to augment NZ Super payments and provide a comfortable old age.

As far as dictators go, the Sultan of Brunei is said to be a nice one. "A nice man" is how PM John Key said of his host ahead of arriving in Brunei for the East Asia Summit.

In his past life as a supply chain manager, entrepreneur Steve Haythorne would send 30,000 loaves of bread from Auckland to Whangarei each night.

The first batch of 6000 new homes for fast-track residential development in Auckland has got a lukewarm response from property experts.

US President Barack Obama says he's willing to negotiate with Republicans on their priorities, but not under the threat of "economic chaos.''

A new report suggests raising the age of eligibility for NZ Super would make retirement income policies fairer between generations.

Protestors carrying signs saying 'Bugger Off Bunnings' have picketed Auckland Council this morning as a hearing on setting up a Grey Lynn branch continues.

A bankrupt property developer allegedly used fronts and false information to borrow more than he otherwise could have as part of a $50 million loan scheme, a court has heard.

Actress Tandi Wright and Seven Sharp presenter Jesse Mulligan want to stop the Bunnings Warehouse Grey Lynn.

Working at McDonald's will gain credits towards a university degree in a deal between the fast-food giant and Massey University.

A New Zealand-controlled retirement village business is expanding its British investments, building a new 115 million London project.

The Dreamliner Gallery - where airline execs go shopping...

A call by Abano Healthcare for former director Peter Hutson to come up with a price for his half of their jointly owned audiology business has failed to illicit a public response.

A bankrupt property developer allegedly used fronts and gave false information as part of a $50 million loan scheme, a court has heard.

Bad weather, the America's Cup and Lotto are the likely causes of a sharp slowdown in card spending late last month.

More than 30pc of New Zealand businesses have reported optimism in the latest Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion - the highers level since March 2010.

On Oct 17 the US faces its first-ever default on its $16.7 trillion debt - something that could plunge the nation - and the world - into a crisis worse than 2008.

John Key defended New Zealand's "100 per cent pure New Zealand" tourism campaign in a speech to a tourism conference in Bali focusing on sustainable development.