APN News & Media, publisher of nzherald.co.nz, is today launching a nation-wide appeal for Christchurch earthquake victims.

A postie who used Facebook to criticise his job and humiliate a workmate says he did it "for a laugh" and didn't know anyone could read his blogs.

An Auckland postie who was sacked for criticising NZ Post customers and a colleague on Facebook has lost his interim bid to get his job back.

The Government has underwritten Kiwibank's growth plans by providing its parent NZ Post with a backup funding facility it can draw on in emergencies.

New Zealand Post Group will be returning less money than forecast to government coffers this year.

NZ Post chairman Jim Bolger has suggested reducing mail deliveries to every second day and ending Saturday deliveries to save money.

Kiwibank chief executive Sam Knowles says privatisation talk is not why he's leaving the bank after ten years.

Dame Jenny Shipley and Joan Withers are two notable names among the list of new SOE board appointments.