Superannuation changes announced by Govt will hit 120,000 Kiwis in the first year.

Proposed changes to superannuation in New Zealand have inflamed resentment between Baby boomers and younger generations.

The gap between housing supply and demand in New Zealand is growing by 40 homes a day.

The report into the effectiveness of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority is unbalanced and misses the point, Minister Gerry Brownlee says.

US tech billionaire Peter Thiel got his New Zealand citizenship fair and square, under what is a legal exception to the rules, says Fran O'Sullivan.

The New Zealand government's accounts recorded a smaller-than-forecast deficit in the first five months of the fiscal year.

How likely young New Zealanders are to be "on track" at age 21 has been mapped using a powerful government database.

A report on failures within the government's first social bonds pilot blames them on a lack of expertise from the bureaucrats involved.

The new State Services Commissioner was once one of the highest paid public servants but is now promising a "conservative approach" to pay rises for chief executives.

The New Zealand government's accounts recorded a smaller-than-forecast deficit in the first four months of the year.

COMMENT: There are some business friendly policies that John Key had ruled out which may now be back on the table under Bill English.

The Kaikoura Earthquake will cost the Government up to $3 billion, the Treasury estimates.

Tanya Quedley, 48, was sexually abused by her own father from age 9 or 10 until she ran away at 14.

Incredibly strong young Kiwi Destiny O'Brien opened up about the abuse she endured from her own father.

NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes.

Auckland is falling off the pace in its natural tendency to produce disproportionately more economic output than the rest of the country.

Labour MP Trevor Mallard is the latest victim of notorious electronic bollards at Parliament.

Stress tests show it would take an extraordinary series of events for New Zealand's banks to fail, Rob O'Neill reports.

Gerry Brownlee was scathing of the Treasury analysis, in spite of the improved report, saying it was done by people who "fluff about the place pontificating".

Convictions in Rotorua for cannabis possession have fallen more than 66 per cent in the last six years - adding fuel to nationwide

The business case for the proposed national bowel screening programme was "poorly developed" according to a Treasury email.

A pre-Budget report released by the Treasury today shows that the target for social housing places has been cut from 65,000 to 64,100, apparently for fiscal reasons.

The Treasury warned that record levels of immigration could push New Zealanders out of low-skilled jobs, depress wages and increase housing pressures.

Treasury expecting a deficit, but the Govt's tax take was up.

Treasury secretary says he's seen no evidence that the policy framework between Reserve Bank and Finance Minister needs to be "radically different."

Finance Minister Bill English says it will be a challenge to maintain and grow surpluses.

Migrant arrivals climbed 15 percent to 115,700 in the year, while departures fell 8.1 percent to 57,400.

Joyce this week got cabinet approval to develop what he calls "the New Zealand Investment Attraction Strategy".

The Government has reported an unexpected operating surplus in the 10 months through April as the Crown's tax coffers were bolstered by a bigger inflows.