Business leader Michael Barnett says New Zealand's immigration policy needs an overhaul.

New Zealand's sheep flock dropped 3 per cent to the lowest level since the 1930's Depression.

Booming migration extended its run of posting new records in June, though economists say it may have peaked.

COMMENT: The present young seem to have missed out not just on the direct action gene, but the voting gene as well.

Consumer prices rose less than expected in the June quarter as cheaper meat and domestic airfares offset a recovery in petrol prices

COMMENT: Hear all that complaining about Auckland's over-priced housing market? That's my generation making the noise.

From Apple's co-founder to the CEO of Yelp, Silicon Valley is going after the GOP candidate.

COMMENT: Stephen Jennings' warning that "we are facing an iceberg" that deserves to shatter business complacency on housing.

House prices have risen faster than wages in all but four regions in New Zealand, according to analysis by the Labour Party.

COMMENT: I mean no disrespect to older people. I hope to be elderly myself one day. I just don't want them voting any more.

Landbankers could have property seized by the Government if the land is within certain areas marked for housing development. Housing

WATCH: New Zealand's migration gain per capita is currently running nearly three times as high as the UK.

Despite what we like to think - wealth is not evenly distributed, in fact it's the worst it's been in over a decade.

COMMENT: New Zealand's economic miracle - the desire of people to come and live here - is showing signs of peaking.

The pace of growth in New Zealand's services sector slowed in May, although inbound migration continues demand.

Consumer confidence fell below its long-run average in the June quarter.

WATCH: The Economy Hub - Guest panelists Dominick Stephens and Chris Green talk about immigration.

COMMENT: Something remarkable happens tomorrow in countries such as New Zealand.

Plummeting numbers of bees, butterflies and other insect populations are placing world food supplies under threat, a United Nations report has warned.

Could the aging of the US population be behind all sorts of other phenomena, from anti- growth activism to the decline in business dynamism and entrepreneurship?

Davao city's reputation as one of the safest, vibrant and best-run cities in the country is drawing business people in the thousands.

Fairyland or doomsday? asked China's state-backed newswire. Sure looks like doomsday.

New Zealand is becoming a super diverse nation, but its diversity story is a stratified one - drawn along ethnic and economic lines.

Several provincial centres once labelled dying "zombie" towns have reversed the trend with their resident numbers climbing in the last year.

In just over 20 years, the combined Asian, Pacific and Maori population in Auckland is forecast to outnumber Europeans and others.

The biggest threat to Auckland's environment continues to come from its own population, according to a stocktake presented to city councillors today.

Why are toilet paper sales soaring in Japan despite a falling population?

Auckland could take another 86,400 dwellings in the next eight years without any risk of over-building.

International travel figures released support suspicion that the economy's potential growth has been cut by slower population growth.

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