NZ Post allowed a Manawatu mailman to keep driving for them, despite knowing about a string of drink-driving convictions.

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.

Homeowners are being targeted by advertisers using private information from building consent applications to solicit sales.