Ice cream company owner Greg Hall is fearful about how the GST hike will affect his "magic price point".

Some shops are selling fake urine and detox kits to help people beat workplace drugs tests.

Food prices fell 0.1pc last month. For the year to August, prices have fallen 0.2pc - the fourth consecutive month of food price declines.

Dairy owner Suresh Patel was one of the quiet heroes of the Christchurch earthquake. We talk to him.

Business owners in central Christchurch are anxious about their shops being sealed away from customers behind cordons a week after the earthquake.

If you only have a minute and you want today's need-to-know earthquake news at a glance, this is the page for you.

Canterbury businesses are doing a third less trade than the same time last year in the wake of Saturday's earthquake, latest electronic transaction figures show.

Two heritage buildings in central Christchurch are likely to be demolished this afternoon due to quake damage, the city council says.

Welfare staff are unable to contact thousands of solo pensioners in Canterbury and the Government is urging anyone looking after them to get in touch.

John Key has cancelled his scheduled trip to Europe in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake.