Contractors large and small are becoming increasingly frustrated waiting for the release of the major projects timeline for the rebuild of Christchurch.

And you thought Grey Lynn was getting pricey. In New York, builders are working on 432 Park Avenue, a 96-storey, 426m tower where the cheapest flat, a studio, goes for US$1.59 million ($1.97 million).

While Aucklanders debate the future of the city's port, work in progress in Wellington may decide its fate. Ministry of Transport officials are working on a National Freight Demand Study.

Boeing is probably wishing it had chosen another airline - any other airline - to profile in the July issue of its glossy magazine, Boeing Frontiers.

Diplomats and ministers are grappling with thorny issues as they work to secure New Zealand a seat on the UN Security Council for 2015-16.

The service that provides ministers with chauffeur-driven and self-drive cars is always a touchy one with some taxpayers, considering it costs more than $7 million a year.

Feral hogs and reef fish, Maggie Barry and Fair Play for Govt fees?

It is good to see ACC focussing on the important things - such as gumboot injuries. Apparently 160 gumboot-related ACC claims were made last winter.

elen Clark has made another appearance on a most powerful women list

Despite heavy lobbying from many in business, the Government is sticking with plans to criminalise cartel behaviour.

Economic reality has claimed Britain's poshest greengrocer, Prince Charles' organic vegetable store.

A US chief executive takes home 204 times as much money as one of their workers, on average, the Bloomberg news agency revealed this week, after crunching the numbers for the companies in the S&P500 index.

To sharp-eyed observers, the arrival of a boatload of asylum seekers in Western Australia this week suggested a bold new approach to corporate sponsorship.

It may just be that government officials and ministers are feeling a bit burnt over the Solid Energy debacle, but close attention is being paid to NZ Post.