A high-powered group of global oil and gas exploration companies have arrived in Wellington today for a targeted push to encourage new interest in New Zealand's under-explored frontier basins.

Recruitment expert says New Zealand's 'generalist' workers will have to adapt, writes Gill South.

Will credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's follow Fitch and cut New Zealand's credit rating?

Fitch ratings agency has lowered NZ's credit rating by one notch to "AA" and expressed concern....

Fonterra's new chief executive says the board will have a look at NZ's high fresh milk prices.

The New Zealand dollar rose against the greenback in volatile trade overnight.

The New Zealand dollar may extend its decline this week as investors, nervous about the slow progress being made on Europe's escalating sovereign debt crisis, sell growth-linked currencies for the relative safety of the greenback.

A new report quashing hopes China's would pick up the slack from problems in the US and Europe has sent...

At the start of this century, clean energy was all the rage. The revolution may still be happening, but it's taking its time, reports Peter Huck.

Dairy giant Fonterra has announced details of a record year - with $10.6 billion to be distributed to its farmer owners. Its detailed a record payout of $8.25, comprising a "Farmgate Milk Price" of $7.60 per kilogram of milksolids for the 2011 season...