Twenty three Queensland towns and cities are now affected in a disaster zone larger than the size of New South Wales.

The damage from the Queensland floods is so extensive it will affect the international economy...

Commodities slid, taking stocks on Wall St. lower overnight, amid concern that rising food and raw materials prices would cut into corporate profits.

The Closer Economic Partnership Agreement between NZ and Hong Kong came into force on Saturday, making cuts to remaining NZ tariffs.

The New Zealand dollar is trading at its highest level against the pound in three decades.

New Zealand had a current account surplus of $35m in the September quarter Statistics New Zealand said today, due largely to Canterbury earthquake insurance claims.

I'm not the only one who's wondered what The Warehouse smells of.

Helen Clark has angrily denied claims her government sent NZ non-combat engineers to Iraq over a Fonterra contract.

Air NZ and Virgin Blue have won approval from Transport Minister Steven Joyce to cooperate on routes across the Tasman.

NZ was disturbed by China's rising influence in the Pacific region, a WikiLeaks cable shows.

Investors just can't seen to help themselves - and pay no attention to the barrage of bad news.

Raghupati Singhania says his country shouldn't be judged only by Games glitches, writes Karyn Scherer.

An unsuccessful discounting strategy contributed to poor trading results that forced Fisher & Paykel Appliances to downgrade earnings guidance today.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given approval for the proposed trans-Tasman alliance between Air New Zealand and Virgin Blue.

Dairy prices in Fonterra's latest online auction are up 2.4 per cent.

More than 50 sawmill workers at two North Island sawmills have been told they will lose their jobs.