A new national service looks ready to start next year to make sure every 16 or 17-year-old ends up in work or training after leaving school.

The median weekly income edged lower in the year to June, as more people started receiving money from the Government rose while the self-employed earned less and investment income fell.

Economists have wound back their expectations for NZ's recovery.

An impoverished small town has reached a world-leading business deal that could bring in millions of dollars.

John Armstrong writes that the working group's prescription for change may be blinkered by ideology such as time limits.

Stocks in the US dropped for a third straight day as a worse-than-expected report on US jobless claims.