Rules requiring ministers to keep their self-drive cars in their electorates were not to benefit Bill English, the Prime Minister said today.

John Key ushered through a special rule change so Bill English could keep his taxpayer-funded self-drive car in Wellington rather than Dipton.

More than half of employers in a survey did not give any wage rises in the past year.

A new study has confirmed a long-held Australian belief - less-skilled Kiwis have migrated there at a higher rate than skilled professionals.

Don Brash's report on catching up with Australia has sparked a new round of debate about monetary policy.

Recommendations which simply endorsed currently popular measures would have meant that the 2025 Taskforce had achieved nothing at all.

Australians live longer than we do, in bigger houses, and have more leisure time.

A plan to close the wealth gap with Australia is "too radical" for Bill English, who says economic parity by 2025 is an "aspirational" rather than realistic goal

The 2025 Taskforce has delivered exactly the kind of extreme right-wing-policy prescription its critics had predicted it would.

Shareholders of Harvey Norman Holdings have praised the retailer for its reasonable executive pay packages.

The Ministry of Justice is "extremely disappointed" at the Public Service Association's (PSA) rejection of a pay offer.

Even with two earners, Donna and Terry Victory struggle on below-average wages to feed themselves and their 14-year-old daughter.