Chorus, now officially demerged from Telecom, has just secured a $1.35b bank facility. Photo / Supplied

Major political parties' lack of policies to redress our love affair with housing has bred frustration in economic circles.

No one is confessing to being the economist who authored an email about Standard & Poor's that has landed Prime Minister John Key in hot water.

Tower insurance is lifting its premiums across the board, to help pay for increased re-insurance policies prompted by the Christchurch earthquakes.

He is accused of fleeing New Zealand with $6.6 million - and still has enough money to put up a bond...

The man who fled the country with Rotorua woman Kara Hurring after millions of dollars was mistakingly placed in their bank account has been arrested by Interpol while trying to cross from Hong Kong into China.

A man who crashed his trail bike, striking his groin on the handlebars, is lucky he wasn't injured somewhere more private.

New Zealand consumers are still upbeat about how the economy is tracking, though their long-term confidence has tapered off in recent times, according to the latest consumer confidence survey.