Watch as four new, million dollar homes are lifted into place on a Devonport site over just one weekend.

Watch this aerial view of four new, million dollar homes are lifted into place on a Devonport site over just one weekend.

Stranded passengers wait for information on their flights.

Stranded passengers at Wellington Airport domestic terminal wait for information on their flights.

The bosses of New Zealand's biggest companies enjoyed an average pay rise of 10 per cent last year, their biggest bump since 2010. The increase for those at the top dwarfs the 3 per cent of growth for the average wage and salary earner in the year to June 2014.

In Germany near Leipzig, 120 electric i-cars a day are rolling off BMW's production line to meet hot demand around the world. Video supplied by BMW.

Boeing’s expert crew rehearse the 787-9 Dreamliner flying display that will be performed at the 2015 Paris Air Show. Source: Boeing/Youtube

The Reserve Bank cut the benchmark rate a quarter-point and signalled more may be on the way as the dairy sector's weak outlook weighed on the nation's terms of trade and threatened to delay an increase in inflation from its near-zero level. New Zealand Herald's Economics Editor, Brian Fallow, analyses the decision. The New Zealand dollar tumbled. Governor Graeme Wheeler lowered the official cash rate to 3.25 percent, in a closely watched decision where markets were largely split on whether he would cut rates now or later, saying a more pronounced slump in export prices than expected and the prospect of waning consumer demand on increasing petrol prices threatened to keep a lid on already low inflation.

The Reserve Bank has this morning cut the benchmark rate a quarter-point and signalled more may be on the way as the dairy sector's weak outlook weighed on the nation's terms of trade and threatened to delay an increase in inflation from its near-zero level. The New Zealand dollar dropped almost a cent.

Sick of filling their office rubbish bin with used sushi containers, a group of Auckland entrepreneurs have designed a reusable, collapsible sushi container.

As with many big jobs, this one started out small. Auckland’s Mitchell & Stout Architects was only initially asked to upgrade Titirangi’s historic ex-hotel Lopdell House, expanding its existing art gallery and redesigning its basement theatre. Work was really planned to focus on a single building. But that would never have worked.

Delta Air Lines has taken a leaf out of Air New Zealand's book in releasing a viral new in-flight safety video the airline has dubbed "the internetest safety video on the internet".

Reactions to the 2015 budget release including the editor from North Shore Greypower, and the President of the Auckland Chinese Community Centre.

John Campbell will leave Campbell Live, with a new current affairs show continuing in his time slot four days a week, with two presenters. Campbell has rejected the chance to co-host a revamped version of his television show and quit MediaWorks, the company says.

Prime Minister John Key said 500,000 New Zealand children would benefit from the Budget in some way and said he was proud to lead a party that was the first to lift benefits in 40 years. He said it was "compassionate conservatism and I'm proud of it". He said he had told New Zealanders on election night he intended "to govern for all New Zealanders".

Beneficiary families and low-income working families will get a boost of up to $25 a week as part of a child hardship package which is the centre-piece of Bill English's seventh Budget. It is the first increase in core benefits, apart from inflations adjustments, since 1972 and will affect 110,000 families.

Brian Fallow, economics editor for NZ Herald on the 2015 budget.

Prime Minister John Key talks about the rising house prices in Auckland.

Rob McLeod, chairman of EY New Zealand takes a looks at what this week's Budget should cover.

Deloitte NZ chief executive Thomas Pippos talks to Herald Business Editor Liam Dann about this week's Budget - what he'd like to see in it - and what he expects will really be in it.

In the latest in our Budget 2015 video series, we hear from Devon Funds Management's Paul Glass

100% Pure New Zealand's latest TV commercial showcasing New Zealand and a different experience around every corner.

The story of how Tourism New Zealand has evolved the 100% Pure New Zealand identity to more uniquely represent our place, New Zealand. The idea was to draw from a rich history of New Zealand design and visual expression. Our renewed identity demonstrates the embrace of people, culture and landscapes which is at the heart of the New Zealand travel experience. Supplied video.

Today on Mike's Minute - Will the Reserve Bank's move on investors in Auckland housing work?

Air New Zealand has teamed up with some of the world's hottest surfers for its latest safety video, launching today. Among those on the Safety Safari video are past and present world champions, New Zealand's best surfers, a big wave legend and two of the world's most popular women surfers on social media. It was filmed at Malibu, California, Australia's Gold Coast and at Raglan and Piha in this country in mid-March and the film crew and the nine surfers had to work around Cyclone Pam to find suitable waves here and across the Tasman.

The mood was grim as Solid Energy employees filed out of the NBS Theatre in Westport today, just minutes after finding out the company was cutting 151 jobs, plus up to 15 contracting jobs - from its Stockton mine. The company is cutting 151 jobs, but some of the losses will be made up of unfilled vacancies, meaning 113 current staff will lose their jobs. This cuts the number of staff at the mine from 397 to 246. It follows Solid's decision to cut 185 jobs a year ago.

Ward Village, a $10 billion, 4,000-residence waterfront development by Howard Hughes in Honolulu.

Lightbox chief executive Kym Niblock tells Holly Ryan that the arrival in New Zealand of online streaming services has dramatically altered the way people consume video content.

Today on Mike's Minute - National's in trouble over its promised surplus.

Mark McGuinness, managing director of Willis Bond, talks about New Zealand’s biggest new apartment project after his business won the right to build up to 600 new residences in 17 blocks in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter.