Businesses remain in a buoyant mood, ANZ's monthly business outlook survey found.

A decline in revenue at the ANZ - the country's largest bank - could signal a down-turn in earnings across the industry, says an expert.

Renters moving into popular central Auckland suburbs have had some relief, with rental costs levelling off or falling slightly.

KiwiSaver funds with higher exposures to growth assets such as shares and property have performed the strongest in the past year, according to figures from Morningstar.

The Serious Fraud Office says it will not be making any prosecutions around the collapse of Hanover Finance.

The dollar rose as much as 0.7 per cent against the greenback after Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler backed off from talking down the currency at today's monetary policy review.

As Rio Tinto and Meridian Energy haggle over the price of power for the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter, optimism about the metal's future has faded.

Some people want to protect inheritances from mistakes but others say children have to find their own way

When Five Star finance company boss Neill Williams is sentenced in court today, it will be just the latest stage in a series of misadventures, reports Hamish Fletcher.

New Zealand's biggest white-collar fraud trial has been delayed a month and won't start until next March.

Australia's housing sector is in the tentative stages of a recovery as investors and homeowners take advantage of low interest rates.

A power outage has shutdown some Eftpos terminals in Auckland this morning.

A man who escaped conviction following the Dominion Finance trial is likely have his name suppressed permanently.