WATCH: Auckland's property bubble is too far advanced for land supply solutions to fix it, says investor Olly Newland.

New Zealand shares fell as investors punished Steel & Tube Holdings for its recent issues over product quality.

The Government has begun discussions with the Reserve Bank about income-related restrictions on mortgage lending, Finance Minister Bill English has confirmed.

The New Zealand dollar sank against the yen after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would delay a planned increase in the sales tax rate.

Two Hawkes Bay dairy workers were incorrectly paid and forced to borrow cash to protect their jobs.

The NZ dollar rose to a week high against the British pound, which slumped as new polling data raised concern about a potential British exit from the EU.

The Treasury warned that record levels of immigration could push New Zealanders out of low-skilled jobs, depress wages and increase housing pressures.

The former boss of Zurich, who stepped down in December, has taken his own life.

New Zealand is now ranking in 16th place on the world stage for the world's most competitive economies.

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One of the country's highest-profile sporting bodies is among dozens of corporates to put staff through an alcohol awareness programme.

Look around - in the next few years, most of your colleagues will be gone, a leading workplace expert has warned. But there's good news.

The New Zealand dollar gained from a two-month low.

This country would benefit from many more people, and better preparation for their arrival.

Auckland's housing situation is as bad as Christchurch post earthquake, Minister of Economic Development Steven Joyce says.

Dubbed the Millennial Meltdown - it's a very easy trap to fall into.

When British bank Atom launched last month, it did so by inviting new customers to download its app.

COMMENT: Bill English's eighth budget is a strong investment in New Zealand's future economic capability.

The 9 to 5 workday is a thing of the past, with more and more workers requesting - and obtaining - greater flexibility in when and where they work, writes Sarah Ell

Emissions Trading Scheme is to be scrapped.

New spending in transport bypasses Auckland and goes regional.

Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell has secured $17.8 million to get a new Maori land service up and running.

Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce announced an extra $410.5 million to fund science projects.

Cash boosts for our largest funds for mission-led research have been welcomed by New Zealand's independent government body for the sciences.

Electricity producers, transport fuel providers and industries with high carbon emissions will lose access to the subsidy that requires them to offset only half their emissions.

Population growth, tourism, construction and low interest rates will underpin a robust economic outlook for the next four years.

Bill English has unveiled a rosier set of fiscal projections as the fastest population growth in 40 years drives economic growth, turning around a deficit last year.

The economics of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter continue to slide, Woodward Partners energy analyst John Kidd says.