The US Federal Reserve's first interest rate hike in almost a decade is unlikely to derail equity markets, say market analysts.

Annual holidays are often our best chance to spend real quality time with our families and friends and to remember that most of us work to live not the other way around.

Regulatory questions are grabbing the headlines these days. How should one regulate health and safety?

There are three characteristics that should make you suspicious - and they will surprise you.

Investors can't ignore so-called Black Swan scenarios following a year that surprised the world with record refugee flows and brutal terror attacks.

Days after signing the Paris Climate Agreement, New Zealand has granted more permits for oil and gas exploration

The Government has softened some of its targets for achieving surplus and reducing debt in light of a deterioration in the books that makes it previous target harder to sustain.

But Finance Minister Bill English says he won't make any spending changes.

Climate change may still seem a distant threat, but a "Super El Nino" summer is already evident.

No one likes to leave a perfectly good job, but, sometimes, conflict at work makes you feel there's no other option.

Consumer sentiment eased in December but remains well above its recent lows, according to the latest ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Index.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has given birth to twin girls and says she will only take a few weeks of maternity leave.

Colin Andrew Craig, a 65-year-old from Christchurch, died in hospital after the accident at GVI Logistics in Ivan Jamieson Place, near Christchurch Airport.

A warehouse manager was fired when his boss suspected him of stealing from a Christmas morning tea shout.

A Christchurch woman who was accused of sexually harassing a fellow employee has been awarded $8000 in lost wages and compensation.

Awards show gender equality may finally be the norm at top table.

NZ Dollar jumped over half a US cent to US67.30 after OCR cut to 2.50 per cent.

A man crushed between two trucks at a Christchurch work site this morning has died in hospital, police have confirmed.

Latest figures reveal Auckland values might have stalled as online site reports Asian interest has eased off.

Do you live off savings? Or maybe paying off a mortgage? Here's why the OCR matters.

For those feeling overwhelmed by the work/life juggle, goals for next year will need to focus on improving the ratio of work to family and leisure time in order to avoid burnout, writes Raewyn Court.

Auckland is on the verge of becoming a $1 million city - and its fast leaving the rest of New Zealand behind.

21 of 24 economists polled by Reuters expect the Reserve Bank will cut the official cash rate by a quarter point to 2.5 percent on Thursday.