Falling dairy prices could weigh on the NZ dollar and help push the currency as low as US80c against the greenback by the end of this year, says an analyst.

Employment growth slowed in the June quarter and outside Canterbury it stalled altogether.

When carpenter Samuel Parnell arrived in New Zealand in 1840, he was asked by a shipping agent to build a store on Lambton Quay.

Argentina didn't default because it couldn't pay its bondholders. It defaulted because a New York judge wouldn't let it pay its bondholders.

Prisoners at Auckland's new $300 million private men's jail could be building or fixing metal skip bins.

Cheap imported carbon credits comprised 99.5 per cent of the units New Zealand emitters used to meet their obligations under the emissions trading scheme last year.

A fight over a comma in a 65-page document helped spark the collapse of the biggest trade deal in the World Trade Organization's 19-year history.

ERA decisions in the past two years show workers frequently receive compensation after being unjustifiably fired for swearing at, or threatening, their bosses.

The New Zealand dollar was headed for a 0.8 per cent weekly decline as more buoyant US figures bolstered demand for the greenback and kiwi sentiment was dented by Fonterra.

Labour wants to repeal the law changes that were ceded to Warner Bros over The Hobbit films, a move which the Govt says would cripple the $3b screen industry.

Returning Kiwis are faring better than ever in the recruitment stakes and are being met with open arms by some employers.

New Zealand has retained its rank as one of the world's most developed countries.

The New Zealand dollar has reached its tipping point and looks to be heading lower after the Reserve Bank fired a warning shot across the bows of the market this week.

The so-called "normal" 40-hour working week appears to be a thing of the past, the 2013 Census indicates.

A woman who adopted a child has won the right to paid parental leave, after being told by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment that she wasn't eligible.

Wireless charging technology maker PowerbyProxi has shelved its plans to list on the NZX this year, according to a market source.

The Reserve Bank raised its official cash rate to 3.5pc yesterday, but said it would now remain on hold for "a period of assessment".

Is poverty for life? A Treasury report suggests not, writes Brian Fallow. Only 24 per cent of those at the bottom decile in 2002 were there seven years later.

NZIER's monetary policy shadow board thinks the Reserve Bank should raise the official cash rate to 3.5 per cent tomorrow, but it is a line ball call.

Firms are missing out if they overlook mums wanting to return to work, according to new research.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's bid to put Australia back on a path to surplus is under threat from senators opposing A$40 billion ($37.6 billion) in savings.

The immigration surge continued to gather pace last month, with the net inflow of 4270 people the second-largest monthly gain on record.

A former chef at an Auckland cafe has been awarded more than $50,000 in unpaid wages and compensation for unjustified dismissal.

Kiwi workplaces are becoming more aware of the need for equal pay for men and women as YWCA-organised awards this week aim to celebrate organisations striving to close the gap.

Our addiction to debt could bring New Zealand's so-called rock star economy to a sudden halt, writes Brian Gaynor.

The Reserve Bank will probably raise the official cash rate again on July 24 while trying not to polish the appeal of a New Zealand dollar.

Dita De Boni writes: "No matter what the issue, McCully's modus operandi is to issue a press release so insipid it makes the phone directory look like top-shelf literature."

The criticism New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has levelled at Dame Jenny Shipley for her role with China Construction Bank's local operation is hard to take seriously.