Tech is part of everyone's life in Japan, but doesn't appear to have supplanted their livelihood, even for menial tasks.

With people living longer one of the biggest worries for soon-to-be-retired folks is how to make their savings stretch out for the long-haul.

Is inflation dead? The annual rate has fallen to 1 per cent, dangerously close to dropping outside the Reserve Bank's target band.

Our son will be studying in Australia for the next few years and will need to borrow money from us for fees, living expenses and so on.

Kiwi company BurgerFuel has pulled out of Iraq as a result of the increasing threat of the Islamic State jihadist group in that country.

Struck-off Auckland ex-lawyer Barry Hart is back in the saddle, this time as a "lay advocate" representing banned jockey David Walker.

At Desle Sullivan's pawn shop, the welcome is not exactly promising. Her dog, a 5-year-old bichon-silkie cross, practically throws himself at the glass of the front door, which is luckily closed, even though it's opening time.

The sale of van Eyk Advice NZ should be concluded within days, according to the first report to creditors from the administrator of its Australian parent.

Can I still contribute towards KiwiSaver and send money into my KiwiSaver account if I move overseas?

Whether it is John Key pulling the strings or not, there are smart minds at work in the NZ currency market, writes Nick Mcdonald.

Does anyone not know someone who struggles with money and then turns around and pulls out the latest iPhone 6?

It's a dilemma Auckland financial adviser Hannah McQueen comes across all the time.

Our son has his 17th birthday in three weeks' time.

Sometimes with investment it's the boring little things that make all the difference.

MediaWorks chief executive Mark Weldon will be hoping the new Paul Henry double breakfast show helps the company find new investors, writes John Drinnan.

It has taken a while, but a fancy feed to pay tribute to Justice Simon Moore QC is rescheduled for next March - a year after the judge was sworn in.

Chorus has decided not to anger its customers, and has pulled the proposals that could have led to slower broadband performance for everyone.

In order to go faster first we must go slower.

I was intending to give Snowden and the topic of mass state surveillance a rest, as it is starting to feel done to death already.

There are big questions that beg answers arising from the Serious Fraud Office's failed action in what was billed as the biggest alleged fraud in New Zealand's history.