Television New Zealand is adamant the scrapping of up to 12 journalists' jobs because of cuts at 20/20 is not linked to an expensive makeover, writes John Drinnan.

Under its equivalent of the cover of darkness Parliament has legislated to stop a rort by a subset of a subset of participants in the emissions trading scheme.

I have been emailing ASB KiwiSaver scheme and also other providers in Sydney, but only faced "no responses".

One of NZ’s largest stand-alone employer superannuation scheme, the $230 million plus ANZ National Bank Staff fund is winding up.

You can have too much of a good thing, as the saying goes, and right now it is a live question whether immigration is one of those good things, writes Brian Fallow.

Fran O'Sullivan asks, "Why is it that NZ still does not have comprehensive statistics to inform governments when it comes to making critical policy decisions on foreign ownership?"

As per its pre-budget propaganda, the Australian government has put its aging population on notice: retirement has been postponed.

With today's Budget expected to herald a return to surpluses - skinny next year but plumper in the following years - it is time to start thinking about what to do with them, writes Brian Fallow.

The FSC has reiterated its call for preferential KiwiSaver tax rates, describing the current regime as "most punitive tax regime for retirement saving that we have been able to find in the developed world".

This is a Budget that needs to be familiar and reassuring, writes Liam Dann. National will be banking on English reminding middle NZ that we've survived the GFC in good shape.

A hopelessly one-sided conflict will be renewed in Ruakaka, Northland, on Thursday.

The contrary view to Labour's plan for monetary policy and savings goes broadly like this: It is a cute idea but it won't work, writes Brian Fallow.

Fran O'Sullivan asks, "What pushed Key to the point where he applied the choke chain to the Cabinet's Rottweiler? Pity Key didn't yank the chain earlier."

There's a lot of debate about a silver bullet solution for New Zealand's high dollar, writes Liam Dann. The good news is there is one. The bad news is that we have no control over it.

New Zealand is well positioned to capitalise on the largely favourable global trends.

If Labour finance spokesman David Parker is proposing a job swap with the Reserve Bank Governor he should say so, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Australia’s A$1.7 trillion super system has come in for another mauling, this time at the hands of “independent think tank”, the Grattan Institute.

By age 67 I will, according to a digitally-imagined version of my future self look equal parts ex-coalminer and chimpanzee.

Australia is on track to notch what experts are calling an "Asia Inc" trade trifecta.

In Australia, where contributing to superannuation is compulsory, there is an option for DIY super funds, ie you manage it yourself.

Blended families are common in New Zealand.

Fonterra has come to a compelling realisation it will need to develop "Chinese feet".

Is big end of China town's NZ investment a political issue, asks Fran O'Sullivan.

The United States tech sector has taken a hammering and investor sentiment has turned against so-called "growth" stocks, writes Liam Dann.