Unemployment up to 6.4pc
The NZ labour market is showing gradual improvement as unemployment edges up, wage growth stays subdued and more people look for work.
The NZ labour market is showing gradual improvement as unemployment edges up, wage growth stays subdued and more people look for work.
Single dad Tommy Sutton has looked at about 10 rental properties in two weeks in South Auckland but all have been out of his price range.
"If there's a dent to that reputation that dent has the potential to hurt everybody ... " Tourism Industry Association chief Martin Snedden's blunt message.
Neighbours of Auckland's underground rail project fear digging up Albert St and closing its key east-west intersections will spread traffic chaos through the inner city.
An unseasonably warm winter has pushed rental prices up in 25 of 30 Auckland suburbs, forcing some families to share with each other.
A United States cruise industry executive says New Zealand port companies need to come up with consistent pricing to help attract more ships.
Leaky homes, free market devotion and a 'festering sore' of a tourism campaign - New Zealand is coming under fire in the state-sanctioned Chinese media.
Big projects protect people (and the environment). They deliver to communities and build infrastructure, writes Antonios Papaspiropoulos.
Cruise ship visits to New Zealand are set to ease from the latest bumper season, but that has not diminished hope of seeing more tourism dollars.
How big a threat the whey contamination scandal poses to New Zealand's trade and economy is just too hard to gauge yet, economists said yesterday.
Auckland hapu and waterfront landowner Ngati Whatua o Orakei says there is no rush to formalise expansion plans for Ports of Auckland.
China is questioning New Zealand's '100 per cent pure' brand as headlines worldwide bring attention to Fonterra's milk formula scandal.
Fallout from Fonterra's milk formula scandal could spread to other agricultural exports, but the brand damage will depend on how the co-op reacts next.
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings has expressed regret for consumer anxiety caused by revelations that batches of whey protein had been contaminated.
The NZ dollar has dropped a cent and a half in reaction to Fonterra's announcement.
"One dirty pipe. It might have done less damage if it had exploded," writes Liam Dann.
Business leaders are calling for Minister Steven Joyce to review a decision by Agresearch to cut 85 jobs.
The Australian sharemarket is expected to start the week slowly today but should pick up after the release of key data.
When politicians talk about making the labour market more flexible, it means ensuring that the demand and supply of labour determines the wage rate. writes Peter Lyons.
Microsoft and Google have told a select committee considering the GCSB companion bill it will stifle innovation and could impact on economic growth.