Advances in whole milk powder prices at recent GlobalDairyTrade auctions is bolstering the outlook for New Zealand's largest export commodity.

New Zealand has been spared half a billion dollars in damage from a notorious pest - and scientists say it's an Irish wasp we have to thank for it.

Tristram Clayton joins Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Dr. Jackie Blue to reflect on the NZ Herald report into exploitation in the human hair trade industry and what New Zealand businesses and consumers can do about it.

The number of foreigners applying to buy land in New Zealand has jumped by a massive four hundred and forty two per cent in the first ten months of this year. Join Tristram Clayton as he finds out more from NZ Herald property editor Anne Gibson.

The latest QV House Price Index Figures are out and they make for interesting reading. Joining Bernadine Oliver-Kerby is QV National Spokesperson Andrea Rush to explain.

Bernadine Oliver-Kerby meets The Warehouse's Lonnica Van Engelen to discuss the most popular toys for Christmas 2016, including the much sought after Hatchimals.

High farm debt and inflated house prices remain a risk to New Zealand's financial system.

New Zealand's monthly trade deficit narrowed in October the global dairy market buoyed exports of dairy products.

COMMENT: Treasury's newly updated projections for the long-run outlook look OK for a few years, but then it gets ugly.

Prime Minister John Key has announced the launch of negotiations to upgrade the China Free Trade Agreement.

The changes to the freight routes in and out of Canterbury have seen an 18 per cent increase in cost.

Join NZ Herald Property Editor Anne Gibson as she talks to Ollie Wall from Graham Wall Real Estate on Americans buying up large in New Zealand, both in residential and commercial property.

Tourism is booming in Whakatane. Latest statistics show travellers to the region injected 115 million dollars into the local economy last year. That's an increase of 20 percent over the last three years. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Thanks to Brexit and Donald Trump's successful presidential election "the whole world has got a lot more complicated", says special

The earthquake will put pressure on the construction sector and could bring further interest rate cuts, says the ASB.

Join Tristram Clayton as he talks to NZ Herald's business editor at large, Liam Dann on todays share market. In response to Donald Trump's unexpected victory, the US share market has rallied to a record close as investors continue to revise their strategies and reposition their portfolios.

The New Zealand dollar rallied by more than half a US cent after the Reserve Bank cut its official cash rate by 25 basis points to 1.75 per cent, based on market expectations that the move would be the last in the current easing cycle.

The President Elect Donald Trump bodes well for farms and coal mines, but trade deals will be left in peril.

The commerce commission has proposed to decline a merger of NZME and Fairfax saying the combined entity would substantially lessen competition in a number of markets. Join Tristram Clayton as he finds out more from media commentator Bill Ralston.

What impact would a President Trump have on the global economy and what effect on New Zealand? Tristram Clayton talks to NZ Herald business editor at large Liam Dann to find out more.

COMMENT: Trump's insular America doesn't bode well for New Zealand businesses hoping to increase trade to the US, Anand Reddy writes.

The New Zealand dollar was little changed and traded in a narrow range ahead of the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Tourism earnings have soared to edge out dairy as New Zealand's top export earner for the first time since 2010.

COMMENT: The Reserve Bank has some explaining to do.

Adjustment to immigration rules could have serious implications for businesses, says BusinessNZ.

Two big banks have upgraded their farmgate milk price forecasts after a modest gain in product prices at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Rotorua Lakes Council has launched a major campaign to convince Aucklanders to abandon the rat race and move to Rotorua to live and work.

The New Zealand dollar extended its gains after stronger-than-expected third-quarter inflation and dairy auction.

International dairy prices improved slightly at this morning's Global Dairy Trade auction, gaining by 1.4 per cent since the last sale early this month.

More than 520 new jobs and $111 million of capital investment could be pumped into Tauranga by prospective new businesses.