Confirmation that the Rolling Stones are rescheduling their concert in Auckland is not just good news for fans. It is good news for the local economy. Here's how.

A substantially lower payout from Fonterra for 2014/15 looks likely after international dairy prices dropped sharply at yesterday's international dairy auction, economists said.

Farmers in the Waikato and parts of Northland say they are battling one of the driest summers in memory.

The headmaster turned up the other day with the local MP. I was sitting down the back of the staffroom.

Nearly three-quarters of New Zealanders believe the gap between rich and poor has increased under six years of National Government.

New Zealand remains under "intense pressure" from pests, which are costing our economy billions of dollars each year.

Businesses are paying their bills in record time, with the forestry and agriculture sectors wining the prompt payment stakes while the transport industry is a distant last place, says credit checking agency Dun & Bradstreet.

John Key says the EU has agreed to consider a free trade deal with New Zealand.

If the Christchurch rebuild boom makes sense then we should buy an old bomber and have the air force flatten several towns and cities, writes Bob Jones.

NZ and China have increased the goal for two-way trade to reach $30 billion by 2020 at a meeting between PM John Key and China's President Xi Jinping last night.

Prime Minister John Key's visit to China will include a formal dinner with China's President Xi Jinping.

Yvonne Costar is used to seeing Maori families around her battling on struggle street.

The monthly decline in food prices was led by a 6.5pc drop in vegetable prices and a 5.1pc reduction in fruit, according to Statistics NZ.

About 70 per cent of businesses surveyed by ASB Bank expect the New Zealand dollar to reach parity with the Aussie dollar over the coming year.

Editorial: Customarily, changes of government in New Zealand coincide with a significant slump in its economic fortunes.

New Zealand commodity prices rose to a record in February, as cheese prices surged to a six-year high.

New Zealand posted its third straight trade surplus in January, as sales of dairy products drove record exports to China.

Big business is buzzing about New Zealand's economic prospects. Confidence is at a 20-year high and only China is more bullish than our captains of industry.

Auckland still has the world's third best quality of living, according to the latest Mercer Quality of Living survey.

More than 1000 protesters are expected to hit the beach tomorrow to demonstrate against deep sea oil drilling in New Zealand waters.

Property prices in Auckland's less-favoured suburbs are catching up with the rest of the region as home-buyers shift their focus in a bid to get on the property ladder.

New Zealand ministers will try to persuade their Australian counterparts to give them access to Australia's tax data

In the socialist state of Venezuela that is home to the world's largest oil and gas reserves, petrol is cheaper than water. But not for much longer.

Rising inflationary pressures exacerbated by accelerating building activity pose a threat to New Zealand's economic growth and warrant a return to more normal interest rates, Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler says. The economy has been expanding beyond its potential growth rate for "some time" and inflationary pressures are beginning to appear, particularly in the construction sector where resources are being reallocated to deal with the Canterbury rebuild and Auckland housing construction