Home affordability vs income
Up to seven annual Auckland incomes would now be needed to buy a property in the city for its median house price.
Up to seven annual Auckland incomes would now be needed to buy a property in the city for its median house price.
One in three New Zealanders can't afford to heat their homes properly in winter, an especially acute issue for younger people, a survey shows.
Hamilton has become the first city council in New Zealand to approve paying all staff a 'living wage', and Auckland and Wellington are considering following suit, a campaigner says.
The turnaround in net migration flows gathered pace last month as fewer people left the country for Australia.
A softening Australian economy has forced several ASX-listed companies to downgrade their earnings prospects over the past month.
NZ meat exports held up on Chinese wharves may have been delayed partly due to Chinese efforts at curbing counterfeit meat sales, the PM has suggested.
More than half of the workers in an employment survey are planning to look for a new job in the next year.
Flat-screen TVs, cash for groceries and even iPads - banks are competing to offer more attractive prizes to sweeten home loan deals as higher interest rates are forecast.
Fonterra's Malaysian operation has doubled its revenue in local currency terms over the past five years.
Shell says its campaign to squeeze untapped gas from the Maui field is meeting expectations as it casts it net to far flung parts of New Zealand's exclusive economic zone.
Bill English painted a picture of recovery in the Budget. But stresses remain and the economy is being pulled in different directions by strong opposing forces, writes Brian Fallow.
A name change for a government ministry has resulted on New Zealand meat being blocked at Chinese ports, Labour has claimed.
Standard & Poor's, the global credit rating agency, has put eight local banks on notice over the rising risk of a housing bubble bursting in New Zealand.
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