The government is asking the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) to change from arsonist to firefighter in the housing market. Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr. Photo: Dom Thomas As part of a suite of measu... Read more
The amount owed to creditors of the failed travel group STA has soared to more than $10 million, with customers told there’s little chance of getting their hard earned cash back. Nearl... Read more
New National leader Judith Collins is declining to offer detail on her party’s economic plan for New Zealand, but says policy will be revealed within weeks and that the public should e... Read more
The local sharemarket has had its worst single session in six weeks, but regained some lost ground. The benchmark top-50 index ended the day down 2.2 percent, having fallen as much as 4.5 pe... Read more
Oil prices continued to march higher on Wednesday, with Brent crude futures rising above $40 a barrel on expectations some of the world’s most powerful oil producers will reach a deal to ext... Read more
There were no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand announced today after the first weekend of level 2 rules. In today’s briefing, Dr Ashley Bloomfield also said there were also no furt... Read more
After years of negotiations, New Zealand and China have struck a deal on the long-awaited upgrade to their free trade deal. NZ and China at a bi-lateral at the East Asia Summit. Photo: RNZ /... Read more
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Bernstein was a senior reporter on the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Panama Papers project which won the Pulitzer Priz... Read more
Record numbers of people are asking the government for help to pay for their food and accommodation, with frontline community workers labelling the situation a ‘crisis’. The numb... Read more
The government is being urged to do more to crack down on pay for top officials and executives in the state sector. Grant Robertson has sent a message of restraint to state-owned companies.... Read more
