COMMENT: National is on track to win a commanding majority of votes tomorrow, but the man of the moment continues to be New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
Labour supporters will be breathing a sigh of relief after the first leaders debate last night between Labour leader David Cunliffe and Prime Minister John Key.
Home affordability continued to deteriorate during the 12 months ended August but NZ Credit Union South chief executive Tania Dickie says first-home buyers can still get into their own property in Dunedin.
New Zealanders are consuming more data and are getting used to faster speeds, Statistics New Zealand performance statistics manager Jason Attewell says.
Former union head Andrew Little has become the frontrunner for the leadership of the Labour Party following yesterday's announcement by David Cunliffe he would not seek the position.
New Zealand has remained relatively insulated from global market volatility as investors worry about slowing growth in Europe.
Food prices fell in September, adding to expectations annual inflation will be about 1.2% when official figures are released next week.
Thursday's GlobalDairyTrade auction is expected to get the most attention in New Zealand this week as most investors focus on offshore developments.
Investors could focus on the attractive electricity industry-wide dividend yield now the election is over, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms says.
Two Otago companies will be part of the Deloitte New Zealand Fast 50 index, with less than 1% separating Palmerston-based Skevington Contracting and Queenstown-based South Pacific Fire Protection in the regional awards.
Kiwisaver providers are being asked to put the interests of their customers first as the amount of money transferred by customers changing their schemes doubled in a year.
There were fewer building consents granted in August in New Zealand
Dunedin-based Pacific Edge is on the edge of glory, with its first profit forecast for 2016, Edison Investment Research says in its first research paper on the biotechnology company.
The Reserve Bank was not expected to go toe-to-toe with the market to keep the New Zealand dollar down but it was expected to make smart decisions to rebuff any rallies, BNZ currency strategist Raiko Shareef said yesterday.
The end of the third quarter today is shaping up as a positive one for equity investors, particularly when currency movements are accounted for, Craigs Investment Partners broker Peter McIntyre says.
New Zealand infrastructure company Fulton Hogan continued to grow its profits in the year ended June, helped by a consistent performance across all five business streams, managing director Nick Miller said yesterday.
The Reserve Bank has put its money where its mouth is by shorting the New Zealand dollar at a time when the kiwi was high and the central bank believed it was likely to fall over time.
Hopes rose yesterday the New Zealand dollar would stay lower for longer as dairy prices continue to fall and the United States ends its financial stimulus package next month.
Pumpkin Patch provided no guidance for the 2015 financial year but indicated the first seven weeks of trading in the new year were ahead of the previous corresponding period (pcp).
Special votes are being counted; Prime Minister John Key will not appoint his new ministers until October 20. To fill in time, political editor Dene Mackenzie looks at some Beehive jargon.
