Households could soon start feeling the squeeze if the New Zealand dollar continues to fall, putting pressure on imported goods such as fuel, food and large-ticket items like flat-screen televisions and electrical goods.
Intense competition has not stalled the rise in bank profits, KPMG head of financial services John Kensington says.
Dunedin-based Pacific Edge has made a breakthrough into Japan with a patent for colorectal cancer prognostic technology having been approved in the world's largest biomedical market.
Expanding its loan book and working with tradespeople and the Filipino community in Christchurch paid off for NZCU South in the year ended June 30, chief executive Tania Dickie said yesterday.
Federated Farmers says the Government has a mandate for reforms to the Resource Management Act which could see New Zealand become a ''primary superpower''.
International visitor numbers at Queenstown Airport continued to rise in August and the year-to-date figure was nearly 30% ahead of the same period last year.
Dunedin-based credit union NZCU South staff member Antoinette Smith has won one of four outstanding customer service representative awards at the national CRM Contact Centre Awards.
Proposed changes to employment law has Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union head Bill Newson geared up for some good old-fashioned union bashing.
New Zealand's electricity sector breathed a sigh of relief yesterday, with shares in energy companies soaring after National's emphatic election win, Forsyth Barr broker Andrew Rooney said.
First-time home buyers in the regions seem more likely to benefit from a policy announced by Prime Minister John Key, still leaving some in high price areas to struggle on finding their mortgage deposit.
Prime Minister John Key says he will be happy for any investigation to be undertaken by any agency into the allegations contained in Nicky Hager's book released last night.
A different type of John Key fronted up to an Otago Chamber of Commerce lunch function in Dunedin, a prime minister who appeared to be showing the strain of the past few days.
Prime Minister John Key bounced back from a poor performance last week to get the better of Labour leader David Cunliffe for most of last night's leaders debate hosted by Stuff.co.nz and The Press.
New Zealanders may get a tax cut before the 2017 election, but there are plenty of barriers in the way before anyone receives any money in their back pocket.
Energy company shares opened strongly this morning following National's resounding win in Saturday's election.
Dunedin South MP Clare Curran has been working for a Labour victory - but political editor Dene Mackenzie reports she may win even if Labour loses tomorrow.
The National Party has released some ambitious targets for the reduction of benefit numbers, including offering incentive payments for beneficiaries to stay in work for a set period of time.
The 2014 election has been marked by some big spending promises, the Taxpayers Union says.
Today is the last day eligible voters can enrol to participate in tomorrow's election and Enrolment Services national manager Murray Wicks says it is not too late, but action must be taken today.
New Zealand exporters may start feeling better about their prospects after the United States Federal Reserve yesterday calmly signalled higher interest rates were on the way.
