Dene Mackenzie

The Health Funds Association is considering ways to encourage employers and employees to adopt a more proactive and preventive approach to healthcare during the working years of the employee.

Apple, the maker of iPhones, has become the world's first $US1 trillion company as shares rallied following a strong third-quarter result.

New Zealand's unemployment rate moved up slightly in the three months ended June, prompting the National Party to move into full disaster-ahead mode.

Wages are starting to rise in New Zealand with the help of the increase in the minimum wage and the Care and Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlement.

Business confidence in New Zealand has fallen to its lowest level since the depths of the global financial crisis.

The  week ahead is packed with multiple market risks, and economists say predicting the risk bias in interest rates is much harder than usual.

Finding extra growth in the New Zealand economy is becoming difficult, ANZ senior economist Sharon Zollner says.

Auckland and Sydney airports benefit from their strong positions in their respective cities, a new report says. Business editor Dene Mackenzie reviews the fortunes of the two listed airport companies.

The Reserve Bank is likely to be happy to see New Zealand’s employment market in such solid shape when figures are released this week, economists say.

Scammers are becoming far more creative in finding new ways to engage and groom their victims, banking ombudsman Nicola Sladden says.

Trade tensions are unlikely to disappear soon, Craigs Investment Partners head of private wealth research Mark Lister says.

Energy generator and retailer Genesis Energy appeared on track to meet its profit guidance of $350million to $360million for the 2018 financial year, Morningstar analyst Adrian Atkins says.

Public service workers are continuing their strike action and representatives are calling on Finance Minister Grant Robertson to break his own budget responsibility rules by increasing spending and...

Federated Farmers is expressing its concern about new Resource Management Act guidelines released by Environment Minister David Parker.

Business confidence among small firms fell to a nine-year low in the three months ended June, according to the ANZ Quarterly Business Micro Scope survey.

History shows us trade wars often cause world wars and historians are urging global leaders to show restraint as tensions on global trade escalate.

As United States President Donald Trump was meeting  Russian President Vladimir Putin, and creating global headlines for all the wrong reasons, Japan and the European Union quietly signed EU’s...