Dene Mackenzie

Quotable Value's rescheduled release of its August house price data today was likely to get a few more headlines than usual, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms said yesterday.

The level of construction activity in New Zealand is likely to remain elevated until at least mid-2018, despite the winding down of the Christchurch rebuild, Westpac economists say.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is likely to hold its official cash rate at 1.5% at its September board meeting today in what has been called something of a non-event.

New Zealand  First leader Winston Peters wants to eschew the role of king maker after the next election.

Candidates seeking election to the Dunedin City Council next month should deliver a clear message on how they will support economic growth if they want  business community support.

CommentAs eloquent as New Zealand First MPs may be, showing some humility at the party’s 23rd annual conference which ended in Dunedin yesterday  would have been a wise move.

New Zealand First has launched an ambitious education policy, some of which could be supported by National if the parties need to negotiate a coalition agreement after next year’s election.

New Zealand First has backed away from some hard-line law and order remits after some passionate debate at its annual convention being held in Dunedin.

New Zealand First today launched an ambitious post-secondary education policy which would mean widening of the apprenticeship scheme.

Ron Anderson and Bob Foster have lived their personal ‘‘boy’s own adventure’’ over the past 30 years as they started and grew Arrow International from a small one-office operation to an ...

Housing credit continued to grow strongly as annual growth hit 9% in July.

The joint loyalty programme between Fly Buys and Air New Zealand  is splitting up and members of the programmes may have to choose sides and carry yet another card in their wallet or purse.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters will be in Dunedin this weekend, ironically the home of  his meat company nemesis Silver Fern Farms.

The August ANZ Survey of Business Opinion is yet another piece of evidence confirming the New Zealand economy is growing at a solid pace.

The United States Labor Department’s non-farm payrolls data due out on Friday is expected to show employers added about 180,000 jobs in August.

Two  high-profile chief executives yesterday announced their intentions to leave their jobs next year and a Mercury director will leave the board in November.

The New Zealand and Australian dollars fell in value against their United States counterpart yesterday as Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen proved she too is in the hawkish camp.

Spark is aiming to revert back to the traditional telco model of owning the end-to-end service it provides to business customers, Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne Kinnaird says.