Your advice to retirees to get out there and live it up - and not worry about investing money, or putting it into term investments - is probably a good idea.

What is going on in China and why is it having such a profound impact on world financial markets?

Mary Holm responds to readers financial questions - should old people spend the money and live it up?

Slip-ups are no surprise, given the vast reforms the country is going through, Brian Fallow writes. As China has contributed about a third of global economic growth in recent years, few are immune from the effects of its slowdown.

Privatisation is unlikely, but the Government is looking at other ways for TVNZ to get friendly with the private sector, writes John Drinnan.

Many of us wouldn't be brave enough to invest any money when things look as precarious as they have lately, writes Mark Lister. We would sit on the sidelines and wait until things looked safe agai

The internet of Things - IoT - is a marketing buzz-term, but the whole thing will be upon us sooner rather than later, writes Juha Saarinen.

Business editor Liam Dann looks at just how much of a concern the China market crash should be for us here in New Zealand.

Robyn Pearce believes that we're just re-discovering the best of the old ways - people-based, principle-based behaviours.

Next week is a choice opportunity to get us all talking about money matters, writes Tom Hartmann.

Debbie Mayo-Smith talks to Julie Russell, Secretary of the NZ Bookkeepers Association, who was one of the early adopters of Xero accounting software.

It is crunch time for the economy, crunch time for Bill English and his "steady as she goes" economic plan.

Will we have to start taking Google's search results with a grain of salt?

If you could take out a mortgage fixed for 12 years at 4.01 per cent to invest in an asset that lasts decades, would you?

When are you Kiwi enough to qualify for KiwiSaver? Helen Twose puts that question to Nigel Jackson, Westpac's head of wealth products.

Once depressed, debt becomes a vicious circle, says Judi Clements, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation.

Foreign firms play an important role but we need good rules in place, writes Brian Gaynor.

The country is not convinced a deal would have plenty of upside, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Talk radio tends to have a conservative audience and when he appears in the Herald Hosking's opinion is one of many. But TV has a pervasive influence, writes John Drinnan.

Wherever you draw the line, too many children are going without, writes Brian Fallow.

Chapman Tripp is predicting more fireworks than usual during the 2015 annual meeting season.

This is the final post for specialist finance blog Inside Money, writes David Chaplin.

Landcorp should be lined up for a partial privatisation to inject new private capital into the company instead of selling off farm assets at the bottom of the dairy cycle, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Here are some more time tips for working parents, following on from last week's article on how to reduce early-morning stress.

Councils and Government have a poor record when it comes to selling shares, says Brent Sheather.

One Christmas, when I was still a boy, we tagged along with my mother to her shift at the nursing home. As I recall, only three people died that day.

Marketing commentator Graham McGregor says memorable points of difference can help ensure customers return.

Christopher Niesche has a look at Domino's stand out financial result.

Canadians, not Chinese, take top spot as the biggest investors in New Zealand over the past two years, according to analysis released by KPMG today.

Building a retirement fund is one thing, but we might do better to focus on what kind of weekly income we can achieve with it, writes Tom Hartmann.