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When the Black Caps played Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground last night it was a perfect example of the aggressive transtasman competitiveness which can spur on extraordinary sporting triumphs for either New Zealand or Australia.

New changes in the way you can use KiwiSaver to buy a first home make it easier to step onto the property ladder.

Do you, or staff have a quiet period in the day, or perhaps a day of the week where you consistently have a lighter work load?

Undeterred by a failed initial public offering back in 2013, the Punakaiki Fund may shortly have another go at raising cash from everyday investors.

Iron ore baron Andrew Forrest likes doing things his own way.

My bank has been harassing me to refix my mortgage. I've been getting reminders for a month and there is still another month to go before my current contract ends.

Economic growth, jobs and exports need recognition among the purpose and principles provisions of the Resource Management Act.

Hon Ian Callinan AC QC has been appointed to conduct a fresh inquiry into Mr Bain's claim for compensation.

CBL Insurance appears to be forging ahead with its sharemarket listing plans, with talk of a potential float raising as much as $120 million and valuing the company at $300 million to $400....

Listed companies release their financial results to investors biannually, in a period informally known as the reporting season.

After a long slow leak the dam has finally burst for Sky Television and its pay TV monopoly.

German retailing giant Aldi has brought a new supermarket experience to Australian shoppers.

John Key's decision to weigh in on the debate about taxing of foreign online purchases seemed to come out of left field last week.

Bernard Hickey writes: John Key grappled this week with one of the toughest tasks any modern government has to deal with - how to tax the new economy.

The December quarter 2014 gross domestic product statistics, released this week, show the economy was a top performer last year.

Are zombies eating your bank interest? Zombie accounts are the ones that pay low interest rates - sometimes as low as zero.

The main negative of KiwiSaver for kids is that the money is tied up until they buy a first home or retire, writes Mary Holm.

The ADSL has stopped losing money - due, in part, to savings made from a free chocolate biscuit ban.

Remember inflation? The Reserve Bank estimates the annual inflation rate right now is zero. Zip, zilch, nada, none.

It remains to be seen how, if at all, Fonterra will communicate the performance of its Chinese infant formula investment to farmers and unit holders in its NZX-listed shareholders' fund.

New Zealand has zero affordable housing markets, according to the '11th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey'.

Volunteers have set up a Ushahidi website to gather and coordinate offers of telecoms equipment for Vanuatu.