Vegetables became more expensive last month, with a cold and wet July pushing up lettuce prices, and tomatoes up by a third.

Higher costs and tougher competition have dragged down Contact Energy’s profits, but it’s still planning to increase dividends.

The real estate industry is gearing up for when it is covered by anti-money laundering laws.

Foreign investors and workers are putting up their hands to help solve the country’s construction woes.

Who wants to be a director? That’s a question many are asking themselves – with relatively little reward for an increasingly risky and complex role.

Fonterra says it’s making the move away from coal, transferring one of its sites to electricity and abandoning plans for a Waikato mine.

Fonterra has dropped its forecast payout to farmers and says it is unlikely to pay a final dividend because of pressure on its earnings’ margins.

The New Zealand dollar has fallen nearly 2 percent to US$0.6613 its lowest level since March 2016.

Tourists stocking up on mānuka honey by the trolley load are turning it into a quasi export, a Nelson honey producer says.

Fonterra is in a temporary trading halt while it tries to figure out if its forecast earnings for the financial year just ended are off kilter.