Consumers report feeling more upbeat about their financial situation and their appetite to spend has grown.

Mediawatch – Much of the media was keen to claim Labour overrode victims’ rights in its political management of the summer camp scandal – but news coverage itself focused on the political story rather than the personal one.

One of the world’s biggest oil companies is leaving New Zealand.

Electricity retailers insist they are not standing in the way of greater use of electric vehicles (EVs), despite damning criticism in a recent report.

The economy continued to expand at the end of last year, but hot, dry weather curbed the rate of growth.

The director of a collapsed finance company has failed in his bid to get $1.3 million from the Crown to fund the next stage of his defence.

House prices and sales have risen in most parts of the country according to a report from The Real Estate Institute.

A network of self-piloted, flying taxis will be trialled in New Zealand, in a partnership with the government.

The Central Bank of Ireland is being blamed for the chain of events that has resulted in the troubled insurance group, CBL, being put under the control of administrators on opposite sides of the world.

Official figures show the cost of food fell last month, but some crops have experienced sharp increases.