The telecommunications company is warning customers not to answer calls from unknown overseas numbers.

Over 50 construction workers and engineers will be arriving in New Zealand this weekend from the United Kingdom and South Africa to explore job opportunities.

Activity in the manufacturing sector perked up at the start of the year, a bank survey shows.

Cash-strapped Television New Zealand is in talks with Getty Images to begin licensing its footage.

The number of properties sold during January rose 2.7 percent compared to the same time last year.

Unions fear Fletcher Building’s decision to quit bidding for big new construction projects will mean job losses, and say using subcontractors is a big part of the company’s downfall.

Analysis: The profitability, economic value and reputation of New Zealand’s biggest construction company have been gunned down today, writes Gyles Beckford.

Specialist insurer CBL Corporation has decided to quit its French construction business.

Fletcher Building’s chair Sir Ralph Norris will resign after the company announced it was expecting $660m in losses, four times greater than initially projected.

Contact Energy says it is selling its electricity at a cheap price to the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter partly to help it stay in business.