Significant restructuring costs are expected to result in a lower profit for the country’s biggest retailer.

Job advertisements have flattened out, according to ANZ.

An investigation found that workers at farm near Christchurch were hired out for profit, fed spoilt meat and made to sleep in a storage room.

The average house price rose by 6.6 percent to nearly $670,000 in 2017, but overall prices grew at the slowest rate since 2011, according to new QV figures.

The China-based company Agria is being investigated on good character grounds by the Overseas Investment Office.

Data from the Motor Industry Association shows 159,871 vehicles were registered last year, up nine percent on 2016.

Paperboy – a free Auckland magazine that printed 100,000 copies a week – has ceased publication, Bauer Media has confirmed.

Big investors have called on Apple to develop software that limits how long children can use its smartphones.

Women’s clothing retailer Andrea Moore – which has stores in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch – has gone into liquidation.

The Bankers Association is refusing to comment on why submissions on a draft banking code are being kept a secret.