Walt Disney has agreed to buy 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets for a total $US52.4 billion ($NZ74.9b).

The economy is expected to grow at 2.9 percent on average over the next five years, supported by the swelling population, low interest rates, increased government spending and a stronger global economy.

Investment firm Rangatira has taken a half-stake in one of the country’s best known biscuit makers.

The price of food has fallen but the wet weather earlier this year is still affecting the supply of some crops.

A Far North town accustomed to being in the economic doldrums is now experiencing the unfamiliar phenomenon of growth, thanks to the ‘halo’ effect of the Auckland housing market.

There’s been a big increase in the number of properties sold last month.

The fund is among a group of powerful investors at the Paris climate summit putting pressure on large companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The company that sought to mine phosphate from the ocean floor has lost a court case over costs it said were exhorbitant.

A climate expert is warning a downside to the brilliant early-summer weather is the effect it could have next year on electricity supply.

A posh London suburb is about to get a New Zealand facial.