Business confidence has turned negative and fallen to its lowest level in two years because of political uncertainty.

The fall in the dollar was not unexpected and the economy is in a good shape with no immediate signs of a much vaunted slowdown, the new Finance Minister says.

Fairfax newspapers will be moving to tabloid size from the middle of next year.

A gas field prospect off the South Island’s east coast could eventually generate thousands of jobs, New Zealand Oil and Gas says.

Some 35 to 40 percent of Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation apprentices leave their employers within 18 months of starting.

New Zealand needs to move away from being a low wage economy and businesses must lead the way by paying their employees well, a prominent economist says.

New Zealand’s largest private transport and logistics business, Transport Investments, is going public with a backdoor listing on the NZX.

A new property market analysis shows the number of people buying their first home has hit a 10-year high.

The new government has been told it must not chop and change practices to have any hope of meeting ambitious development goals set for New Zealand.

Job openings and business investments have slowed down because of the uncertainty over the new Labour-led government, an economist says.