Consumer confidence has eased slightly in the past month, but is generally holding up in the face of a slowing housing market and political uncertainty.

Record prices for butter have pushed up the overall cost of food in the last year.

A New Zealand company’s strategy of importing cheap but high-quality steel from China has contributed to its undoing, industry players say.

The finance market regulator has brought its second case of alleged insider trading on the sharemarket within six months.

People wanting to invest in an urban farm are being offered a novel return – broccoli instead of bucks.

The Australian government is set to release the details of a cyberattack on a national security contractor where large amounts of data were stolen.

The Monaco-based energy company looking to take control of New Zealand Oil and Gas has increased its offer by a cent and won the backing of the target company’s directors.

New Zealand’s second largest meat company has unveiled a $54 million programme of capital expenditure for the next year.

Mediawatch – The left field idea of a National-Green government made many headlines this week.

Mediawatch – Newsgathering boss and former political editor Brent Edwards has left RNZ after 16 years. Mediawatch asks him why and how he sees journalism today.