Record vehicle sales have driven growth in the retail sector to its strongest level in a nearly a year.

Fairfax Media’s New Zealand business has been included in a revised $A2.76 billion takeover bid.

The country’s only rocket company is set to attempt its first commercial launch into space.

More people think it’s a bad time to buy a house and fewer expect prices to rise in the months ahead, the latest ASB survey shows.

Mediawatch – Māori Television’s controversial head Paora Maxwell became the latest media boss resignation this week. Colin Peacock looks at the reaction – and other leadership challenges for the broadcaster.

Mediawatch – While news of two Rugby League stars behaving badly across the ditch prompted extensive media criticism, wider issues of drugs in sport were kicked into touch.

The cartoons, about school breakfasts, were unlikely to “cause hostility against or bring into contempt” Māori and Pacific peoples, the tribunal found.

The housing market stalled last month as bad weather, holidays and tight bank lending slowed the rise in prices.

Activity in the manufacturing sector remains solid, but is expanding at a slower rate.

The Warehouse Group’s third quarter sales are up slightly, despite a difficult trading period with mixed results across its brand stores.