World dairy prices rose 1.8 per cent in the latest overnight auction, with whole milk powder prices soaring 9.2 per cent.

North Waikato residents are calling for Fonterra to consider the effects on the wider community as it goes ahead with plans for a second open-cast coal mine.

NZ commodity prices rose for a second month in September, in the strongest monthly gain in a year and a half.

For everything you know about India, the exact opposite is also true, says Indian economist Reuben Abraham.

National knows it ought to be reining in government spending but frets over the political fallout, writes Bruce Wills.

World dairy prices were up again in the latest overnight auction, the fourth straight gain.

Productivity Commissions on both sides of the Tasman recommend waiving rules of origin rules for transtasman goods trade.

What are the benefits, if any? And is it inevitable? Two views from opposite sides of the argument from Agram chief executive Graeme Peters and university researcher Professor Jack Heinemann.