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Aussie Budget slashes spending

The Australian Govt will today start selling one of the nation's most unpalatable Budgets in decade after an axe was taken to almost every area of spending.

Economy still trucking along despite interest rate rises

ANZ says its Truckometer indicator is still pointing to an economy trucking along at a solid clip.

Big gains in employing migrants

Studies show that diversity is a good thing in the workplace - it brings better ideas, more creativity and freshness into a business, it also helps organisations understand and work in different markets.

Australia waits on grim budget

Govt releases offshore ownership data

The Housing Minister has revealed that Government held data on the proportion of NZ homes owned by offshore buyers, which he says is very low compared to other countries.

More expensive eggs and dairy push food prices higher

New Zealand food prices rose in April, snapping two declines, as eggs and dairy products lifted grocery bills in the month.

Inequality in NZ under spotlight

Two British health researchers are gearing up to challenge New Zealanders' unusually high tolerance of what many countries consider a social evil - inequality.

Union praises inquests into 'intolerable' forest deaths

A union body leading prosecutions over the deaths of forestry workers has applauded a coroner for tackling the problem, which it described as unsustainable and intolerable.

House sales dive 20pc

The number of house sales fell 20 per cent last month, with sales declining across all regions, but prices continue to rise, latest figures show.

Budget surplus on track as tax-take improves

Tips for rising women leaders

Advice for women in leadership from Brenda Freeman of DreamWorks Animation.

Dealing with slack colleagues

Karla L. Miller gives advice on navigating the modern workplace

How your house value changed

First home buyer numbers had picked up nationally in March according to new figures from QV out today. So what happened where you live? Check our infographic.

Brian Fallow: The sceptics' case on Labour's plan

The contrary view to Labour's plan for monetary policy and savings goes broadly like this: It is a cute idea but it won't work, writes Brian Fallow.

Jobs up as labour force expands

Employment grew strongly in the first three months of the year but so did the supply of workers, leaving unemployment unchanged and wage pressures subdued.

Signs of a Reserve Bank rate-rise pullback?

Some economists are interpreting talk by Governor Graeme Wheeler that the Reserve Bank may intervene in the foreign exchange market.

18,000 new homes for Auckland

A third tranche of "Special Housing Areas" will create 18,000 new residences across Auckland. Click here for details and maps of the new areas, announced today.

New Akld housing areas to be named

Auckland mayor Len Brown has just announced a 'significant' number of new approvals of special housing areas will be revealed today.