Companies looking to invest or do business in China need to build up local relationships, use advisers who know the market.

Long-serving Solid Energy chief executive Don Elder has joined the exodus from the top of the state-owned enterprise, his departure welcomed on the West Coast.

The sale of a technology company to a British buyer has reignited debate over the Government's approach to research and development funding and Kiwi firms shifting overseas.

A stronger New Zealand dollar swamped further gains in world prices for export commodities last month.

Dry weather and the high kiwi dollar are causing "a deepening pessimism" to spread among sheep and beef farmers.

New Zealanders are showing a rising resistance to overseas investors, a business survey has found.

Kiwi power prices have increased at twice the rate of most other countries over the past three decades.

Marking 50 years of work at the Hillside foundry, Roger Parsons yesterday poured the last KiwiRail cast on site before heading to his local for a beer.

Alcohol company Independent Liquor sacked an employee over allegations of drunken misbehaviour at a Fight For Life charity boxing match it sponsored.

Mighty River Power experienced 12 per cent growth in sales in the three months to December 31.

Salaries in high-demand industries are expected to rise by as much as $20,000 a year as New Zealand's talent pool dries up.

New Zealand Post will not rule out further cuts to mail services and Post Shops after outlining plans to move to three-day-a-week letter deliveries.

Callaghan Innovation - a new organisation aimed at boosting economic growth - launches this week but isn't likely to roll out any new programmes for at least six months.

The high dollar is killing us and hollowing out a vital part of the economy. That's the message from chief executives at the parliamentary inquiry into manufacturing.

A new organisation has been set up to promote trade between this country and the African continent - home to many of the world's fastest growing economies.

About 270,000 Kiwi children live in poverty, according to a report by the Children's Commissioner last month.

The latest tax figures offer some hope that the labour market is not quite as grim as official statistics portray.

Prime Minister John Key wants New Zealand to be a "magnet for investment" but his Government faces a big sales job to persuade New Zealanders that "foreign" investors and "big business" should be embraced.