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Unemployment figures don't stack up: MP

Alex Malley: Transtasman talks need bold leadership

This weekend Prime Ministers John Key and Julia Gillard hold their annual pow-wow in Queenstown.

Brian Gaynor: Mainzeal collapse needs investigation

The Mainzeal receivership highlights once again the poor governance of the Richina Pacific group of companies.

Geoff Bascand: Happy is the work of our statisticians

John Walley: It's short-sighted to ignore impact of our rising currency

We cling to the same predictable policy framework while our currency appreciates and the dilemma facing our exporters remains, writes John Walley. The world has changed and New Zealand needs to take notice.

Shares, euro drop after ECB signals rate cut

Mainzeal staff get word via media

Many of Mainzeal's workforce of 400 staff learned about the collapse of the company on Waitangi Day through the media.

Mysterious drop in job seekers

Very weak jobs data from Statistics New Zealand yesterday raised economists' eyebrows.

Unemployment down 0.4pc (+video)

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell from a 13-year high in the last three months of 2012 as people stopped looking for work and the participation rate shrank.

Solid Energy chief calls it a day

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.

Local touch needed for good deals in China: report

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

R&D policy under fire

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.

Higher dollar eats away export gains

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

Mood grim on sheep and beef farms

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

Optimism rules on the world's largest economy

Kiwis sour on foreign investment

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

The 30-year power price hike

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

Governor spells out recipe for success