"The United States is bringing challenging proposals to the table in terms of increasing protections for the creators of intellectual property," Stephen Jacobi.

The former chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase's NZ branch says he missed job opportunities because the bank failed to refer to his correct title.

Tax-dodging Kiwis cheated the country out of at least $80 million in undeclared income last year - and the scale of the problem remains unknown.

The consumers price index (CPI) rose just 0.3 per cent for the September 2012 quarter, taking the annual rate to just 0.8 per cent.

There is no doubt New Zealand will face another crisis like the 1987 sharemarket crash and the 2008 global financial crisis, says a top investment banker.

Just imagine if economic growth wasn't a natural thing. Bernard Hickey looks at the possibilities.

A Whangaparaoa boat building company has been ordered to pay $45,000 after one of its workers was seriously injured in a fall from height.

The top pay packets of heads of the state sector have been revealed today, with one boss receiving a $40,000 pay rise, despite drastic cutbacks at his Ministry.

'Wouldn't it be great if you could just work when you wanted?' That's what drove a polytech pair to launch a website dedicated to casual work.

Employment is a fearful responsibility, so the new youth rate is a temporary saving for employers to entice them to take a chance on a young person.

NZ remains focused on the target of getting back into surplus in 2014-15, Finance Minister Bill English says, and we're better off than many other countries.

The Government ended the last financial year with a deficit that was about half of what it was last year, but more than the billion shortfall signalled in the May Budget.