The kiwi is expected to appreciate further against the Australian after the cross rate hit a near five-year high this week.

A comparison of some recent economic data shows New Zealand outperforming Australia.

The FMA's Diane Maxwell will be stepping across into the role of Retirement Commissioner for three months.

Manufacturing grew at the fastest pace in eight months in January but employment in the sector is shrinking.

BNZ has launched a marketing push to capture a bigger share of the youth market by launching a new internet banking product.

This year is shaping up to be a very busy one for new sharemarket listings...

The manufacturing sector ended 2012 much as it had spent the whole year, just barely on the right side of the line between expansion and contraction, the BNZ-Business New Zealand performance of manufacturing index (PMI) indicates.

Peter Jackson is said to be enthusiastic about monitoring off-set conditions for animals used in film productions, writes John Drinnan.

New Zealand's mostly Australian-owned banks are not as profitable as they appear, despite very strong earnings, the NZ Bankers Association says.

New Zealand's services sector grew at its fastest recorded pace last month as sales activity rallied, ending a recent horror run of data.

Better attitudes towards saving and debt reduction in New Zealand are being driven by fear and are unsustainable, says the head of a major bank.

ANZ Bank sees no rush of customers to rivals with death of National brand.

Two quick-thinking bystanders barricaded a rampaging, axe-wielding man inside a Whangamata bank until police arrived.

A staff member was trapped inside Whangamata BNZ as an axe-wielding man smashed its windows and counter this morning, police say.

Police got personal banking details of Kim Dotcom and his staff without getting a search warrant in a move that has implications for bank customers.