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Power boss' $1.3m top Govt pay
Mighty River Power chief executive Doug Heffernan is NZ's highest-paid government employee with a $1.32m package.
Fed must spend up to stop markets going into tailspin
Central bankers would like to be able to get back to business as usual.
Ads get ugly as US election day draws near
The US mid-term elections are seeing the nastiest TV advertising in some time.
NZ's film industry 'in peril' over risk of losing <i>The Hobbit</i>
Weta Workshop's boss Sir Richard Taylor last night said the New Zealand film industry was "at some level of peril".
Hobbit films in 'peril', says Weta chief
Two Hobbit films, expected to cost about $669m to make, are in danger of being moved away from NZ because of "the actions of a very limited few", says Weta Workshop's Sir Richard Taylor.
70,000 blank votes cast in local elections
Over 70,000 blank ballots were cast in NZ's local body elections earlier this month.
15,000 rally against workplace changes
At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff have attended stop work rallies this afternoon in protest against new employment laws.
Thousands protest against new employment laws
Thousands of workers have gathered in Auckland and Wellington as 28 protests against new employment laws take place around NZ.
Unions' fight for workplace access takes to the streets
Thousands of workers to protest proposed new laws in 28 towns from Kaitaia to Bluff today.