Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon expects low oil prices to stimulate demand for travel but for their beneficial effect on the airline's fuel bill to be muted by the fall in the New Zealand dollar.

NZX, will spend up to $35 million buying fund manager and KiwiSaver provider SuperLife.

Today we count down to the announcement of the Herald Business Leader of the Year. Here are the first of this year’s nominees. The winner will be named on Saturday.

Evolve Education Group made a solid sharemarket debut yesterday, with its shares closing at an 8 per cent premium to the $1 offer price.

The year is approaching its end with uncertainty over the future shape of the two big media corporates - MediaWorks, owner of TV3, and NZME., owner of the Herald,

Orion Health has made an impressive sharemarket debut, but analysts say the software developer has a big job ahead in pulling off its ambitious growth targets.

Shares in Orion Health have risen 14% above the offer price following the software developer's sharemarket debut this morning.

Ken Wikeley's bankruptcy is a massive fall from grace for one of the NZX's more colourful characters.

New Zealand shares rose as Fisher & Paykel Healthcare advanced to a record after lifting its annual profit guidance. Xero fell as its first-half results showed a slower pace of growth.

Childcare roll-up Evolve Education Group has set the price for its initial public offer at $1 per share giving it a market share of $177 million.

New Zealand shares rose yesterday, pushing the NZX 50 Index to its ninth straight record close, as New Zealand Oil & Gas signalled plans for a capital return given cash flow from production at its Tui oil field.