Economists expect growth to be tepid in Q3.

Treasury expects new Government's plans will lift economic activity.

The 100-day plan has been factored into new forecasts but not the coalition deals.

The great tax debate is set to ramp up on Thursday.

Officials don't know how they will allocate funding that was based on national standards.

Super Fund chief executive Adrian Orr has been named new governor of the Reserve Bank

The new Housing Minister says he makes no apologies for being ambitious about housing.

Former Lehman Brothers investment banker Ian Short has come home to address climate change

Labour has ruled out raising income tax if it gets into Government.

State-owned enterprise Landcorp Farming has repeatedly clashed with Treasury.

The US Treasury said details about complaints should only be available to government.

The Govt snuck stricter welfare rules for migrants into the Budget.

Increased revenue from taxes and lower expenses helped swell NZ government's coffers.

Fund meant to be split between three final recipients, but payment hasn't been made.

Cost overruns that push building projects into the red aren't the Govt's concern

Superannuation changes announced by Govt will hit 120,000 Kiwis in the first year.

Proposed changes to superannuation in New Zealand have inflamed resentment between Baby boomers and younger generations.

The gap between housing supply and demand in New Zealand is growing by 40 homes a day.

The New Zealand government's accounts recorded a smaller-than-forecast deficit in the first five months of the fiscal year.

How likely young New Zealanders are to be "on track" at age 21 has been mapped using a powerful government database.

A report on failures within the government's first social bonds pilot blames them on a lack of expertise from the bureaucrats involved.

The new State Services Commissioner was once one of the highest paid public servants but is now promising a "conservative approach" to pay rises for chief executives.

International students are manipulating the immigration system to get visas and may be pushing Kiwis out of low-paid jobs, say reports to the Government.

Foreign investment in New Zealand stocks is at its highest since 2011, but investment specialist JBWere says the level may soon fall.

The New Zealand government's accounts recorded a smaller-than-forecast deficit in the first four months of the year.

COMMENT: There are some business friendly policies that John Key had ruled out which may now be back on the table under Bill English.

The Kaikoura Earthquake will cost the Government up to $3 billion, the Treasury estimates.

Tanya Quedley, 48, was sexually abused by her own father from age 9 or 10 until she ran away at 14.

Incredibly strong young Kiwi Destiny O'Brien opened up about the abuse she endured from her own father.

NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes.