The jobless rate has fallen to 5.1 per cent, says Statistics NZ.

More than 50 countries face the risk of a pension crisis as the number of people over the age of 65 exceeds the young.

Business leader Michael Barnett says New Zealand's immigration policy needs an overhaul.

New Zealand's sheep flock dropped 3 per cent to the lowest level since the 1930's Depression.

Booming migration extended its run of posting new records in June, though economists say it may have peaked.

COMMENT: The present young seem to have missed out not just on the direct action gene, but the voting gene as well.

Consumer prices rose less than expected in the June quarter as cheaper meat and domestic airfares offset a recovery in petrol prices

COMMENT: Hear all that complaining about Auckland's over-priced housing market? That's my generation making the noise.

From Apple's co-founder to the CEO of Yelp, Silicon Valley is going after the GOP candidate.

COMMENT: Candidates vying to replace the PM should keep in mind doing exactly what the voters said might not be wise.

Following the Brexit vote, odds are growing that governments will be jolted by mounting populist pressures worldwide.

COMMENT: I mean no disrespect to older people. I hope to be elderly myself one day. I just don't want them voting any more.

Landbankers could have property seized by the Government if the land is within certain areas marked for housing development. Housing

WATCH: New Zealand's migration gain per capita is currently running nearly three times as high as the UK.

Despite what we like to think - wealth is not evenly distributed, in fact it's the worst it's been in over a decade.

COMMENT: New Zealand's economic miracle - the desire of people to come and live here - is showing signs of peaking.

The pace of growth in New Zealand's services sector slowed in May, although inbound migration continues demand.

Consumer confidence fell below its long-run average in the June quarter.

New Zealand continues to post record net migration arrivals, with a 67,400 gain over the past year, led by arrivals from Australia, China and the Philippines.

COMMENT: New Zealand's progress nudges our population growth ahead of Australia, writes Brian Gaynor.

Plummeting numbers of bees, butterflies and other insect populations are placing world food supplies under threat, a United Nations report has warned.

Could the aging of the US population be behind all sorts of other phenomena, from anti- growth activism to the decline in business dynamism and entrepreneurship?

Davao city's reputation as one of the safest, vibrant and best-run cities in the country is drawing business people in the thousands.

Fairyland or doomsday? asked China's state-backed newswire. Sure looks like doomsday.

New Zealand is becoming a super diverse nation, but its diversity story is a stratified one - drawn along ethnic and economic lines.

Several provincial centres once labelled dying "zombie" towns have reversed the trend with their resident numbers climbing in the last year.

In just over 20 years, the combined Asian, Pacific and Maori population in Auckland is forecast to outnumber Europeans and others.

The biggest threat to Auckland's environment continues to come from its own population, according to a stocktake presented to city councillors today.

Why are toilet paper sales soaring in Japan despite a falling population?

Auckland could take another 86,400 dwellings in the next eight years without any risk of over-building.