The cost of fruit and vegetables helped bump up food prices by 0.7 per cent during September, Statistics NZ said today.

We might be surrounded by sea but Kiwis continue to pay top dollar for one of our most bountiful resources - fish.

The median weekly income edged lower in the year to June, as more people started receiving money from the Government rose while the self-employed earned less and investment income fell.

Vision becomes reality as more people turn to the internet for phone calls.

A leading fertility expert is urging couples to start a family at a younger age amid fears of a growing over-reliance on technology.

As the Kiwi dollar tumbles on the weak GDP, Finance Minister Bill English says next week's tax package will help the economy.

The NZ dollar fell more than half a US cent after second quarter gross domestic product grew just a quarter of the pace expected.

Auckland and Queenstown have again been confirmed as having the most unaffordable housing for locals.

The number of overseas visitors coming to this country hit a record for the month of August.

Dairy and meat exports were the main contributors to a 3.8 per cent rise in exported goods prices in the June 2010 quarter.

The value of NZ exports rose 12pc last month, according to the latest monthly trade figures.

Retail sales rose a seasonally and inflation adjusted 1.3pc in the June quarter, better than expected by economists.