A surge in the number of job seekers outpaced strong employment growth in the last three months of 2014 and is keeping a lid on pay rises.

New figures show there's been a big hike in demand for jobs over the past year. So what vacancies are employers looking to fill - and where?

Next year's outlook for the New Zealand and Australian economies is the same as this year's - we are expected to outperform our Tasman neighbours once again.

Economic growth is expected to average a historically high annual rate of 2.8 per cent over the next five years.

More New Zealanders are coming home — or staying here — as the Australian dream turns sour for many. Why does life suddenly seems better on this side of the Ditch?

New Zealand wants to lure thousands of West Australians and expats across the Tasman to fill a nationwide skills shortage.

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz says young people out of work should consider working for free.

New Zealand's roll call of sole parents on benefits has dropped again - this time to the lowest level in a quarter-century.

National has announced further steps to try to reduce benefit numbers by 25 per cent, including paying more people to move to other regions for jobs and bonus payments for those who stay in a job for a certain period of time.

Paula Bennett wants to reduce benefit numbers by 25 per cent, including paying more people to move to other regions for jobs.

Economists have cut their forecasts of economic growth in the current year, the latest quarterly survey conducted by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research has found.

Internet-Mana press secretary Pam Corkery offered to resign after swearing at journalists at the party's launch, but she says she won't apologise to the reporters.

Kim Dotcom says he's not behind the hacking of the Whale Oil blog, and he's not paid out any of a $5m bounty he'd offered for information to help his legal case.

The Internet Mana party launched their campaign with a promise to create 50,000 jobs - but the message was overshadowed by a tirade from press secretary Pam Corkery.

For the first time since the global recession hit, it is now easier to find a job in New Zealand than in Australia.

New Zealand's unemployment rate has dropped to a five-year low as the nation's economic growth spurs firms to take on more staff.

A 74-year-old office worker made redundant after 18 years has been told she won't get a payout from her Pizza Hut bosses.

100 low-income families were asked what they needed to get out of poverty. Here are their answers.

Statistics show that the so-called "black sheep of the family" is neither rare nor endangered.

A barber was "genuinely fearful" of remaining in the presence of an employer who regularly made fun of him and told him "I hate white people".

What does it mean to be unemployed? The definitions of "unemployed" vary from country to country.

A growing number of researchers are turning to big data in hopes of unlocking the secrets of the economy at the speed of the Internet.

What is life like without a job for six months? It is a struggle, those at the coalface say.

Two British health researchers are gearing up to challenge New Zealanders' unusually high tolerance of what many countries consider a social evil - inequality.