A new national service looks ready to start next year to make sure every 16 or 17-year-old ends up in work or training after leaving school.

Economists have wound back their expectations for NZ's recovery.

Westin Hotel workers, organised by the Unite Union, have issued a press release saying they have "vowed to fight for every job".

An impoverished small town has reached a world-leading business deal that could bring in millions of dollars.

John Armstrong writes that the working group's prescription for change may be blinkered by ideology such as time limits.

Stocks in the US dropped for a third straight day as a worse-than-expected report on US jobless claims.