After seven years of legal wrangling, Prime Minister John Key finally opened the controversial Whangamata marina.

Every year, there seems to be one really hot toy – and this year it's a pet for kids who want one and parents who don't.

The answer to New Zealand's energy problem could lie in your toilet.

The slump in the US housing market may not be over, but for buyers like Daniel and Robin Akerman, for sale signs equal dollar signs.

German banks have recalled thousands of credit cards after a suspected data theft.

Campaigners opposing the Wellington City Council's plans to put bus lanes through a mall have been met with opposition.

One of Auckland’s biggest landmarks will be unveiled this weekend, after undergoing perhaps the biggest makeover the city has ever seen.

Hanover Finance and Allied Farmers new-found alliance.

An update on the latest market information with Simon Myhre of First NZ Capital

Sydney-based Dr Jim Bright, an expert in career development, talks to Michael Wilson.

Federated Farmers President Don Nicolson talks to Michael Wilson

Allied Chairman John Loughlin tells Michael Wilson why Allied want to take on Hanover’s problem loans

Some locals didn't want it, but now they've got it.

A life-sized, antique train set is up for sale in the South Island.

Troubled finance company Hanover has been offered a lifeline which would see Allied Farmers take over Hanover shares.

From now until the end of the year, women will work for free - or, they may as well be, according to the pay equity movement.

Prime Minister John Key is continuing to defend himself against a cloud of demands over his government's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

Rural services and finance group Allied Farmers is to take over the troubled Hanover and United Finance companies.

Export earnings from New Zealand's petroleum sector could increase tenfold by 2025, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee told industry representatives today.

It’s moments like these where you need Minties - but ones made in Thailand that are softer and less 'minty'?

A small Canterbury town has been rocked by the closure of one of its biggest employers.

The lake side town of Taupo is a well-known holiday destination for Kiwis and backpackers alike, but it is hoping to attract another kind of tourist.

A ‘Minties Moment’ may never be the same again. Cadbury is changing the recipe of the lolly and switching production to Thailand.

Raw footage of Greenpeace activists protesting at the New Vale coal mine

Share floats: they are coming thick and fast, in a relative sense, after all they have been so scarce.

An update on the morning markets

Some people say that Auckland is the engine room of the economy, but a new report shows the region needs to be doing a lot more.

Items that used to belong to disgraced fund manager Bernie Madoff have been auctioned off in New York.

Despite the recession and rising unemployment, there is a skills shortage in the information and communications technology industry.

The recession had had a sobering effect on all areas of business but in the US there is one industry that has had a particular hard knock.

An Auckland home has won the Master Builders annual House of the Year competition.

Obama has used a speech in Japan to say a free trade deal involving New Zealand and the US will go ahead.

House prices have reached a new all time high.

For some years now we have heard the constant refrain about getting New Zealand back into the top ranks of the OECD by 2020.

A system for backcountry snowboarders to gain better grip when hiking in extreme snow and ice conditions is just of the inventions being showcased at an exhibition for graduating students from Massey University’s Auckland School of Design.

Latest on the morning markets

A Mt Maunganui company plans to provide male companionship to busy single ladies, but it's a case of no sex, please - we're chaperones at Knights to Rememba.

The move to make our homes more energy efficient has been boosted in recent months by the Government’s Energywise grant.

There has been a warning from the Reserve Bank to the banking sector not to return to the riskier mortgage lending practices of the past.

There have been claims from the banking inquiry, conducted by Labour, the Greens and Progressive parties, that the Banks were gouging the public on its floating loan rates to the tune of $2 billion.

An update on the markets with First NZ Capital

A rescue effort with a difference was underway in South Canterbury today after two of the South Island’s key hydro canals were drained.

There was more evidence today about what's happening to food prices, and more dark muttering about what the supermarkets are up to.

New figures show one in five jobs has seen a “drop” in pay this year.

Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard warned of the need to avoid a return to a "debt-fuelled housing cycle", as the bank published its six-monthly Financial Stability Report today.

A parliamentary banking inquiry by Labour, the Progressives and the Greens found banks did not pass on the full effect of reductions in the official cash rate (OCR) to their customers...

Infrastructure investor Infratil sold its stake in Auckland Airport for tens of millions of dollars less than it paid for the shares.

Trade and Enterprises has representatives for its BeachHead programme dotted around the globe.

The latest on the markets

As New Zealand dairy farmers have just experienced to their benefit, commodity prices are on the rise again.

The Fatso DVD rental ads have added a touch of humour to our television screens in recent months.

Infratil sold its 3.8 percent stake in Auckland Airport at $1.84 a share, producing a loss of $54 million.

The dairy sector is in for a big boost, industry giant Fonterra has increased what it pays farmers for milk solids by nearly a dollar a kilo.

The banking ombudsman says she may have to review the rules around unsolicited credit cards if she receives any more complaints about a new Westpac promotion.

There was confirmation today that New Zealand grocery prices have risen faster than every country but one in the developed world.

Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey wants the building industry to provide discounted materials and labour to help fix leaky homes.

An Australian study has found New Zealand's grocery prices rise at one of the fastest rates in the world.

Kraft Foods has gone hostile in its bid to buy Cadbury but didn't sweeten its first bid, drawing an immediate rejection from the British candy maker in what is likely to be a lengthy takeover struggle.

There is a new shock for market investors with another float looming.

As unemployment continues to rise in the US, one proposed remedy for the economic burden involves offering an incentive for employers.