Seasonally adjusted, spending was up 1% to $60 billion, driven by spending on services and non-durable goods like groceries.

A Hawke’s Bay property investor says landlords are unlikely to start lowering rents to match a dip in interest rates because ...

Of the 149 projects released in the Government’s Fast Track Approvals Bill, 19 major projects are in Waikato. The projects ...

Public service bosses have been following the Government’s directive to slash spending, including cutting staff numbers. New ...

Tense with circumstance, sudden accident, vivid recollection and occasional foreboding, Damien Wilkins’ new novel is a ...

One of the referees for the Christchurch mosque attacker’s firearms licence told police the terrorist was a “good outstanding ...

Kiwis are among the millions of people bracing for what is expected to be one of the most destructive hurricanes in Florida ...

Wellington City Council has voted to stop the controversial sale of its 34% share in the airport following a tense meeting.

There will be no second US presidential debate after Donald Trump rejected an invitation from Fox News to face Kamala Harris ...

In my early 40s I became a newspaper magazine editor; free lipstick, skincare and far too many opportunities for self-doubt.

The Government’s books sank further into the red in the year to June, partly thanks to higher personnel costs at Health New ...

An investigation into a Queensland helicopter crash that killed a Kiwi pilot in August has found he was intoxicated, broke ...