The RBNZ has delivered the widely expected half a percentage point cut to the OCR to a two-year low of 3.75%, but signalled it will be more cautious with further reductions.
New Zealand Herald publisher NZME has told staff about 30 journalists will lose their jobs, with reports that some of the company's most senior reporters will be leaving.
Critics say the new tourism campaign phrase 'Everyone Must Go' - which aims to bring more Australian visitors to the country - sounds like a clearance sale.
A whisky made from locally grown barley and distilled with glacial waters from the Southern Alps has won a gold medal at the World Whisky Awards in London.
Retirement is becoming a distant prospect for many seniors in Christchurch as some choose to continue working - while others are forced to out of financial necessity.
Christchurch’s bar and nightclub representatives believe proposals to address alcohol-related harm, including a 2am one-way-entry requirement for all on-licences, could hurt their businesses.
New Zealand fruit and vegetable giant T&G has set in motion the first commercial planting of Joli branded apples in Canterbury backed by superannuation funds.
Fertiliser co-operative Ravensdown says making tough calls like restricting its manufacturing operations to Christchurch and Napier has put the business in a better position as farmers spend less.
Christchurch software company Lumin wants one billion-plus documents passing through its cloud-based business a year now that it has crossed the 100 million user mark.