Apr 30 - New Zealand business confidence fell in April, matching a dip in consumer sentiment, as already downbeat firms scaled back expectations for their own trading activity.

Apr 30 -  Leading food company Alliance Group will reward its committed shareholders with a distribution of $5.9 million in loyalty payments today.

The Reserve Bank today announced in October it will issue a colour circulating legal tender 50 cent coin to mark the centenary of Armistice Day.

Three Victoria University of Wellington students have created a start-up business they say could solve the capital’s parking problem.

Apr 27 - The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union has released an online tool that makes it easy for taxpayers to make submissions to the Government's Tax Working Group.

Apr 27 -  Women make up only an estimated 10% to 15% of the New Zealand financial industry, with female representation at senior management levels estimated to be even lower. This is despite research that suggests gender diversity across job grades and functions delivers benefits to businesses, the economy and society.

Apr 27 -  Fletcher Building chief executive Ross Taylor says restructuring the company’s Australian operations and pushing up margins across the Tasman is one key to growth over the whole business

Apr 26 -  Alibaba Group chief executive Daniel Zhang will meet with business leaders and government agency heads, but doesn't have any formal ministerial meetings planned during his trip to New Zealand . . .

Apr 25 - New Zealand's first building supplies co-operative has just been launched, in what some are hailing as a game changer for the industry. It will allow small businesses to access cheaper supplies, cutting building costs by tens of thousands of dollars. 

Apr 25 - The future of Fonterra as a farmer-owned heavyweight is at a critical point, says shareholders' leader Duncan Coull.