Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's big economic speech was supposed to address the business confidence slump. Instead, she side-stepped it with a nod and a wave, Bernard Hickey writes for Newsroom.

There are plans underway for the public to get access to a banana plantation in Northland early next year.

When Massey mum Maureen Addis was pregnant and studying she found it increasingly hard to lean down and pick up cables for her laptop, printer and to charge her phone.

An uncharacteristically querulous Peter Martin is buzzed by swarms of cyclists

A new industry-led Transport & Logistics programme will soon begin in South Canterbury, following substantial collaboration between local businesses, Ara Institute of Canterbury and key organisations.

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The Rhenus Group now has its own entity in New Zealand -- Rhenus Logistics NZ. The first business site commences operation in Auckland on 20 August 2018. Rhenus Logistics NZ will provide comprehensive international and domestic logistic solutions as well as customs consultancy with a strong focus on the customer experience offering both 4PL & 5PL solutions.

One of New Zealand’s most established economic research agencies, BERL, will explore the Government’s intention for a Wellbeing Budget next year at its inaugural annual wānanga in Wellington on August 23.