The new $60 million Air New Zealand national headquarters is one of the most recent high-profile buildings to have attracted the attention of Auckland's urban design panel.

ASB Bank continued to be the major winner in the mortgage market in the June quarter, grabbing 35.9% of the $3.26 billion in net new mortgages written in the quarter.

A survey of business opinion out today showing the economy is motoring near full capacity will leave the Reserve Bank with a devilish dilemma on interest rates later this year.

Under-the-table deals are part of the New Zealand way of life. How do savings measure up to the risk of a shoddy job or prosecution? Kristina Greene reports.

More than 12 million working people are not saving enough for their retirement, a major report into pensions has found.

New Zealand's central bank is expected to call a halt to its monetary tightening after one more quarter point rise at the end of the month, according to a Reuters poll.

We've all probably heard dividends being referred to as "fully imputed" or "partially imputed" but what does this actually mean? It's important that investors in managed funds understand what imputation credits are and their implications.

Press Release: Bank of New Zealand

While all the talk currently is about banks trying to reduce the costs of dealing with mortgage brokers, it may actually pay them to deal with brokers when the housing market contracts, according to Brent David, general manager at aggregator AMBL.

Developers of the Taupo motorsport track hope to sign two main investors for the $14 million redevelopment in the next few weeks.

Kerikeri is facing death with two car yards proposed for Kerikeri Road and a seven level hotel development proposed for the Butler Road corner, a lobby group says.

House-hunters cannot rely on the much-vaunted LIM report to alert them to potential problems, an Auckland man has found to his cost. Rob Stock reports.

Real estate agent Ina Angove prayed silently whenever she entered one Papakura house - not for help in securing a sale, but just in case the owners really were right about the home being haunted.

Q. We have three or four huge trees growing outside our commercial property and we are not sure whether we need the council's permission to cut or trim them. These trees grow on council land immediately adjacent to our property. If we get permission to prune the trees who is responsible for bearing the costs of trimming or cutting?

A. In your situation the council is pot

Owners of older rundown suburban buildings in Auckland City could be offered loaned money for restoration work under a proposal expected to emerge after the elections.