Refocusing immigration policy to target migrants from developing countries could boost trade opportunities, according to the NZ Institute of Economic Research (NZIER)....

The economy has suffered its first annual decline in Gross Domestic Product in 17 years. Statistics New Zealand said today GDP for the year to March shrank 1 percent....

OPINION: There is growing evidence that the New Zealand economy is near the bottom of the economic cycle and we can expect some growth to resume in the very near future....

Rod Oram argues here http://www.stuff.co.nz/business that it’s time we revolt against the big banks because they are “enjoying excessively healthy lending margins”. ...

New Zealand’s annual net migration shot up in May, and annual visitor numbers from Australia topped 1 million for the first time, providing more hopes “green shoots” are growing through the economy....