The move, which comes into effect from Thursday, covers products such as toilet tissue and writing paper.

A start-up company offering a method to clear fog at airports has received government backing.

A Taranaki company is about to make its own bitumen, stepping into the void left by the Marsden Pt oil refinery shutdown.

Amazon.com workers have voted to form the first union at the second-largest US private employer, a victory adding to other recent labour activist successes.

The ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Index for March is down four points to 77.9, the lowest since the survey began in 2004.

A sharp rise in the value of the New Zealand dollar against the Japanese yen has eaten into the earnings for second-hand car dealer NZ Automotive Investments.

Waste Management, the country’s biggest waste company, has been sold to an Australian investment fund for $1.9 billion, according to an Australian media report.

Consumer NZ’s Powerswitch has been crunching the numbers and says it has found some power users will be facing price hikes of up to $1000 a year.