Domestic travel is weaker and corporate demand is subdued, the national carrier says.

More than half of business leaders are feeling more optimistic about economic outlook over the next 12 months.

There are still plenty of would-be business buyers in the market, but prices are under pressure says the managing director of a business brokerage.

The country’s subdued economy will be felt in the performance of ASB, ANZ, BNZ, and Westpac, Fitch Ratings says.

It’s Record Store Day, and one Auckland shop is taking the new-found interest in vinyl one step further.

At one shop, people started lining up at 3.15am ahead of the annual celebration of independent record stores and the music they sell.

The NZ Herald‘s business editor says the swingeing public sector job losses are just the beginning – and we could see up to 30,000 jobs go across Aotearoa in the next year.