Business
Entrepreneur visa changes looking likely
The immigration industry is pushing for more attractive ways to tempt overseas entrepreneurs to come to New Zealand.
Evening business for 6 August 2025
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Long running Auckland book shop on brink of closure
One of Auckland's best loved and long-running bookshops is on the brink of closure now its landlord, the Catholic Church, wants to sell up the historic central city property. Hard to Find books moved… Audio
Three generations of cobblers sustaining the trade
Shoes are the soul of this Dunedin family. Cobbler Greg Paul has taken over the Country Cobbler in Mornington after its owner retired. Paul was taught by his father and now his teenage son is learning… Audio
'Beacon of light': Takapuna an exception amid retail gloom
Businesses on Auckland's North Shore say they're bucking the hard trading conditions faced by many.
Lastest unemployment figures
RNZ Business Editor Gyles Beckford speaks on the latest unemployment figures Audio
Could Marsden Point be NZ's first 'Special Economic Zone'?
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters have visited Northland to inspect a jet fuel storage project on the site of the old oil refinery.
The surge of Kiwi medical tourism to Turkey
At least five groups offer assisted medical package deals and they all started recently. Audio
NZ businesses owe more than $1.4 billion in unpaid tax
There is still almost $48 million unpaid from 2018 - and $1.471 billion from the most recent year.
Is this where house prices will start to rise first?
Stronger conditions for farmers may be helping regional property markets.
The people quietly preserving a place for cash
Kiwis' cash use has come under scrutiny. Audio
Harricado - a new varietal of avocado, grown in Nelson
Imagine being lucky enough to not only buy a property with an established avocado tree but to discover that it was a little bit ... well ... special. Audio
Businesses urged to bypass free government employment mediation service
The service currently has a seven-week waiting list and an employment lawyer says it's worth using private services given the risks associated with leaving a dispute to fester.
