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The overheated housing market in Auckland has boiled over into lifestyle properties in the wider Auckland region and further afield.

New Zealanders are feeling less confident about the job market, according to the latest Westpac-McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index. Audio

There are fears in Lyttelton that a new waterfront entertainment and retail precinct could take customers away from existing businesses.

A record number of new cars were registered in New Zealand last year, with the final figure of just over 127,000 being up by 12 percent on the previous year.

Some of New Zealand's biggest stories over the past 12 months came out of Canterbury and the West Coast - as Conan Young reports. Audio

The Christchurch City Council has the right to issue building consents again, after regaining accreditation.

Finance Minister Bill English insists he can still deliver a budget surplus, despite a major shift in the forecast in just a few months. Video, Audio

A round-up from Radio New Zealand's business reporters - Air NZ to offer new flights and a Wynyard facility for Christchurch.

Christchurch police have serious concerns for a 33-year-old man last seen leaving Christchurch's Eastgate shopping mall on Friday afternoon.

The third cut in Fonterra's forecast dairy payout this season is expected to knock $6 billion off the sector's revenue compared with last season.

Anglicans and Catholics are worried proposed changes to planning rules in Christchurch could make it hard for them to rebuild earthquake-damaged churches.

The Christchurch City Council says if it does not sell shares in some assets, rates could double in five years. Its debt has jumped to $1.2 billion, up from $900 million in August. Audio

A new line of high-visibility gear that is cut to fit traditional women's clothing sizes has been developed to make it safer for women working in construction and traffic control.

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority boss Roger Sutton has been placed on gardening leave and an acting chief executive appointed, the State Services Commission has announced. Video, Audio

Prosecutions over migrant worker exploitation are only the tip of the iceberg, according to a union leader who says Christchurch employers are getting a bad reputation.

Relatives of some of those who died in the 1947 Ballantynes department store fire are today marking the rebuilding of a memorial to the disaster.

Theatre lovers rejoiced in Christchurch over the long-awaited re-opening of the 'grand old lady', the Isaac Theatre Royal, which was severely damaged in the February 2011 earthquake.