Money

Redundancy payouts to staff during a restructure at Immigration New Zealand cost taxpayers almost $8 million and resulted in only half of the promised savings.

RNZ immigration reporter Gill Bonnett… Audio

Nearly 150,000 people are receiving NCEA credits after the government wiped their debt for unpaid NCEA fees.

Tom Webb is the principal of Māngere College. He joins us with his response. Audio

When buying insurance, how do you know you've told your insurance company everything that it needs to know so it won't later decline a claim?

Up until now, it's been an open question. But Tower… Video, Audio

Regional airports crying out for money to fix their aging runways may have found a saviour in Shane Jones.

The Regional Economic Development Minister says he will find a way to pay for the repairs -… Audio

A New Zealand father who returned home with his children after they were abandoned by their Australian mother has been forced back to Australia under the Hague Convention.

The two children ended up… Audio

An insurance industry watchdog says Tower could be trying to get ahead of any law changes with its move to change its disclosure rules.

Yesterday, Tower announced it will stop asking customers a… Audio

Increasing numbers of people are being defrauded out of large sums of money by scammers who hack into the email accounts of legitimate businesses.

The fraudsters monitor a business's emails, waiting… Audio

The government's online fraud agency is warning people to check business invoices over the phone before paying large sums of money.

Scammers have been defrauding people of hundreds of thousands of… Audio

Canadian research has found that kindergarten kids who struggle to concentrate and are easily distracted are more likely to end up on a lower income as adults. Audio

The government has revealed plans for a new school in Milldale and 228 additional classrooms across 42 Auckland schools. Political Editor Jane Patterson reports. Audio

Kindergarten teachers have become the latest group of teachers to ask the government for a big pay rise. RNZ education correspondent, John Gerritsen, has the details. Audio

West Coast councils are lobbying the government to exclude the region from its mining ban on conservation land.

They want to wait until a category known as stewardship land has been reviewed and… Audio

Councils are struggling to cope with tourism numbers, and need more support to be prepare for climate change events according to a new report from the Productivity Commission.

Dave Cull is the chair… Audio

Councils need more funding to cope with urban growth, rising tourist numbers, climate change events and new responsibilities from central government according to a new report from the Productivity… Video, Audio

An insurance expert says a Supreme Court decision yesterday could open lawyers up to legal action from anybody who has bought a home in Christchurch since the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.

The court's… Audio

Emotions are expected to run high today as hundreds of West Coast dairy farmers vote on whether to sell their 150-year-old co-operative to a Chinese buyer.

Farmers say mismanagement of the company… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

More than 1000 ambulance officers have secured pay increases and shift allowances from their employer St John. The FIRST Union members reached an agreement yesterday after campaigning for nearly a… Audio