Wellington, Sept 30 NZPA - Housing affordability improved slightly in the latest quarter due to a small rise in earnings and small fall in interest rates, a regular Massey University report shows.

Wellington, Sept 1 NZPA - The focus turned today to who will buy the assets of South Canterbury Finance and the unintended consequences of the Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme.

Wellington, July 12 NZPA - The Government says the bulk of its this year's main science funding round -- about $48 million a year -- is going into high-tech manufacturing, freshwater research, and boosting export earnings from primary production.

By Chris Ormond of NZPA Wellington, July 8 NZPA - Concerns about what might come out of the Government's Welfare Working Group (WWG) have sparked a drive from a group of welfare organisations and academics so that those affected will get to have a say.

By Kate Chapman of NZPA Wellington, May 31 NZPA - Blaming domestic enrolment restrictions at universities on international student numbers is "lazy logic", Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says.

Wellington, May 31 NZPA - The Government has been criticised for wanting to boost international student numbers at the same time as three the country's universities limit enrolments for domestic students.

Wellington, May 23 NZPA - A group of Massey University journalism students who spent three months investigating a potential health risk from contamination at a former Masterton gasworks have won a new journalism award for their work.

Wellington, May 14 NZPA - A lawsuit that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars is now targeting New Zealand banks over expensive penalty fees, following similar multibillion action across the Tasman.

Wellington, March 24 NZPA - A dip in fixed-term mortgage rates is only expected to be temporary, despite being seen as an indication of increasing confidence in the stability of banks in this country.

Wellington, March 18 NZPA - An annual snapshot report released today on the Clean Streams Accord between Fonterra farmers, councils and the Government showed that during the 2008-09 dairy season, non-compliance with regional council rules rose by 25 percent, from 12 percent to 15 percent of farm