By Pam Graham of NZPA Wellington, Aug 24 NZPA - Years ago in the lectures of Professor Don Trow at Victoria University we used to debate the merits of which profit in a set of accounts to look at.

Wellington, Aug 11 NZPA - One of New Zealand's leading businessmen, Sir Ron Trotter, has died aged 82. Sir Ron, who had cancer, personified big business in this country from the 1970s to the 1990s.

By Matthew Backhouse of NZPA Wellington, July 14 NZPA - Tertiary educators could try to "game the system" if their funding was linked to students getting jobs, Labour says.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, July 14 NZPA - Tertiary education funding should be linked to students getting jobs, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce says.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, July 14 NZPA - The Government has signalled a crackdown on tertiary educators who are ramping up non-academic levies.

Wellington, July 14 NZPA - The Government has signalled a crackdown on tertiary educators who are ramping up non-academic fees.

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.

Wellington, July 12 NZPA - Some students won't get student loans for their final years under the changed student loan scheme.

Wellington, July 12 NZPA - Electoral law experts have told a parliamentary committee there should be a set date for elections, rather than the government in power deciding when they are held.

Wellington, July 12 NZPA - Some students won't get student loans for their final years under the changed student loan scheme.