The Fair Trading Act is being primed for an overhaul.

Rebecca Stevenson is a senior journalist at BusinessDesk.

Logan has the details of how Gore could be the king-maker in the amalgamtion of Southland's councils, research grade seaweed cultivation in Bluff, concerns over the avialability of small homes for retirees in Invercargill and the city plays host to the National Basketball League final.

Landscape architect Mick Abbott asks: how can we work with nature rather than against it?

Sam Gibson's new book A Bushman's Book of Yarns, takes readers on a deep dive through our unique ecosystems.

Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk.

Some Motueka residents are crying foul over plans to move the council's service desk into the local library. The Tasman District council recently decided to move its council service centre into the library.

A major change to how leave is calculated in workplaces has become law.  Employment law expert from Simpson Grierson, Bronwyn Heenan, explains the key changes.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, says a lack of coordinated information is putting at risk New Zealand's ability to fight looming environmental challenges.

Bill updates on a range of urban issues covering Auckland, in particular the latest on Plan Change 120; the Central Interceptor - a 16 kilometre sewer - now in operation; and City Rail Link soon to open. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.