Such is the globalised nature of doing business today that a Kiwi company can provide software to a US law firm acting for Mexican migrants, whose paperwork is processed in the Philippines.

Online video is seen as a must-have for newspaper, magazine and television companies as they battle for advertising revenue in the digital world, a report says. A PricewaterhouseCoopers' report released today examines how New Zealand's entertainment and media companies are responding to the migration of audiences to the internet.

Two Auckland entrepreneurs are launching a new dial-a-driver service with a twist. Drivers from Motogo will arrive not in cars but on mini motorbikes, which can be folded up and put in the customer's car for the drive home.

If Rugby World Cup visitors find themselves scrambling for a bed in Auckland, then a trip out to Helensville's revamped Grand Hotel could be on the cards.

Relief for leaky home owners will be available from tomorrow after the Government today announced a rescue package worth more than $1 billion today.

The New Zealand economy could grow by at least 5 per cent if all Kiwi businesses owned a website, a year-long study of the nation's digital economy has shown.