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Institution	Term	Percentage
SBS Bank	2 year fixed	5.99%
Baywide CU	1 year fixed	5.90%
Nelson BS	1 year fixed	5.95%
Fidelity Life	2 years fixed	6.30%
Housing NZ	5 years fixed	7.20%

Institution	Term	Percentage
RaboDirect	12 months	4.20%
Asset Finance	2 years	7.75%
NZCU South	24 months	5.25%
Prometheus	12 months	3.50%
Heretaunga	3 months	3.30%

Institution	Type	Percentage
RaboDirect	PremiumSaver	4.15%
Nelson BS	On Call	3.20%
Heretaunga	On Call	3.00%
Napier BS	On Call	2.50%
CU Baywide	Online Saver	4.00%

Monday's Top 10 at 10 Opinion
21 Apr 14, 10:00am David Chaston 22

Out of ammo; bad soils; don't worry; Krugman says we can grow; a big investment distortion; the new wonder material; rent; George Best; SOI; Clarke & Dawe; Dilbert, and more

Savers go even shorter News
21 Apr 14, 7:52am David Chaston 3

David Chaston looks at the bank rate offers for savers in the light of rising interest rate expectations and finds a focus on bonus saver accounts

Taking the crosshairs off farmers Rural News
21 Apr 14, 7:52am Willy Leferink

Willy Leferink has some common sense advice for dairy farmers: run your business better than the legal standards and you won't be a target. Your view?

interest.co.nz is hiring News
21 Apr 14, 9:04am David Chaston 2

We are ready to appoint a new senior business journalist skilled at explaining the drivers of the economy and its key sectors

Dairy NZ says won't be water 'whipping boy' any more Updated Rural News
18 Apr 14, 12:30am Lynn Grieveson 29

Dairy NZ says won't tolerate being 'whipping boy' over urban complaints about water quality any more; Fish and Game calls for water inquiry

How to kill two housing birds with one big stone of capital from China Opinion
20 Apr 14, 8:00am Bernard Hickey 38

Bernard Hickey argues any trickle of housing investment from China should be turned into a flood that builds thousands of affordable homes in central Auckland

Property trends become harder to forecast Property
19 Apr 14, 8:00am Alistair Helm 35

Alistair Helm calls on the REINZ to collect and make available more granular housing sales data so that public debate can be better informed

'Auckland housing doesn't make sense' Property
17 Apr 14, 3:31pm Gareth Vaughan 59

NZIER's Shamubeel Eaqub on Auckland housing market not making sense, danger of housing over supply & 3 things for debate in election year

Is there really a housing shortage? Property
18 Apr 14, 8:00am Alistair Helm 13

Alistair Helm looks for a way to better assess the state of the NZ property market and finds it has turned

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Fate of KiwiSaver balances in a bankruptcy unclear

10 Apr 14, 11:50am, Guest

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Chapman Tripp highlight the problems KiwiSaver members have if they become bankrupt, and recently muddied by a High Court ruling

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Genesis shares an instant hit

Updated 17 Apr 14, 1:18pm, David Hargreaves

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Shares in the last of the SOE partial privatisations have the best debut of the lot

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Why NZ's productivity is an OECD laggard 16 Apr 14, 12:25pm 42
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NZ Govt Bond tender number 518 results

17 Apr 14, 2:10pm, Craig Simpson

Latest bond tender of NZ$200 mln received bids for NZ$851 mln with an average weighted yield of 4.40% (previously 4.37%)

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Rates rally on CPI undershoot 17 Apr 14, 8:27am
Anthony Healy named new BNZ CEO 17 Apr 14, 10:58am
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English sees 20% wage growth in 6 yrs 15 Apr 14, 12:23pm 24

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Taking the crosshairs off farmers

21 Apr 14, 7:52am, Willy Leferink

Willy Leferink has some common sense advice for dairy farmers: run your business better than the legal standards and you won't be a target. Your view?

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