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iconoclast Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
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David Chaston How different is Auckland from the rest of NZ?
Just typically of I.R.D and even more so of National.....i.e. lets screw the little guy, or paper boy-girl...
Factboy Taxed to the max
Sure love it here in Auckland. Worked and lived in Sydney, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong Kong. You...
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Thanks David for the effort, I do actually appreciate it. I will not dismiss you now as just  another...
speckles How different is Auckland from the rest of NZ?
It's not that the free thinkers can't be bothered voting.  They/I/we realise that none of the...
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Chairman Mao - you are in a perfect position to shed some light on all this You arrived in New Zealand 20...
iconoclast How different is Auckland from the rest of NZ?
Again food scare in China, now about  toxic rice: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22636552
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Govt bond yields fall to record low

24 Apr 13, 12:20pm, David Chaston
Key long-term Government bond yield falls to a 28-year low following OCR review

RBNZ holding OCR 'through end of 2013'

Updated 24 Apr 13, 9:07am, Bernard Hickey
RBNZ to keep OCR at 2.5% 'through the end of 2013'; wrings hands again on house prices, NZ$; Currency jumps as traders realise RBNZ all bark, no bite; Westpac pushes out OCR hike pick

ANZ bond interest rate reset at 5.28%

16 Apr 13, 1:10pm, Gareth Vaughan
ANZ resets interest rate on NZ$835 mln bond issue at 5.28% for 5-years, well down on 9.66% they've paid since 2008

Kiwibank's market leading mortgage rate

08 Apr 13, 2:54pm, Gareth Vaughan
Kiwibank cuts 1-year fixed home loan rate to 4.99% from 5.25%, withdraws 4.75% 6-month special

New BNZ senior bond offer

20 Mar 13, 2:16pm, Craig Simpson
Margin to be between 1.23% and 1.28% over the 5-year swap rate and 90-day Bank Bill Rate respectively

BNZ eyes senior bond offer

19 Mar 13, 3:28pm, Gareth Vaughan
Fresh BNZ bond offer brews, offering both fixed and floating interest rates, after perpetual share issued was called last month; Tier 2 issue for ASB?

'Forces in the equity markets suit our profile'

15 Mar 13, 1:36pm, Gareth Vaughan
 Ian Narev, boss of ASB's parent CBA, says group won't 'go for bigger and bolder' just because of its new found global banking behemoth status; Discusses impact of worst case housing market scenario

BNZ to repay NZ$450m debt issue

20 Feb 13, 9:14am, Gareth Vaughan
Unlike ANZ, BNZ will call and repay high interest debt security issue rather than rolling it over at a lower interest rate

KiwiSaver: Gareth Morgan vs Mercer

19 Feb 13, 11:49am, Craig Simpson
Craig Simpson reports on the latest after-tax and fees returns for Gareth Morgan and Mercer's KiwiSaver schemes

ANZ bondholders face dramatic interest rate cut

15 Feb 13, 11:55am, Gareth Vaughan
ANZ NZ won't call NZ$835 mln callable bond meaning investors face interest rate reset way down on current 9.66% rate