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Manager Operational Effectiveness and Assurance IT
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Financial Controller
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Manager Finance Corporate Core - 12 Month Contract role
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Home loan easier to afford as house prices edge down

Home loan affordability improves in April, and the competitive mortgage market improves the outlook the latest Roost report shows

Door open for covered bonds from non-banks

Govt Bill allows banks to use assets other than residential mortgages for covered bond security and entities other than registered banks to issue covered bonds in the future

Profit up at power network operator

Powerco 9-month earnings rise 8.9% in new balance date, boosts dividend

Big new property syndicator born

Property syndicators KCL Group and Commercial Investment Properties combine to form entity with about NZ$800 mln of assets

How to do your own tax refunds

Are you leaving money on the table? Amanda Morrall looks at the ease of on-line tax refunds and how to do-it-yourself. Your experience?

NZ$ falls below 75 US cents

NZ$ falls below 75 US cents following former Greek PM's interview on Greece preparing for euro exit and 'catastrophic' fallout

Why sheep farmers convert?

Southland farmers say it's not all about the money

Kiwis scaling back on private health insurance

Kiwis’ uptake of private health insurance falls to 6-year low, lags behind OECD

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

Mortgage fast-tracking (a case study of hair ironing); Cracking down on bad debt behaviour; 34 ways to spend less; Start-up smarts; Laughing at billionaires in love

Budget tax moves to target high income NZers

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Budget 2012 tax base broadening moves to target high income NZers avoiding obligations, English says; Budget theme 'confidence in uncertain times'

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Analysing the Greens/BERL critique; Better Life Index; 'It's here and it's unclear'; Decline; Magic; bloopers; Dilbert

NZ$ slammed again overnight

Former Greek PM suggests dropping the euro would have catastrophic economic consequences for Greece

90 seconds at 9 am

US stocks and NZ$ slide as former Greek PM reveals 'Grexit' preparations and bailouts for Greek banks suffering bank runs; Facebook hits US$31

NZ 5-year swap rate back over 3%

NZ Bond yields supported by better than expected Fonterra payout

Fonterra to tighten TAF rules

Fonterra tightens TAF rules to safeguard 100% farmer ownership, following concerns raised about size of new 'shareholders' fund for redemption capital

Rise in equities a technical bounce

Expect NZ$ movements to be driven by global risk sentiment and eurozone headlines.

US housing provides lift

BusinessDesk: "The risk is increasing of a vicious circle, involving sovereign debt, weak banking, excessive fiscal consolidation and low growth': OECD

BNZ cuts most fixed mortgage rates

BNZ cuts most fixed mortgage rates as price war heats up, powered by falling wholesale rates and high profit margins; BNZ slashes 7 yr rate 56 basis points to 6.99%

HSBC, Co-op Bank latest to cut

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HSBC and the Co-operative Bank both cut some advertised fixed-term mortgage rates and some term deposit rates

Basel III moral hazards highlighted

Fitch sees potential for worse deals for customers, riskier activities & regulatory arbitrage from 'too big to fail banks' needing US$566b to meet Basel III rules

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