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Public Policy / News

Government to allow KiwiSaver withdrawals for farm purchases, makes tweak for serviced tenants

1st Mar 26, 10:45am

Government changing law to allow KiwiSaver withdrawals to buy farms, people on serviced tenancies to be exempt from living in their first home

Property / News

Advertised rents on Trade Me Property down 3.1% in January year

28th Feb 26, 7:57am

by Greg Ninness

Median advertised rents on Trade Me Property dropped in most regions in January year with biggest drop in Wellington

Public Policy / Opinion

Public Policy / Opinion

What Australia’s carbon market for cars means

28th Feb 26, 7:51am

by Guest

Australia’s new fuel efficiency scheme quietly created a carbon currency for cars that's working, Hussein Dia says

Bonds / Opinion

Bonds / Opinion

What will the US Federal Reserve’s 'Warsh era' bring?

28th Feb 26, 3:09pm

by Guest

Mohamed A. El-Erian says improving the Fed’s record and restoring trust in its judgment will require new Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh to address a long list of problems

Property / News

Property / News

Rise in auction numbers but not in the sales rate

28th Feb 26, 5:00am

by Greg Ninness

Big jump in number of properties offered at latest residential property auctions but only 39% sold under the hammer

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Business / Opinion

Business / Opinion

Responsible AI is about staying responsible as values shift

28th Feb 26, 3:14pm

by Guest

AI can slowly shift an organisation’s core principles. How to spot ‘value drift’ early

Public Policy / Opinion

Public Policy / Opinion

Should central banks hold bitcoin reserves?

28th Feb 26, 7:52am

by Guest

Kenneth Rogoff says the Trump administration’s support for cryptocurrencies and long-standing US weaponisation of the greenback, could prompt some central banks to experiment with bitcoin diversification

Public Policy / News

Public Policy / News

Air NZ’s loss sparks coalition clash over government stake

28th Feb 26, 5:00am

by Anna Whyte

Air NZ’s $40m half-year loss sparks coalition clash over the Government’s stake in national carrier

Property / Opinion

Property / Opinion

The Mayor, the Minister, and the former libertarian

27th Feb 26, 9:16am

by Guest

Peter Drennan says Auckland's messy housing debate has clarified. We now know who actually wants to fix the housing crisis and who's strip-mining it for political advantage

Property / Analysis

More than half mortgages approved to first home buyers in January were low equity loans

27th Feb 26, 11:12am

Greg Ninness

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Personal Finance / News

Financial hardship behind a high number of early KiwiSaver withdrawals

27th Feb 26, 2:19pm

Mandy Te

A medium shot of Director-General of Health and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Health Audrey Sonerson.

Public Policy / News

Inside Vote Health: The multi-billion dollar balancing act

27th Feb 26, 9:42am

Anna Whyte

ACT Party leader David Seymour speaks to reporters.

Public Policy / News

Should MPs have a travel spending limit? David Seymour thinks so

27th Feb 26, 3:52pm

Anna Whyte

Technology / News

Demand for AI skills surges in job market - Seek report

27th Feb 26, 12:01am

Anna Whyte

Personal Finance / Analysis

BNZ cuts some fixed home loan rates

26th Feb 26, 9:58am

David Chaston

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Economy / News

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RBNZ’s Paul Conway on why he believes inflation will drop to 2%

23rd Feb 26, 9:33am

Mandy Te

RBNZ chief economist Paul Conway says it’s not optimism to think inflation will fall to 2%, it’s New Zealand’s economic fundamentals

Personal Finance / Analysis

BNZ cuts some fixed home loan rates

26th Feb 26, 9:58am

David Chaston

Reductions to some fixed home loan rates may extend the move by borrowers to fix for longer given swirling uncertainties in the short term

Personal Finance / News

Kiwibank raises its floating mortgage rate

23rd Feb 26, 10:31am

David Chaston

The out-of-cycle hike of its floating home loan rates by Kiwibank comes in response to two pressures; its low earnings, and that the Co-op Bank has taken its mantle for this type of mortgage rate

Personal Finance / News

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3 in 5 lower income households spend at least 40% of money on housing

26th Feb 26, 11:32am

Mandy Te

Increasing proportion of households consider their income is ‘not enough’ or only ‘just enough’ to meet everyday needs, according to Statistics NZ

Currencies / Opinion

The risk is that the RBNZ have misread NZ inflation

23rd Feb 26, 8:44am

Roger J Kerr

Roger J Kerr says there have to be major question marks over expected further decreases in both non-tradable inflation and tradable inflation this year

Property / Analysis

More than half mortgages approved to first home buyers in January were low equity loans

27th Feb 26, 11:12am

Greg Ninness

Low equity lending to first home buyers surged to a record high in January

Public Policy / Analysis

Te wiki o te tāke: The key themes for 2026 are clear

24th Feb 26, 11:01am

Terry Baucher

The New Zealand Tax Podcast; Inland Revenue to keep ramping up enforcement, the US will go its own way, and it’s a NZ election year so get ready for a lot of politicking about tax