Major parties under 30% while NZ First surges, giving current coalition enough seats to return to government, latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia Poll shows

After a pause, ASB moves to update both its home loan and term deposit rates. They're now more closely aligned with main rivals' rates

The recent increase in rates is driven by a structural reset, not simply near-term economic factors. But there are limits notes David Skilling

Westpac NZ economists see inflation heading towards a three-year 'all gas, no brakes' high by the end of 2026 and have also downgraded house price projections

QV says average dwelling values are dropping in most parts of New Zealand with buyers wary

Morrison's Paul Newfield sees big opportunity for New Zealand from 'massive overflow opportunity of the AI industry needing to move out of the US'

Russia ignores Trump's 'energy ceasefire'; Nobel Prize in economics; More Fed hiking signals; China car sales disappoint; India inflation jumps; UST 10yr at 5.24%; gold dips and oil rises; NZ$1 = 55.8 USc; TWI-5 = 59.7 a 17 year low