US and Iran tit-for-tat military attacks increased. Crude rises through Friday night session, up 4½%; expect to see another lurch higher on the Asian open today, Rates and currencies well contained despite the lift in oil prices

The challenge shifts from trying to prevent the virus from arriving to detecting new incursions quickly and managing their consequences

Bank economists are forecasting inflation for the June quarter will reach or crack 4.0%, with Kiwibank saying it’s to be expected that ‘the June quarter inflation numbers will be ugly'

Elizabeth Macpherson and David Jefferson argue it is time to abandon a European-style “lock it or lose it” approach to conservation. Our nature is diverse, as are the human values attached to it they say