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Property / Opinion
The Mayor, the Minister, and the former libertarian
27th Feb 26, 9:16am
by Guest
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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
Personal Finance / News
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Personal Finance / News
Financial hardship behind a high number of early KiwiSaver withdrawals
27th Feb 26, 2:19pm
by Mandy Te
More than half early KiwiSaver withdrawals in January prompted by financial hardship
Property / Analysis
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Property / Analysis
More than half mortgages approved to first home buyers in January were low equity loans
27th Feb 26, 11:12am
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by Greg Ninness
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Low equity lending to first home buyers surged to a record high in January
Public Policy / News
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Public Policy / News
Inside Vote Health: The multi-billion dollar balancing act
27th Feb 26, 9:42am
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by Anna Whyte
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Director-General of Health and CEO of the Ministry of Health Audrey Sonerson on health reform, pressure and the politics of funding
Insurance / News
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Insurance / News
Natural Hazards Commission details its long-term investment plans
27th Feb 26, 11:17am
by Mandy Te
Natural Hazards Commission lays out its long-term investment plans for the Natural Hazards Fund, which has around $670 million
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Seek AI job share
Technology / News
Demand for AI skills surges in job market - Seek report
27th Feb 26, 12:01am
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by Anna Whyte
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AI skills demand surges, but still remains a small portion of job market, Seek report finds
Economy / News
Economy / News
Breakfast briefing: Financial markets turn risk-off
[updated]
27th Feb 26, 7:20am
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by David Chaston
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Financial markets worry about growing risks; US data mixed; Canada popular with investors; Singapore data strong; container freight rates dip; UST 10yr at 4.02%; gold dips, oil firm; NZ$1 = 59.7 USc; TWI-5 = 63.2
Banking / News
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Banking / News
'No indication' of whether IPO could follow election, Kiwibank CEO says
26th Feb 26, 3:57pm
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by Gareth Vaughan
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Kiwibank CEO Steve Jurkovich says political uncertainty around a possible IPO a challenging factor for potential outside investors in the state-owned bank
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Business / News
CEO Steve Jurkovich on Kiwibank's biggest opportunity
27th Feb 26, 9:13am
by Gareth Vaughan
Kiwibank CEO Steve Jurkovich details where he sees Kiwibank's biggest growth opportunity and the sector where he doesn't want to be 'a subscale sixth player'
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Banking / News
Flush-with-cash Heartland sees good opportunities for organic growth
27th Feb 26, 9:18am
David Hargreaves
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Business / News
ANZ Business Outlook shows inflation pressures continuing to rise
26th Feb 26, 1:21pm
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David Hargreaves
swirling uncertainty
Personal Finance / Analysis
BNZ cuts some fixed home loan rates
26th Feb 26, 9:58am
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David Chaston
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Personal Finance / News
3 in 5 lower income households spend at least 40% of money on housing
26th Feb 26, 11:32am
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Mandy Te
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Business / News
Air New Zealand loses $40m in first half of year and forecasts further loss in second half
26th Feb 26, 10:00am
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David Hargreaves
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Personal Finance / News
Banks slam 'extreme' and 'back to the future' RBNZ cash services proposal
26th Feb 26, 7:30am
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David Hargreaves
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Westpac actions u-turn on longer mortgage rates ahead of rivals
[updated]
20th Feb 26, 4:31pm
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David Chaston
As financial markets reset after a more dovish than anticipated Reserve Bank monetary policy review, Westpac is cutting three longer term home loan rates
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RBNZ’s Paul Conway on why he believes inflation will drop to 2%
23rd Feb 26, 9:33am
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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
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Substantial improvement in housing affordability for first home buyers as prices slide
22nd Feb 26, 6:00am
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Housing is now the most affordable it has been for first home buyers in more than five years as prices drop at the bottom of the market
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Kiwibank raises its floating mortgage rate
23rd Feb 26, 10:31am
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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
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More properties on offer but sales rate slumps at the latest auctions
21st Feb 26, 6:00am
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The sales rate slumped back to mid-winter levels at the latest property auctions
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swirling uncertainty
BNZ cuts some fixed home loan rates
26th Feb 26, 9:58am
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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
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The risk is that the RBNZ have misread NZ inflation
23rd Feb 26, 8:44am
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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

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NZD stays in recent range in risk aversion boost for USD
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