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Property / Analysis

Substantial improvement in housing affordability for first home buyers as prices slide

22nd Feb 26, 6:00am

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

Public Policy / Opinion

Public Policy / Opinion

Eyes on the horizon: Looking ahead in a volatile world

22nd Feb 26, 10:11am

by Guest

RBNZ Governor explains why they expect declining tradables inflation to bring inflation rate back within target range, providing the economy with room to recover without a lift-off in inflation

Public Policy / Opinion

Public Policy / Opinion

The end of a lie

22nd Feb 26, 9:54am

by Guest

Antara Haldar praises Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for discarding the fiction of a rules-based international order

Economy / News

Economy / News

Weekend briefing: Trump loses tariff case, imposes new 10% tariff-tax

21st Feb 26, 8:36am

by David Chaston

Tariff-taxes illegal says US Supreme Court; US expansion slows sharply; US sentiment stays weak, consumer costs rise faster than incomes; Japan and India rise; UST 10yr at 4.08%; gold stable, oil up again; NZ$1 = 59.7 USc; TWI-5 = 63.3

Property / News

Property / News

More properties on offer but sales rate slumps at the latest auctions

21st Feb 26, 6:00am

by Greg Ninness

The sales rate slumped back to mid-winter levels at the latest property auctions

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Personal Finance / Analysis

Westpac actions u-turn on longer mortgage rates ahead of rivals

[updated]

20th Feb 26, 4:31pm

by 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

Investing / Opinion

Investing / Opinion

When monkeys outperform humans

21st Feb 26, 9:15am

by Guest

Shane O'Driscoll says we need to recognise our negativity bias. We should expect that bad news will dominate information flows and is more likely to reach us

Public Policy / Opinion

Public Policy / Opinion

China’s agricultural revolution

21st Feb 26, 9:53am

by David Mahon

With nine percent of the world’s arable land while supporting 20% of the world’s population, China is very focused on food security. David Mahon explains the implications of this focus

Public Policy / News

Public Policy / News

How the Infrastructure Commission crunched the Auckland Harbour crossing numbers

20th Feb 26, 1:28pm

by Anna Whyte

Inside the $9 toll: How the Infrastructure Commission came to its Auckland harbour crossing figure

Public Policy / Analysis

Greenland, national security and mineral resources

21st Feb 26, 9:05am

Guest

Economy / Analysis

Give growth a chance

20th Feb 26, 10:30am

David Hargreaves

Public Policy / News

Big political donations fast out of the gates in election year

20th Feb 26, 9:49am

Anna Whyte

Rural News / News

Fonterra lifts payout forecast

20th Feb 26, 8:58am

David Chaston

Investing / Opinion

Stock-bond diversification offers less protection from market selloffs

20th Feb 26, 9:40am

Guest

A composite image of Housing Minister Chris Bishop and Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown, and spiders overlayed on an image of Auckland city centre.

Property / News

Housing reset sparks Wayne Brown-David Seymour showdown

19th Feb 26, 5:05pm

Anna Whyte

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IRD hasn’t changed the law, it’s changed how long it waits

17th Feb 26, 4:19pm

Guest

Dave Ananth reports that as the IRD systems prioritise tax debt enforcement, even reasonable proposals to them to sort out an issue become harder to get accepted. You must have a credible plan to avoid compounding costs

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Cash in circulation has been rising. Why?

17th Feb 26, 5:00am

Gareth Vaughan

Would New Zealand becoming a cashless society help combat 'the number one threat to national security?'

Personal Finance / Analysis

Westpac actions u-turn on longer mortgage rates ahead of rivals

[updated]

20th Feb 26, 4:31pm

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

Economy / News

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Dovish RBNZ holds OCR and says 'monetary policy is likely to remain accommodative for some time'

[updated]

18th Feb 26, 2:18pm

David Hargreaves

Reserve Bank holds the Official Cash Rate at 2.25% and is not forecasting a rise until either late this year or early next

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Superannuation: Changing the retirement age won’t fix the problem - panel

17th Feb 26, 12:28pm

Mandy Te

Changing the NZ Super age won’t fix the country's retirement system problems on its own, panel says at New Zealand Economics Forum, as Labour leader raises concern about ‘arbitrary raise’ in retirement age

Currencies / Opinion

RBNZ under increasing pressure to adjust monetary policy stance

16th Feb 26, 9:01am

Roger J Kerr

Roger J Kerr says local economic forecasters have been consistently underestimating the level of confidence and actual economic activity over the last two months

Property / News