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Economy / News

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Economy / News

Economic divide between the North Island and the South Island continues - Infometrics

20th Nov 25, 5:00am

Despite ‘more meaningful economic gains’ across most regions there’s still a divide between the North and South islands, Infometrics principal economist says

Insurance / News

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Insurance / News

Government delays decision on whether to increase Natural Hazards Levy

19th Nov 25, 7:02pm

by Mandy Te

Government pushes out decision on whether to increase the Natural Hazards Insurance Levy as Finance Minister Nicola Willis says insurance is a major cost-of-living pressure on New Zealanders

Economy / News

What happened Wednesday

19th Nov 25, 4:00pm

by David Chaston

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; dairy prices drop again, rents drop on oversupply, PPI rises, farm expenses don't, eyes on insider trading, swaps soft, NZD soft, & more

Public Policy / News

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Public Policy / News

All road users should contribute in proportion to their use of NZ roads, Transport Minister says

19th Nov 25, 1:41pm

by Mandy Te

Government plans to introduce annual CPI adjustments to tolling, Transport Minister says all road users should contribute in proportion to the use of the country’s roads

Property / News

Property / News

Advertised rents on Trade Me Property drop to a two-and-half-year low

19th Nov 25, 9:44am

by Greg Ninness

More rental properties available and fewer prospective tenants are forcing rents down in most parts of the country

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Investing / Opinion

Investing / Opinion

A bursting AI bubble would not erase the technology’s long-term importance

19th Nov 25, 10:46am

by Guest

Is the AI bubble about to burst? What to watch for as the markets wobble

Investing / News

Investing / News

Daily NZX update, Wednesday, November 19, 2025

19th Nov 25, 3:00pm

by Luron Iosefa

Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; NZX50 eases as decliners double gainers; Kathmandu, Napier Port, Port of Tauranga, and Spark top the gains with Stride, Serko, Tourism Holdings, and Vista leading the decliners

Public Policy / Analysis

Public Policy / Analysis

Record numbers of younger women want to leave the US

19th Nov 25, 8:43am

by admin

Gallup polling shows that the desire to migrate among younger American women has quadrupled in the past decade - that's now 26 mln women who want to leave

Economy / Analysis

Economy / Analysis

Reserve Bank gets three green lights for OCR cut next week

18th Nov 25, 3:27pm

by David Hargreaves

Results from the latest business survey for the Reserve Bank show expectations of future inflation have reduced - backing up results from two other RBNZ surveys in recent days

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Insurance / News

Tower ‘considering options to introduce’ parametric insurance in NZ

18th Nov 25, 6:09pm

Mandy Te

Technology / News

Government announces anti-scam measures aimed at stemming losses

18th Nov 25, 12:11pm

Juha Saarinen

Public Policy / Analysis

Te wiki o te tāke: The capital gains tax special edition

18th Nov 25, 9:23am

Terry Baucher

Economy / Opinion

The latest quiz is now available

17th Nov 25, 8:33am

David Chaston

Property / Analysis

October was the housing market's 'have a hmmm' month

18th Nov 25, 9:12am

Greg Ninness

Economy / News

Breakfast briefing: Investor risk aversion rises

19th Nov 25, 7:19am

David Chaston

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'This will be a disappointing result for the RBNZ'

[updated]

13th Nov 25, 11:23am

David Hargreaves

Electronic cards data for October shows that apart from rises in fuel and consumables spending, seasonally adjusted retail spending was on a downward path again

Public Policy / Opinion

Admit it, taxes have to rise and house prices cannot

16th Nov 25, 6:30am

Dan Brunskill

New Zealand needs to raise taxes to cover the costs of the post-pandemic world and investors need to build wealth without relying property price inflation, Dan Brunskill says

Economy / Analysis

Reserve Bank gets three green lights for OCR cut next week

18th Nov 25, 3:27pm

David Hargreaves

Results from the latest business survey for the Reserve Bank show expectations of future inflation have reduced - backing up results from two other RBNZ surveys in recent days

Economy / News

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'No obstacles': Economists forecast OCR to be cut and inflation to drop

[updated]

17th Nov 25, 11:37am

Mandy Te

There are ‘no obstacles’ to another Official Cash Rate cut, economists say, and they expect inflation to fall as Statistics New Zealand’s latest Selected Price Indexes shows annual food prices up 4.7% in October

Property / News