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Economy / News

Breakfast briefing: Oil prices settle to be +12% above conflict-start levels, +25% above early 2026 levels

19th Jun 26, 7:24am

US & Iran sign MOU, leaving Iran stronger; US data mixed; Canada PPI leaps; many central bank decisions; freight rates rise; Hormuz transits pick up; UST 10yr at 4.44%; gold down and oil down; NZ$1 = 57.6 USc; TWI-5 = 61.3

Public Policy / Opinion

Public Policy / Opinion

What is the right question about the Immigration NZ saga?

19th Jun 26, 5:00am

by Natalia Albert

Nobody had to mean it. The informal rules won over the formal ones and so decided who held power, and it wasn't the Minister, Natalia Albert says of Immigration NZ's shambolic tech project

Personal Finance / Analysis

Westpac cuts some longer-term fixed mortgage rates

18th Jun 26, 3:49pm

by David Chaston

The Red Bank heaps competitive pressure on ANZ by cutting some longer carded fixed rates, after ANZ raised all its fixed rates in early June

Public Policy / News

Public Service Commissioner of New Zealand Brian Roche.

Public Policy / News

Inside NZ's 'once in 40 year opportunity to redesign and reinvent' the public service

18th Jun 26, 5:51pm

by Anna Whyte

Inside the 'once in 40 year opportunity to redesign and reinvent' the public service

Economy / News

What happened Thursday

18th Jun 26, 3:59pm

by David Chaston

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Westpac cuts mortgage rates; GDP rise better than expected, migrants more family oriented, NZGB strong again, swaps up, NZD down, & more

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Economy / News

Lower oil prices mean July OCR hike 'no longer the slam dunk that it was'

18th Jun 26, 3:26pm

by Mandy Te

Economists don’t expect the latest GDP figures to have a large bearing on the Reserve Bank’s OCR outlook but ANZ says likely hike in July is ‘no longer the slam dunk it was’

Property / News

Property / News

Grey hair evident in the latest residence visa approval numbers

18th Jun 26, 10:50am

by Greg Ninness

Older people aged 60-plus along with children and teenagers made up just over a third of all residency approvals in the May year

Banking / News

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand in Wellington, 2024

Banking / News

RBNZ kicks off bank crisis-prep consultations, including 'evolution' of its OBR policy

[updated]

18th Jun 26, 1:12pm

by Ella Somers

Reserve Bank enters final stretch of Deposit Takers Act rollout via the release of two consultations on crisis-readiness and draft standards exposure

Economy / News

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Economy / News

GDP rises 0.8% in the March quarter

18th Jun 26, 11:01am

by Mandy Te

New Zealand’s economy grew 0.8% in the March quarter, with the overall increase in GDP due to manufacturing, business services and wholesale trade

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Insurance / News

Health and life insurers to be excluded from mandatory climate reporting requirements

18th Jun 26, 1:26pm

Mandy Te

Business / Opinion

KPMG under the spotlight in Australia

18th Jun 26, 10:20am

Guest

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Insurance / News

ICNZ says insurers have long questioned whether levy most appropriate way to fund FENZ

18th Jun 26, 5:00am

Mandy Te

Business / News

DIA hits 10 firms with public anti-money laundering warnings

17th Jun 26, 2:55pm

Ella Somers

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Banking / News

A bank by any other name? Building societies & credit unions mull becoming banks

17th Jun 26, 9:19am

Ella Somers

Banking / News

The Worldclear Files II; A Belarusian oligarch & more

16th Jun 26, 5:00am

Gareth Vaughan

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Property / Analysis

Big increase in the number of vendors taking their properties off the market in May

16th Jun 26, 10:01am

Greg Ninness

Vendors taking their properties off the market helped push down the volume of unsold housing stock in May

Economy / News

Household spending on dining out and other entertainment 'weakest since 1991'

17th Jun 26, 11:59am

Ella Somers

Westpac-McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence Index shows consumer confidence in the June quarter dropped to the lowest level since 2023 due to the Middle East conflict, fuel and living costs

Property / News

May housing sales down 12.6% compared to May last year - REINZ

15th Jun 26, 8:59am

Greg Ninness

Housing sales slumped and prices eased slightly in May according to the REINZ

Economy / News

The GDP March quarter figures will be ‘the calm before the storm’

14th Jun 26, 6:30am

Ella Somers

Economists expect March quarter GDP to top 1% with the effects of the Middle East conflict and global fuel crisis are likely to hit harder in GDP releases later this year

Personal Finance / Analysis

Westpac cuts some longer-term fixed mortgage rates

18th Jun 26, 3:49pm

David Chaston

The Red Bank heaps competitive pressure on ANZ by cutting some longer carded fixed rates, after ANZ raised all its fixed rates in early June

Property / Opinion

The ups and downs of Australia’s super-rich

[updated]

12th Jun 26, 2:39pm

Ross Stitt

Ross Stitt sees Australia with more billionaires with even greater fortunes, despite rising unemployment, weak productivity growth and threatening inflation

Technology / Opinion

Shareholder loans, a Kiwi love story

13th Jun 26, 9:20am

Guest

Peter Drennan shows why Nicola Willis gutted the IRD clampdown on 'shareholder loans', essentially leaving in place a rort that benefits 'companies' buying property and avoiding tax