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BNZ jumped the gun with a -25 bps floating rate cut, ANZ, ASB only cut -20 bps, and now Westpac only passes on -15 bps of the OCR cut, as does Kiwibank

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BNZ jumped the gun with a -25 bps floating rate cut, ANZ, ASB only cut -20 bps, and now Westpac only passes on -15 bps of the OCR cut, as does Kiwibank
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Source: based on 123rf.com

Updated with more announced rate cuts in the table.

A second bank, after the Co-operative Bank, has jumped the gun on the upcoming Reserve Bank (RBNZ) Official Cash Rate (OCR) change, widely anticipated to be a 25 basis points cut tomorrow (Wednesday).

BNZ has announced a similar -25 bps floating rate cut, to 6.44%, effective for existing clients on Wednesday, June 4.

Update: ANZ cut their floating rate by -20 bps, holding back 5 bps for themselves. They have form; they did the same after the April OCR cut, so they have now held back -10 bps in 2025.

Update: Westpac cut their floating rate by -15 bps to 6.59%, holding back -10 bps.

Update: Kiwibank cut their floating rate to 6.35%, also a cut by only -15 bps.

BNZ have also cut their fixed rates. These changes mean the distance between the BNZ variable rate and the key fixed one year rate has shifted from +170 bps to +149 bps.

Banks are expected to be very quick cutting their floating rates as soon as the RBNZ announced its actual decision at 2pm on Wednesday.

The early cutting has been led by the Co-operative Bank who did their -25 bps trimming on May 14, 2025.

We will update this review as each change to floating rates comes through.

  Currently cut New effective*
  % bps %  
ANZ 6.69 -20 6.49 4 June
ASB 6.64 -20 6.44 4 June
BNZ 6.69 -25 6.44 4 June
Kiwibank 6.50 -15 6.35 3 June
Westpac 6.74 -15 6.59 5 June
         
Cooperative Bank 6.20 -25 5.95 29 May
Heartland Bank 6.25      
SBS Bank 6.74 -25 6.49 29 June
TSB 6.64      
* effective for existing borrowers.
   For new clients, most banks have them effective sooner.

If you are an existing customer, you can ask your bank to apply the reduction sooner than their effective date listed above. They should, because the delay is only because banks are under an obligation to give advance notice of a change. But that is only meaningful in the case of a rise. They will give a new client the lower rate immediately.

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To be updated when details are ascertained. See our tracking page here.

Along with falling mortgage rates, banks are also cutting savings account rates.

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They have also cut their fixed rates. 

So, what are these cuts, and what are the new fixed rates please? 

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People get stressed out about shoplifting, but this kinda thing happens and they'll explain it away no worries 

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