Bernard Hickey | interest.co.nz

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Bernard is back as a senior contributor on interest.co.nz. Until September 30, 2012 he was the managing editor here. He had previously worked for 18 years for Reuters, the FT Group and Fairfax as a financial journalist and editor. He is now the publisher of The Kaka.

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Latest articles

NZ business confidence resilient

NZIER QSBO shows business confidence resilient before ratings downgrade, RBNZ comments and global turmoil. Your experience?

4th Oct 11, 10:17am

by Bernard Hickey

NZIER QSBO shows business confidence resilient before ratings downgrade, RBNZ comments and global turmoil. Your experience?

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European and US bank stocks hammered on fresh Greek default, euro turmoil fears; NZ$ hits 7 month low of 75 USc

4th Oct 11, 8:59am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European and US bank stocks hammered on fresh Greek default, euro turmoil fears; NZ$ hits 7 month low of 75 USc

Don Ha vs Hugh Green in court

BusinessDesk: Hugh Green, Don Ha set to face off in legal stoush over unpaid commissions

4th Oct 11, 8:37am

by Bernard Hickey

BusinessDesk: Hugh Green, Don Ha set to face off in legal stoush over unpaid commissions

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'The money ran out in June'; Belgium about to nationalise Dexia; Occupy Wall St gathers momentum; Thinking the unthinkable on money printing; Dilbert

3rd Oct 11, 1:24pm

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'The money ran out in June'; Belgium about to nationalise Dexia; Occupy Wall St gathers momentum; Thinking the unthinkable on money printing; Dilbert

RBNZ to pay govt NZ$210 mln dividend

RBNZ makes annual net profit of NZ$144 mln and pays government NZ$210 mln dividend

3rd Oct 11, 11:34am

by Bernard Hickey

RBNZ makes annual net profit of NZ$144 mln and pays government NZ$210 mln dividend

Where is your Plan B John Key?

Opinion: Bernard Hickey wonders what alternatives the government to get the economy going if China has a hard landing

3rd Oct 11, 10:21am

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Bernard Hickey wonders what alternatives the government to get the economy going if China has a hard landing

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ weak after Double Downgrade and sharp late fall in US stocks on global economic and Eurozone fears; Greece misses targets

3rd Oct 11, 8:57am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ weak after Double Downgrade and sharp late fall in US stocks on global economic and Eurozone fears; Greece misses targets

Dan Bell's weekly currencies outlook

Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the NZ$'s slide as global economic fears grow and NZ's credit rating is cut; looks to ECB, BOE, RBA meetings; Greek decision

1st Oct 11, 12:02am

by Bernard Hickey

Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the NZ$'s slide as global economic fears grow and NZ's credit rating is cut; looks to ECB, BOE, RBA meetings; Greek decision

'The chickens are coming home to roost'

Double Shot Interview: David Cunliffe says Double Downgrade a response to National Government's failure on foreign debt and current account deficit

30th Sep 11, 11:33pm

by Bernard Hickey

Double Shot Interview: David Cunliffe says Double Downgrade a response to National Government's failure on foreign debt and current account deficit

Why NZ's rating downgrade matters

Opinion: Bernard Hickey says the government can't just brush off the Double-Downgrade of NZ's sovereign credit rating as an accidental or irrelevant mistake

30th Sep 11, 10:56pm

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Bernard Hickey says the government can't just brush off the Double-Downgrade of NZ's sovereign credit rating as an accidental or irrelevant mistake

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Chinese bosses disappear and jump off buildings to avoid loan sharks; 'That European idiot'; Aussie house prices tanking; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

30th Sep 11, 8:22pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Chinese bosses disappear and jump off buildings to avoid loan sharks; 'That European idiot'; Aussie house prices tanking; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

English blames world for NZ downgrade

Finance Minister Bill English says S&P and Fitch downgrades of NZ "reflect global concerns about foreign debt"

30th Sep 11, 3:11pm

by Bernard Hickey

Finance Minister Bill English says S&P and Fitch downgrades of NZ "reflect global concerns about foreign debt"

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Fitch cuts NZ's credit rating on high current account deficit; NZ$ falls 1 USc; German parliament approves bailout

30th Sep 11, 9:00am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Fitch cuts NZ's credit rating on high current account deficit; NZ$ falls 1 USc; German parliament approves bailout

Fitch cuts NZ's credit rating

Fitch cuts NZ's sovereign credit rating by one notch to AA from AA+, cites NZ's high net foreign debt and widening current account deficit

30th Sep 11, 7:18am

by Bernard Hickey

Fitch cuts NZ's sovereign credit rating by one notch to AA from AA+, cites NZ's high net foreign debt and widening current account deficit

Morning Marcus: Quake cover; Govt debt; BBQ Factory

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about the first insurer to pull quake coverage; NZ's record debt issue; BBQ Factory receivership

29th Sep 11, 9:02pm

by Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about the first insurer to pull quake coverage; NZ's record debt issue; BBQ Factory receivership

Insurers start dropping quake cover

NZ's biggest insurer of churches and heritage buildings stops covering earthquakes across NZ; Zurich also pulls quake cover in Wellington, ChCh

29th Sep 11, 8:33pm

by Bernard Hickey

NZ's biggest insurer of churches and heritage buildings stops covering earthquakes across NZ; Zurich also pulls quake cover in Wellington, ChCh

Brash slams Auckland's urban limit

ACT's Brash slams Auckland's plan to replace Metropolitan Urban Limit with Rural Urban Boundary as locking out young and poor from housing for 30 years

29th Sep 11, 2:59pm

by Bernard Hickey

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ACT's Brash slams Auckland's plan to replace Metropolitan Urban Limit with Rural Urban Boundary as locking out young and poor from housing for 30 years

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Fed the lender of last resort for European banks; Top China watcher picks hard landing; Ukraine to default?; Democracy's suicide?; Dilbert

29th Sep 11, 12:46pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Fed the lender of last resort for European banks; Top China watcher picks hard landing; Ukraine to default?; Democracy's suicide?; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European fears return as divisions emerge over Greece; Italy and Spain extend short-selling bans; Copper price slumps; NZ$ down

29th Sep 11, 8:59am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European fears return as divisions emerge over Greece; Italy and Spain extend short-selling bans; Copper price slumps; NZ$ down

Morning Marcus: Milk prices; Black budgets; Golden parachutes

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about Fonterra's milk price review; Bill English's 'ugly' forecast; PGG Wrightson's golden parachute

28th Sep 11, 6:31pm

by Bernard Hickey

Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about Fonterra's milk price review; Bill English's 'ugly' forecast; PGG Wrightson's golden parachute

Fonterra to review NZ milk price

Fonterra's new CEO says he will review milk prices and costs for NZ consumers

28th Sep 11, 1:14pm

by Bernard Hickey

Fonterra's new CEO says he will review milk prices and costs for NZ consumers

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The markets are happy but the Germans are still grumpy; Auckland's draft plan for unaffordable housing; Lower bank profits = safer banks; Dilbert

28th Sep 11, 11:45am

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The markets are happy but the Germans are still grumpy; Auckland's draft plan for unaffordable housing; Lower bank profits = safer banks; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European stocks jump 5%, US stocks up 2.5% on hopes European polticians are now serious about saving the euro; NZ$ over 79 USc

28th Sep 11, 8:59am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European stocks jump 5%, US stocks up 2.5% on hopes European polticians are now serious about saving the euro; NZ$ over 79 USc

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China tells Europe and US it can't bail them out again; 'Those greedy boomers'; Auckland's new green urban limit; 'Save the rich from themselves'; Dilbert

26th Sep 11, 11:57am

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China tells Europe and US it can't bail them out again; 'Those greedy boomers'; Auckland's new green urban limit; 'Save the rich from themselves'; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European Financial crisis near key moment amid warnings of financial meltdown if Greece defaults without contagion firewall built

26th Sep 11, 9:01am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: European Financial crisis near key moment amid warnings of financial meltdown if Greece defaults without contagion firewall built