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Bernard Hickey

About

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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16 years 10 months

Latest articles

NZ business confidence resilient
NZIER QSBO shows business confidence resilient before ratings downgrade, RBNZ comments and global turmoil. Your experience?
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
35
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
by Bernard Hickey
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RBNZ makes annual net profit of NZ$144 mln and pays government NZ$210 mln dividend
Where is your Plan B John Key?
Opinion: Bernard Hickey wonders what alternatives the government to get the economy going if China has a hard landing
by Bernard Hickey
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Opinion: Bernard Hickey wonders what alternatives the government to get the economy going if China has a hard landing
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ weak after Double Downgrade and sharp late fall in US stocks on global economic and Eurozone fears; Greece misses targets
by Bernard Hickey
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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$'s slide as global economic fears grow and NZ's credit rating is cut; looks to ECB, BOE, RBA meetings; Greek decision
by Bernard Hickey
Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the NZ$'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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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"
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
48
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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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
by Bernard Hickey
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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