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📢 National's Local Water Done Well policy allows councils to bypass debt limits and raise more revenue without hiking property rates

S&P Global Ratings reveals magic trick in local water reform

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1h

📢 The biggest and baddest Apple watch, the Ultra 3, is the company's best smartwatch

Review: the Apple Watch Ultra 3 smartwatch

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1h

📢 Trust as a reliable supplier is the currency being spent in the US-China tariff fight. Lessons for American farmers are worth watching here

When trade tensions ripple through the paddock

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 From US to China, global factory activity is weak; but there are Asian exceptions; EU inflation modest; Aussie lending surges drawing warnings; UST 10yr at 4.10%; gold firms slightly and oil holds; NZ$1 = 57.2 USc; TWI-5 = 61.8

Weekend briefing: Great powers argue as their economies go soft

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 Dairy exports will remain as New Zealand’s most important export category despite the sale of Fonterra’s consumer brands, says Keith Woodford

Fonterra has always struggled with dairy consumer brands

https://www.interest.co.nz/rural-news/135962/dairy-exports-will-remain-new-zealand’s-most-important-export-category-despite

Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 4h

📢 Plenty of auction activity but no real movement in the sales rate or prices

Auction rooms building up good head of steam heading into summer

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 6h

📢 Cotality says we may be at the start of a housing market recovery but sentiment remains cautious

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'Upturns obviously have to start somewhere'

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 17h

📢 Thousands of early KiwiSaver withdrawals were made in September with IRD data showing early withdrawals totalling $234 million

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Early KiwiSaver withdrawals reached $234 million in September

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 19h

📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; many retail rate moves, consumer sentiment hesitates, livestock prices rise, log prices stable, housing debt rises faster, TD's shrink, swaps up, NZ down, & more

What happened today

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 20h

📢 Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; NZX50 up +0.6% so far; Investore, Heartland, PFI, Freightways gain as Vista, Kathmandu, EBOS, Gentrack weaken

Daily NZX update, Friday, October 31, 2025

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 22h

📢 What will Trump’s deal with Xi mean for the US economy and relations with China?

Who comes away from the meeting happier – Xi or Trump?

https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/135956/what-will-trump’s-deal-xi-mean-us-economy-and-relations-china

Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 As flood risk increases, Local Government Minister Simon Watts says he’s focused on designing a rates capping system that enables councils to get ‘sufficient revenue’ for their role in helping to 'build out of our infrastructure deficit’

Flood risk: Minister focused on designing rates capping system that’s ‘flexible where it needs to be’

https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/135950/flood-risk-increases-local-government-minister-simon-watts-says-he’s-focused

Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 Following the Chinese and Indian holiday seasons when demand usually rises, this year demand for logs has remained flat. Domestic demand flat too, and sawn timber to the US attracting tariffs

October log market report

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 In granular analysis, we show the rate offer moves lower for savers have been faster than for borrowers. But the size of the shift might surprise you, with at least 3 interesting out-takes from this analysis

Yes, banks have been cutting term deposit rates faster than home loan rates

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 US dollar extends post-FOMC gains and reached the highest level since August. Yen weak after Bank of Japan leaves rates on hold and doesn't build the case for a December hike. ECB steady

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NZ swap rates in sharp move higher on global trends

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 US-China meeting inconclusive; Japan holds rates, as does the ECB; EU sentiment up as is GDP; air travel rises; freight rates rise; UST 10yr at 4.10%; gold firms slightly and oil holds; NZ$1 = 57.5 USc; TWI-5 = 62.1

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Breakfast briefing: US-China trade truce cements China's growing strength

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, farmers vote yes, business sentiment rises, huge demand for NZGBs, water aplenty, swaps on hold, long bond rates rise, NZD stable, & more

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What happened today

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 ANZ's economists expect interest rates to bottom out late this year/early next year, suggesting borrowers need to start thinking about fixing mortgages to lock in lower rates

ANZ says it time to start thinking about fixing mortgages as interest rates near the bottom of the cycle

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 NZ Govt Bond Tender #969; Tender Date 30 Oct 2025

NZ Govt Bond tender number 969 results

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; Market higher as EBOS, Sky TV, Freightways, and Gentrack climb but Kathmandu, Briscoes, Goodman Property, and Oceania are all softer

Daily NZX update, Thursday, October 30, 2025

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 Unlicensed NZ insurer at centre of police probe related to alleged breaches of the Russia Sanctions Act highlights NZ's 'light touch' regulation

NZ authorities first questioned about Maritime Mutual 20 years ago

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 1d

📢 Latest ANZ Business Outlook Survey shows the highest level of business confidence since early in the year

'The green shoots are emerging - but will businesses trust them to thrive and not wither?'

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 2d

📢 Fonterra chair says divestment 'will usher in an exciting new phase for the co-op'; CEO says Fonterra will be 'unleashed'

Fonterra shareholders approve $4.22 bln sale of consumer businesses

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 2d

📢 Philippe Aghion and colleagues see great potential for AI to boost productivity without harming employment

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What AI means for growth and jobs

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 2d

📢 Stephen Roach thinks the next Chinese five-year plan should set a goal of raising household spending to 50% of GDP by 2035

China needs a consumption target

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