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New Zealand's most popular independent financial news site.
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📢 Would New Zealand becoming a cashless society help combat 'the number one threat to national security?'
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Cash in circulation has been rising. Why?
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February 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
📢 Would New Zealand becoming a cashless society help combat 'the number one threat to national security?'
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📢 New Ministry faces uncertain future after Labour casts doubt on the Government’s merger plans
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Labour won’t commit to future of new 'MCERT' ministry
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/137229/new-ministry-faces-uncertain-future-after-labour-casts-doubt-government’s
February 16, 2026 at 3:53 AM
📢 New Ministry faces uncertain future after Labour casts doubt on the Government’s merger plans
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📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; REINZ data weak, retail sales weak, services sector improves, inflation seen at 4%, population ages, NZX50 falls again, swaps hold, NZD holds, & more
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February 16, 2026 at 3:03 AM
📢 The latest quarterly Household Expectations Survey for the Reserve Bank finds that households expect inflation to be lower in future - but the downside is that they reckon the current rate of inflation's more than double what it is officially
RBNZ likely to be encouraged by households' views of future inflation
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February 16, 2026 at 2:53 AM
📢 Labour leader Chris Hipkins is pushing the Government, which needs Labour’s support, to share official advice before supporting India FTA
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Labour demands full advice before backing India FTA
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/137225/labour-leader-chris-hipkins-pushing-government-which-needs-labour’s-support
February 16, 2026 at 12:23 AM
📢 Labour leader Chris Hipkins is pushing the Government, which needs Labour’s support, to share official advice before supporting India FTA
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📢 'The big question to end 2025 was whether the economy may be turning. Data since then has given us confidence that recent positive momentum can be sustained. The economy is growing'
Service sector expands again, following on from similar growth in manufacturing
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February 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
📢 Housing market makes weak start to 2025 with sales volumes and prices both softer in January
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Housing sales volumes and prices both declined in January - REINZ
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February 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
📢 Housing market makes weak start to 2025 with sales volumes and prices both softer in January
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📢 Roger J Kerr says local economic forecasters have been consistently underestimating the level of confidence and actual economic activity over the last two months
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RBNZ under increasing pressure to adjust monetary policy stance
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February 15, 2026 at 8:03 PM
📢 Roger J Kerr says local economic forecasters have been consistently underestimating the level of confidence and actual economic activity over the last two months
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📢 Can New Zealanders design something better than a system in which the people who came here second always win, and the people who were here first always lose?
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Giving up our seats
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February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
📢 Can New Zealanders design something better than a system in which the people who came here second always win, and the people who were here first always lose?
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Have a crack
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February 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
📢 Benign US CPI data supports a decline in US treasury yields. US equities were stable after the previous session's AI-driven selloff. Currency markets subdued
Speculators hold sizable short position in NZD futures
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February 15, 2026 at 6:33 PM
📢 China house prices fall further; China bank lending soft; India bank lending strong; Malaysia growth strong; US inflation modest; China & US on holiday; UST 10yr at 4.06%; gold firmish and oil holds; NZ$1 = 60.4 USc; TWI-5 = 63.8
Breakfast briefing: Pressure in the details
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February 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
📢 ACT Party leader David Seymour says New Zealand is ‘over governed’, announces his party will be campaigning for a ‘smaller, more efficient Government’
ACT Party to campaign for ‘smaller, more efficient Government’
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/137208/act-party-leader-david-seymour-says-new-zealand-‘over-governed’-announces-his
February 14, 2026 at 10:13 PM
📢 Aussie savers enjoy higher savings account interest rates. Not only is their policy rate higher, they have challenger banks willing & able to aggressively go after the incumbents with fat rate inducements
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Comparing rates for savers on either side of the Tasman
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February 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM
📢 Aussie savers enjoy higher savings account interest rates. Not only is their policy rate higher, they have challenger banks willing & able to aggressively go after the incumbents with fat rate inducements
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📢 The Reserve Bank's first Official Cash Rate review for the year won't see any changes to interest rates - but there will be plenty of other things to watch out for
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The return of the OCR review
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February 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
📢 The Reserve Bank's first Official Cash Rate review for the year won't see any changes to interest rates - but there will be plenty of other things to watch out for
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ASB looking for 'scale benefit' from AI
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February 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM
📢 US inflation stable but big countervailing changes; eye on tariff backdown; China bank lending undershoots; India bank lending surges; Australia eyes protection tariffs; UST 10yr at 4.06%; gold up and oil holds; NZ$1 = 60.5 USc; TWI-5 = 63.9
Weekend briefing: Some key weaknesses build
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February 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
📢 Fewer properties being offered at auction compared to November/December but the sales rate is holding up
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Auction activity still a bit slow compared to the pre-Christmas rush
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February 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
📢 Fewer properties being offered at auction compared to November/December but the sales rate is holding up
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📢 NZ receives over 500 Active Investor Plus visa applications, tweak to Overseas Investment Act rules allows 'golden' visa holders to buy or build a residential property worth at least $5m from March 6
New Zealand receives 573 'golden' visa applications
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February 13, 2026 at 4:53 AM
📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; migration trend turns up, tourism still below peak, factory PMIs positive again, more on benefits, expected inflation rises again, swaps soft, NZD dips, & more
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February 13, 2026 at 3:03 AM
📢 Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; Skellerup, Sky TV, Property for Industry, and Goodman lead today's gains but are offset by heavy declines by Gentrack, F&P Healthcare, SkyCity casino, and Kathmandu
Daily NZX update, Friday, February 13, 2026
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February 13, 2026 at 2:33 AM
📢 Treasury secretary Iain Rennie talks superannuation, rebuilding fiscal buffers, innovation and capital investment at the New Zealand Economics Forum
NZ should focus on innovation and capital investment, Treasury chief says
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February 13, 2026 at 12:53 AM
The tide may have turned on the number of NZ citizens leaving the country
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February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
📢 US equities fall by more than 1%, US Treasury yields lower on risk-off vibe. Yen and ultra-long JGBs continue to rally after Takaichi's big election win
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NZD down a little to 60.4 USc; AUD back below 71 USc
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February 12, 2026 at 6:53 PM
📢 US equities fall by more than 1%, US Treasury yields lower on risk-off vibe. Yen and ultra-long JGBs continue to rally after Takaichi's big election win
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