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📢 Dave Ananth reports that as the IRD systems prioritise tax debt enforcement, even reasonable proposals to them to sort out an issue become harder to get accepted. You must have a credible plan to avoid compounding costs
IRD hasn’t changed the law, it’s changed how long it waits
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February 17, 2026 at 3:23 AM
📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, food prices up, others mixed, retailers happier, businesses expect higher inflation, swaps stable, NZX50 down, NZD soft, & more
What happened today
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February 17, 2026 at 3:03 AM
📢 Results from the latest business survey for the Reserve Bank show a sharp rise in expectation of the level of inflation in two-year's time - which is the key timeframe the RBNZ looks at
More indigestion for RBNZ as businesses' expectations of future inflation rise
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February 17, 2026 at 2:43 AM
📢 Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; Vista, a2 Milk, Goodman, and Gentrack lead today's gains, while Contact, Oceania, Summerset, and Fletcher are the main decliners
Daily NZX update, Tuesday, February 17, 2026
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February 17, 2026 at 2:03 AM
📢 Charles Ferguson worries that our policymaking infrastructure is incapable of comprehending the new AI technology
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Those who most need to understand AI don't get it
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February 17, 2026 at 1:23 AM
📢 Charles Ferguson worries that our policymaking infrastructure is incapable of comprehending the new AI technology
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👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
📢 Changing the NZ Super age won’t fix the country's retirement system problems on its own, panel says at New Zealand Economics Forum, as Labour leader raises concern about ‘arbitrary raise’ in retirement age
Superannuation: Changing the retirement age won’t fix the problem - panel
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/137233/changing-nz-super-age-won’t-fix-countrys-retirement-system-problems-its-own
February 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
📢 Lynda Moore says the purpose of money is to give you a life that feels good on the inside, not just one that looks impressive from the outside
Why money alone won’t make you feel rich
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February 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
📢 Food prices rocketed 2.5% last month, driving the annual food price rise up 4.6%
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
Highest monthly rise in food prices for four years
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February 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM
📢 Food prices rocketed 2.5% last month, driving the annual food price rise up 4.6%
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
📢 US equity futures flat, US Treasury futures slightly higher, implying further modest downward pressure on yields. BofA fund manager survey shows record short positioning for the USD
JPY weaker
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February 16, 2026 at 6:33 PM
📢 Canada housing starts weak; Japan GDP expansion minor; Singapore exports rise but less than expected; India's gold appetite jumps; EU factories dip; UST 10yr at 4.04%; gold softish and oil stable; NZ$1 = 60.3 USc; TWI-5 = 63.8
Breakfast briefing: A flat patch
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February 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
📢 Would New Zealand becoming a cashless society help combat 'the number one threat to national security?'
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
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?'
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
📢 New Ministry faces uncertain future after Labour casts doubt on the Government’s merger plans
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
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
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
📢 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
What happened today
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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
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
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
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
📢 Roger J Kerr says local economic forecasters have been consistently underestimating the level of confidence and actual economic activity over the last two months
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
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
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland
📢 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?
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
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?
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
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