By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country’s new centre-right government looks …
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s National Party, ACT New Zealand and New Zealand First Friday signed a coalition agreement and will be sworn in as the 54th government on Monday. …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s major parties have promised voters cost-of-living relief if they win Saturday’s general election, but there is one major obstacle – a central …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Race and relations with the indigenous Maori population have emerged as issues in New Zealand’s election as right-wing parties likely to be pivotal in …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The New Zealand central bank’s aggressive hiking of the cash rate likely pushed the country into a technical recession in the first quarter, a …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Monday that his government would be “making haste” on reprioritising and looking at whether current …
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s ruling Labour Party selected Chris Hipkins to replace Jacinda Ardern as leader of the Labour party and prime minister in a meeting on Sunday, Radio …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s central bank raised interest rates by 75 basis points to a near 14-year high of 4.25% on Wednesday and flagged more hikes …
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By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) – New Zealand’s central bank will hike rates by 75 basis points for the first time ever on Wednesday to cool multi-decade high inflation, ramping …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s government said on Monday it had transferred Kiwibank’s assets to a new state-owned company, since the lender no longer fit within the …
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WELLINGTON – New Zealand’s near-term rate of inflation is expected to slow in the third quarter of 2022, a survey showed on Monday. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s (RBNZ) …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that even “as China becomes more assertive in the pursuit of its interests”, there are still …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON -New Zealand’s consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in three decades, beating forecasts and raising the prospect of an unprecedented 75 basis point interest rate …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – When Aarti and Gaurav Kathuria were saving for their first home, a three-bedroom townhouse in Auckland, they cut back on eating out and other expenses …
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– New Zealand media firm NZME said on Friday it has signed a letter of intent with Google to outline terms for news content delivery, as the country’s publishers take …
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By Mari Saito and Winni Zhou ZHANGJIAKOU, China -Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand said she was a “proud Kiwi” after winning gold in the women’s slopestyle event at the Beijing …
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By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON – Surging interest in vaping among young New Zealanders may undermine a government crackdown on the tobacco industry and its aim to get people to kick …