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Fuel shocks, southern booms and rate hikes: Navigating NZ’s economic questions

Fuel prices are up, the South Island is booming, and interest rates may not be done yet. BNZ’s Mike Jones unpacks the economic questions facing New Zealand.

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Consumer spending slows as households feel the squeeze

Consumer spending is slowing as household pressures build, with softer jobs, housing market risks and fading mortgage relief weighing on demand.

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Green data: Disclosing your climate risks

Measuring a company’s climate footprint is good for the planet and good for business, but where do you start – and where do you stop?

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How to solve our infrastructure crisis

New Zealand needs to agree a long-term, forward-looking plan for infrastructure that will benefit almost everything we do and need in future, writes Eleanor Black | Content Partnership

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Gloriavale community takes big banks to the Commerce Commission

A controversial and reclusive West Coast Christian community is seeking to overturn the tables of the money lenders. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Interest rates biting commercial landlords

BNZ General Manager of Property Finance talks about interest rate effects, new green building standards and signs of recovery in the commercial property sector | Content partnership

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What the rise of the gig economy means for New Zealand

The gig is up – the growing reliance of the labour market on temporary and part-time positions has been aided by technology, but what does it mean for future economic resilience?

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New interest-free cash loans for those in debt spiral, after Govt backs off checks

Frustrated at the Government's failure to crack down on buy-now-pay-later lenders last week, a financial charity today starts offering $500 cash loans to those who need a circuit-breaker to get out of debt trouble. Jonathan Milne reports.

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How to navigate new Asian markets

As trade opportunities emerge in new Asian markets, how can businesses make strong new trade relationships?

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The Week in Detail: Bank fraud, broken roads, and kākāpō

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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Banks' endless battles with scammers

One of New Zealand's biggest banks shows Sharon Brettkelly how they respond to the ever-changing and increasing threat of scammers.

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Reserve Bank's meat is retailers' poison

Not everyone will be pleased the RBNZ's drastic measures to cool the economy appear to be working, reports Nikki Mandow

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A short history of doing sweet FA on bank innovation

It’s not just the upcoming ComCom banking inquiry; three announcements in the past month are intended to nudge NZ towards more competitive, more innovative, consumer-focussed banking system. But it’s taken far too long, and there’s a long way to go.

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Matchmaking by bankers

In our final podcast in conjunction with BNZ, we meet a woman who matches fledgling businesses with committed, long term investors. Head of Private Capital, BNZ, Linda Sturgess tells Emile Donovan why paying it forward is a win for the bank.

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Backpacker bank accounts hit by anti-money laundering rules

Working holiday visa holders have to jump through hoops to get a bank account because of anti-money laundering provisions which even the Reserve Bank say aren't necessary.

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How bankers are buying into the tech dream

In the third of our four-part podcast series, Emile Donovan talks to Head of Technology Industries, BNZ, Tim Wixon about betting on the future, and how to help companies with big dreams get out into the universe.

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Moving on Up: The titanic re-think on shipping

In the second episode of our new podcast series, Emile Donovan talks to BNZ’s Jason Reeves about massive changes in the shipping industry, using a ‘blue highway’, and being nimble when you’re so far away from the main shipping lanes.

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Backing the next high-fliers in NZ's growth sectors

In the first episode in a new podcast series, Emile Donovan speaks to BNZ's Brandon Jackson, about the visionaries, the dreamers, the schemers … and picking the industries that are going to fly the highest.

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Rising to the global challenge: innovating in immigration

The public and private sectors need to creatively explore how to attract the right talent to New Zealand in what is a global market, says Evan Veza

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What 2023 has in store for the New Zealand economy

Economics is a dark art at the best of times, but with so many balls in the air, few things are a given.

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What is the outlook for the commercial property market?

Globally and locally there’s uncertainty in the commercial real estate sector. Interest rates and inflation are rising, and organisations are still working out what their offices will look like in a post-Covid world. BNZ’s Phil Bennett ponders seven likely trends for 2023 | Content partnership

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Bold, fast partnering can solve infrastructure needs

Action on NZ's backlog of infrastructure needs will require open minds on private and public financing, and active partnerships able to deliver at pace

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Climate transition needs banks – and their capital

Banks have a key role on the journey to net carbon zero. But that doesn’t mean they have an easy job | Content Partnership

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Technology a painkiller for embattled health sector

Despite a BNZ survey showing most healthcare operators are hurting for more staff, more than half are confident about their financial outlook and are plugging labour gaps with new tech

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Breaking the barriers between banks and the Māori economy

Renata Blair is a bridge between worlds – he’s opening doors to the rapidly growing Māori business sector by aiding the bank’s understanding and connection to Te Ao Māori.

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