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📢 Strong annual growth in rental activity in final quarter of 2025, but rents were softer overall
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Rental activity up strongly in December quarter
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February 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
📢 Strong annual growth in rental activity in final quarter of 2025, but rents were softer overall
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📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; no retail rate changes, ready-mixed concrete at turning point?, corruption issues grow, ASB NIM rises, Westpac's view aggressive, swaps & NZD stable, & more
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February 11, 2026 at 3:03 AM
📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; no retail rate changes, ready-mixed concrete at turning point?, corruption issues grow, ASB NIM rises, Westpac's view aggressive, swaps & NZD stable, & more
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📢 Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; Kathmandu, Sky TV, a2 Milk, and Investore Property lead the gains for the NZX50; Serko, EBOS, Tourism Holdings, and Freightways are the main the decliners
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Daily NZX update, Wednesday, February 11, 2026
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February 11, 2026 at 2:03 AM
📢 Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; Kathmandu, Sky TV, a2 Milk, and Investore Property lead the gains for the NZX50; Serko, EBOS, Tourism Holdings, and Freightways are the main the decliners
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📢 Insurance affordability and the financial settings are a 'downstream symptom' of increasing risk, Natural Hazards Commission chief executive says, as Southern Response continues to expect new claims
About 60,000 NZ homes aren't insured, Natural Hazards Commission board chair says
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February 11, 2026 at 1:43 AM
📢 Finance Minister says purpose of the review of Covid-19 monetary policy is 'to learn from experience'
Government launches independent review of NZ's monetary policy response to Covid-19
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February 11, 2026 at 12:33 AM
📢 In their forthcoming first economic outlook for the year, Westpac's economists now think there will be SIX hikes of the OCR during next year as the current excess capacity in the economy is swallowed up more quickly than earlier expected
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Westpac economists see OCR at 4% by end of next year
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February 11, 2026 at 12:23 AM
📢 In their forthcoming first economic outlook for the year, Westpac's economists now think there will be SIX hikes of the OCR during next year as the current excess capacity in the economy is swallowed up more quickly than earlier expected
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📢 Robin Rivaton argues that decoupling from China requires not only switching suppliers, but cultivating comparable industrial density
What the West gets wrong about Chinese manufacturing
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February 10, 2026 at 10:13 PM
📢 ASB CEO sees 'more confidence in the economy' as rising costs hold down half-year profit increase despite net interest margin rise
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ASB interim profit rise muted as class action settlement weighs
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February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
📢 ASB CEO sees 'more confidence in the economy' as rising costs hold down half-year profit increase despite net interest margin rise
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📢 Transport Minister Chris Bishop isn't opposed to compulsory third party car insurance but says ‘the gains from making something mandatory are not necessarily as high’ as people think
Compulsory car insurance: Gains from making something mandatory not as high as people think, Transport Minister says
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February 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
📢 Lynda Moore says money conversations feel lighter and more productive when they’re grounded in understanding rather than blame
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Love languages, money, and what really keeps relationships steady
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February 10, 2026 at 8:43 PM
📢 Lynda Moore says money conversations feel lighter and more productive when they’re grounded in understanding rather than blame
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📢 Soft US retail sales data bolsters the case for Fed easing. US Treasury yields decline led by longer maturities. Yen gains against the US dollar while moves in other G10 currencies were modest
NZD stable and NZ swap rates little-changed
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February 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
📢 Dairy prices rise again; US retail impulse sags; US household debt rises as do delinquencies; Australian sentiment mixed; UST 10yr at 4.15%; gold down & silver up, oil drifts; NZ$1 = 60.5 USc; TWI-5 = 63.9
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Breakfast briefing: US retail sales stall
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February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
📢 Dairy prices rise again; US retail impulse sags; US household debt rises as do delinquencies; Australian sentiment mixed; UST 10yr at 4.15%; gold down & silver up, oil drifts; NZ$1 = 60.5 USc; TWI-5 = 63.9
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📢 Latest Reserve Bank figures show a big change in preference for home owners in December, with floating mortgages pushed to the sidelines and longer term fixed rate mortgages coming to the fore
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Two-year fixed mortgages roar back into favour with home owners
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February 10, 2026 at 3:03 AM
📢 Latest Reserve Bank figures show a big change in preference for home owners in December, with floating mortgages pushed to the sidelines and longer term fixed rate mortgages coming to the fore
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📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; TSB launches low 1yr mortgage rate, retail spending turns up, road activity gives mixed signals, immigration patterns change, swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
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February 10, 2026 at 3:03 AM
📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; TSB launches low 1yr mortgage rate, retail spending turns up, road activity gives mixed signals, immigration patterns change, swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
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📢 Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; Vulcan Steel, Napier Port, Property for Industry, and Precinct top today's gainers as Freightways, SkyCity casino, Ryman, and Serko are the main decliners
Daily NZX update, Tuesday, February 10, 2026
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February 10, 2026 at 2:03 AM
📢 New Zealand secondary schools increasingly popular with overseas students, tertiary institutions not so much
Overseas student numbers at record high for the time of year
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February 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
📢 Westpac senior economist Satish Ranchhod says there's been an encouraging lift in discretionary spending, with particularly large increases in spending in the hospitality sector, as well as increased sales of furnishings and other household durables
Retail spending picking up - with Westpac reporting 6% rise in January compared with a year ago
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February 9, 2026 at 10:43 PM
📢 Even as banks start to raise mortgage rates again, the yields on outstanding mortgages are continuing to drop, albeit slowly
Mortgage yields head down towards 5%
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February 9, 2026 at 9:43 PM
📢 Broadly weaker USD overnight. Strong rise in Japanese equities after PM Takaichi wins a strong mandate to govern. JPY recovers after early weakness
NZD pushes higher but NZD/AUD falls to fresh cycle lows
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February 9, 2026 at 6:43 PM
📢 US expected inflation falls; US dollar weaker; Chinese ready for Spring Festival; Taiwan exports shine again; Australian household spending slips; UST 10yr at 4.20%; gold, silver & oil rise; NZ$1 = 60.5 USc; TWI-5 = 63.9
Breakfast briefing: Taiwan hits it out of the park
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February 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; rates move up for home loans and TDs, rental affordability improves, FMG cops fine for misleading, Foran's next gig, swaps flat, NZD little-chan...
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February 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; rates move up for home loans and TDs, rental affordability improves, FMG cops fine for misleading, Foran's next gig, swaps flat, NZD little-chan...
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📢 The Government has shortlisted proposals to import LNG in Taranaki, Energy Minister Simon Watts says, with plans to sign a contract by mid-year
LNG import terminal could be operating as soon as 2027 or early 2028
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February 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
📢 Landslides are New Zealand’s deadliest natural hazard. Tom Robinson asks why we still tolerate the risk
The cost of living with risk
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February 9, 2026 at 1:13 AM
📢 BNZ economists think the Reserve Bank will start to raise interest rates in the third quarter of this year but won't want to signpost that yet in its first Official Cash Rate review for the year next week
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September RBNZ Official Cash Rate rise predicted
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February 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
📢 BNZ economists think the Reserve Bank will start to raise interest rates in the third quarter of this year but won't want to signpost that yet in its first Official Cash Rate review for the year next week
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