Articles by Newstalk ZB, BusinessDesk
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NZ dollar jumps after OCR decision
Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 7:06pmThe New Zealand dollar jumped the best part of a US cent after the central bank ruled out the likelihood of further rate...
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Will coronavirus affect Official Cash Rate announcement tomorrow?
Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 6:50pmThe New Zealand dollar fell further ahead of the Reserve Bank's monetary policy decision due tomorrow with investors increasingly...
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Tech company's battery breakthrough could power electric cars
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 2:16pmTaupo company Geo40 says it has cracked a chemical process to produce lithium at "near battery grade" from geothermal fluid...
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Electricity Authority: Improved transmission pricing may save $2.7b
Tuesday, 23 July 2019, 7:01pmChanges proposed to the way electricity transmission costs are shared could deliver about $2.7 billion in benefits to consumers...
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Fonterra: Legislative changes on open entry requirement don't go far enough
Thursday, 6 June 2019, 5:40pmFonterra believe changes to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act have not gone far enough. Cabinet this week signed off on...
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Govt consider national interest test for overseas investors
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 6:24pmThe government is eyeing the power to veto major foreign investments it deems not in the public interest. That could include...
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NZ trade deficit for January hits record $791m
Wednesday, 27 February 2019, 4:43pmNew Zealand recorded its highest January deficit on record and the seasonally adjusted deficit was also more than double...
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Kiwi dollar 'in a dark place', headed for weekly fall
Friday, 10 August 2018, 6:14pmThe New Zealand dollar is headed for a 1.9 per cent weekly fall against the greenback after the local central bank Thursday...