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Investment director explains why the NZ dollar is losing value against Australia

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 29 Sept 2025, 8:34am
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Investment director explains why the NZ dollar is losing value against Australia

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 29 Sept 2025, 8:34am

The Kiwi dollar continues to weaken against the Australian dollar, hitting a three-year low last week.

The NZD is currently trading at 88 cents off the back of soft GDP growth and rate cuts, and concerns are raising as China's economic rebound could widen the gap further.

Investment director for Craigs investment partners Mark Lister told Mike Hosking that New Zealand's rate cuts are having a stronger impact on the economy than Australia's.

'We are obviously looking at more rate cuts than we expected and not for the right reasons.'

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