ANZ staff in New Zealand are considering a national strike over the bank's attempts "casualise" its workforce, a union says.

In an effort to lower rates and weaken the currency, Labour is pledging to broaden the RBNZ's policy goal by re-writing its main objective.

Business confidence has dropped for the sixth month in a row in ANZ's Business Outlook survey.

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group says its New Zealand unit grabbed market share of home and commercial lending in the latest quarter as an improving economy stoked credit growth.

ANZ's Truckometer recorded an increase in heavy traffic on roads last month.

Westpac New Zealand says it is gearing up to release a world first banking app that will allow customers to view their account details in 3D.

ANZ's commodity price index fell 2.4 per cent last month, led by a decline in dairy products and logs which make up more than half the trade-weighted basket.

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Consumer confidence has held up at historically high levels in this month's ANZ Roy Morgan survey.

A former banking boss breached duties owed to a consultancy firm he helped set up, profited at its expense, and is now liable to it for more than $1 million.

The ANZ Banking Group is bidding for a banking licence in Burma but faces major challenges in doing so.

New Zealand business confidence slid this month and rising interest rates have been fingered as the culprit.

Business confidence has declined for the third month in a row, ANZ's Business Outlook survey has found, though optimists still outnumber pessimists nearly 10 to one

New Zealand business confidence extended its slide from a record high to a third month, in the face of rising interest rates, declining dairy prices and a persistently high kiwi dollar.

Consumer confidence fell to a seven-month low as two interest rate hikes and expectations for slower economic growth later this year sapped people's optimism.

New Zealand architects, including Auckland's much-awarded Andrew Patterson, have been critical of Australian practices winning big jobs here.

ANZ New Zealand says an improving economy and its ditching of the National Bank in favour of a single retail brand helped it achieve a 27 per cent lift in half-year cash profit to a record $887 million.

ANZ New Zealand has posted a $887 million first-half cash profit - a 27 per cent gain from a year earlier.

Australia's major banks are scrambling to distance themselves from dealings with companies accused illegal or immoral practices

A Queenstown woman done for a $400,000 bank rip-off has admitted the offending - and using the money for a house, overseas trips and paying off debts.

New Zealand consumer confidence rose in April as Kiwis became more confident about their own financial position, giving them greater enthusiasm for buying major household items.

Each year thousands of people dream about starting their own business, taking control of their lives and having more flexibility.

A Queenstown bank worker has been charged over allegations of a long-running $400,000 fraud in which money was paid into fictitious accounts.