Thousands of New Zealanders have missed out on salary payments overnight because of a computer fault affecting all the country's banks.

Last year was one of the strongest in recent times for the profitability of New Zealand's banks.

Lombard's directors were found guilty not for what they said - but for what they left unsaid. Chris Barton reports.

John Key says the Government is considering what can be done to resist a rising Kiwi dollar.