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![Mike Hosking: What would $100m gift to Kiwibank get us?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mike Hosking: What would $100m gift to Kiwibank get us?
COMMENT: Mike Hosking asks, what the $100m that the Greens want to give to Kiwibank will get NZ. Does it give the Government the right to dictate how the bank operates?
![Employment confidence improves as wages lift](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Employment confidence improves as wages lift
The Westpac-McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index rose 3.3 points to 104.8 in the March quarter, gaining for a second period from a three-year low in September.
![Global media alliance behind Panama Papers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Global media alliance behind Panama Papers
COMMENT: Are the fortress walls of offshore secrecy now finally cracking?
![NZ used to keep tax secrets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ used to keep tax secrets
New Zealand has been named in a massive Panamanian document leak as one of the havens used by companies around the world to avoid tax.
![Greens propose 'beefed up' Kiwibank](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Greens propose 'beefed up' Kiwibank
Kiwibank would get a $100 million capital injection to turbo-charge its expansion and create more competition in the banking sector, under Green Party policy.
![Aus Reserve Bank tipped to hold rate steady](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Aus Reserve Bank tipped to hold rate steady
Australia's Reserve Bank is likely to hold the cash rate this month, but the soaring Australian dollar is becoming a concern.
![Dual listed banks drag index down](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dual listed banks drag index down
New Zealand shares fell, dragged down by dual-listed Australia & New Zealand Banking Group and Westpac Banking Group.
![Policy framework best fit despite low inflation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Policy framework best fit despite low inflation
Treasury secretary says he's seen no evidence that the policy framework between Reserve Bank and Finance Minister needs to be "radically different."
![Bank gaining mana as NZ-China bridge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bank gaining mana as NZ-China bridge
SPONSORED CONTENT: Chief executive Karen Housays hiring local talent is part of ambitious plans to help develop a bilateral trade relationship.
![Is NZ just part of Aussie housing market?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Is NZ just part of Aussie housing market?
When it comes to what influences housing markets in New Zealand and Australia, we're all in it together.
![Peter Lyons: Pity the farmers whose misery is theirs alone](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Peter Lyons: Pity the farmers whose misery is theirs alone
COMMENT: Dairy farmers make milk. Banks provide loans. Dairy farmers are part of the private sector. The banks are the same.
![Outrageous Fortune: ANZ's westie boss](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Outrageous Fortune: ANZ's westie boss
Liam Dann finds out how Shayne Elliott went from growing up in Te Atatu to leading ANZ Bank.
![Bernard Hickey: Banks hedge bets on dairy drop](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bernard Hickey: Banks hedge bets on dairy drop
COMMENT: The irony is banks have helped Reserve Bank avoid the feared side effect of the rate cut of adding more fuel on Auckland property price fires.
![Audrey Young: Little his own worst enemy with talk of legislating for interest rates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Audrey Young: Little his own worst enemy with talk of legislating for interest rates
COMMENT: Little gifted National a new weapon to use against his party, the enemy of orthodoxy, writes Audrey Young.
![Banks keep their slice of OCR cut](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Banks keep their slice of OCR cut
Three banks say they will pass on only part of the surprise official cash rate cut made by the Reserve Bank.
![Rate cut - new mood or bluff?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rate cut - new mood or bluff?
Wheeler's surprise move at odds with the way he was talking a few weeks ago, write Liam Dann.
![Executive Success: Bringing tech to the top table](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Executive Success: Bringing tech to the top table
As digital disruption reshapes banking, the local ANZ operation is making space around the top table for tech-savvy talent.
![The Economy Hub: OCR surprise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Economy Hub: OCR surprise
WATCH: Fran O'Sullivan, Brian Gaynor and Liam Dann dissect the surprising rate cut and what it means for house prices.
![Card spending up in February](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Card spending up in February
Retail spending on electronic cards rose for a 10th straight month in February, led by an increase in consumables.
![Bernard Hickey: Want some free money?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bernard Hickey: Want some free money?
Just imagine that one day the Reserve Bank deposited $1000 in your account, and that of every other citizen in New Zealand, writes Bernard Hickey.
![ANZ accused of rigging rates in Oz](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
ANZ accused of rigging rates in Oz
Australia's corporate regulator has started legal action against ANZ Banking Group for alleged involvement in interest rate rigging among Australia's big four banks.
![Juha Saarinen: 'Locky' ransomware strikes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Juha Saarinen: 'Locky' ransomware strikes
Juha Saarinen talks ransomware and what not to do if you are hit with the disruptive cyber attack.
![NZ Post art collection for sale](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ Post art collection for sale
New Zealand Post, struggling with falling mail volumes, has put its art collection up for sale.