
Possible 'advantages' for NZ after Brexit
Foreign Minister Murray McCully says there could well be advantages for New Zealand in Britain's shock vote to quit the European Union.
Foreign Minister Murray McCully says there could well be advantages for New Zealand in Britain's shock vote to quit the European Union.
COMMENT: Last week was one of those times when you sensed how thin the membrane is between the functioning intact life and its total destruction.
United Kingdom's break-up looks increasingly likely as country comes to terms with shock results of EU vote.
Like millions of people around the world, Italian immigrant Alejandro Majnoler was trying to make sense of a British exit from the European Union.
More countries will follow Britain out of the EU unless there is significant reform, according to a string of nations both inside and outside the EU.
COMMENT: I am convinced markets have over-reacted to the Brexit vote. There should have been a negative reaction. Markets were not expecting this outcome.
Investors are bracing for more fall-out as trading resumes tomorrow after Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union sparked market chaos on Friday.
COMMENT: At a meeting in Zurich on Saturday central bank governors from around the world pledged to support financial markets to avoid Brexit contagion.
Britain's exit from the European Union will affect Kiwis in more ways than one.
COMMENT: All those Facebook shares, Twitter hashtags and Snapchat videos couldn't save Britain's youth from being the big losers in the Brexit referendum.
After ten weeks of intense and often bitter rivalry between opposing camps, many reputations were made - and lost.
You've got to hand it to the Brits - they certainly know a thing or two about grim humour.
Kiwis are already cashing in on Brexit, with a currency exchange chain reporting record high numbers of people through their doors today.
What have we done? Brits frantically Google 'what is the EU?', hours after voting to leave it as Brexit remorse spreads.
Popular clothing website Asos is back up and running after a power outage took it out.
Prime Minister John Key says Kiwis will see very little impact on the New Zealand economy despite the Brexit rattling global markets today.
Say hello to curvy bananas and crooked cucumbers - Leave voters are celebrating changing the course of history and breaking free from the EU laws and regulations.
New Zealand First is pushing for Closer Commonwealth Economic Relations (CCER) between New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
COMMENT: How does the Brexit crash compare to the other market meltdowns of history?
The NZ dollar tumbled more than US3c, or 4.4 per cent, and swap rates dropped as the UK voted to leave the EU.
Roughly US$2 trillion was wiped off global stocks after Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union.
The result was clearly for "leave", but a huge majority of those under 25 wanted to stay in Europe.
The Brexit vote could have disastrous repercussions for HBO's fantasy epic Game of Thrones and other big budget productions.
The risk of another recession has escalated after Britain's decision to leave the EU plunged markets into freefall.
Britain must begin exit talks "as soon as possible", EU leaders said as they battle to prevent copy-cat referendums.
The City will no doubt survive as a financial capital but United Kingdom is unlikely to.
New Zealanders stand to gain from possible interest rate cuts and cheaper travel in Britain and Europe.
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron resigned last night hours after the UK shocked the world by voting to leave the European Union.