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RBA Raises Rates to 4.85% as Aussie Dollar Slips

RBA Raises Rates to 4.85% as Aussie Dollar Slips

Kiwi Gains Ground Despite Australia's Fifth Rate Rise

Australia has raised interest rates to their highest level in 18 years, yet the Australian dollar weakened following Tuesday's announcement, while the New Zealand…

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0 November 4, 2026

Aussie Dollar Near 13-Year High Against Kiwi

Aussie Dollar Near 13-Year High Against Kiwi Markets Price Nearly 90% Chance of RBA Rate Hike

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0 November 2, 2026

Record $6.3 Billion Binance Hack Linked to North Korea

Record $6.3 Billion Binance Hack Linked to North Korea $3 Billion in Stolen Crypto Frozen

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0 October 31, 2026

Kiwi Dollar Plunges as Reserve Bank Holds OCR at 2.75%

Kiwi Dollar Plunges as Reserve Bank Holds OCR at 2.75% NZ Dollar Falls Below 80 Australian Cents

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4 October 28, 2026

Oil Prices Remain Near Six-Month Highs Despite Iran Talks

Oil Prices Remain Near Six-Month Highs Despite Iran Talks Brent Crude Remains Above $113 as Houthi Attacks Threaten Oil Supplies

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0 October 28, 2026

Oil Prices Hit Six-Month High as Houthi Attacks Escalate

Oil Prices Hit Six-Month High as Houthi Attacks Escalate Brent Crude Tops $116 Amid Strikes on Saudi Arabia

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1 October 24, 2026

Former Air NZ Boss to Cut 3,000 Jobs Amid AI Push

Former Air NZ Boss to Cut 3,000 Jobs Amid AI Push Kroger to Cut 37% of Corporate Workforce Over Three Years

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0 October 18, 2026

India's Reserve Bank Moves to Defend the Rupee

India's Reserve Bank Moves to Defend the Rupee Rupee Rallies 1% as RBI Tightens Trading Rules

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0 October 13, 2026

Nvidia-Backed Firmus Scraps US$5 Billion IPO

Nvidia-Backed Firmus Scraps US$5 Billion IPO Australian AI Data Centre Operator Turns to Private Funding

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0 October 9, 2026

Meta Bans TikTok Ads in Seven Countries

Meta Bans TikTok Ads in Seven Countries Restrictions Extend to Third-Party Advertisers

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0 October 9, 2026

The Race to Connect Phones From Space

The Race to Connect Phones From Space FCC Weighs New Spectrum Rules as SpaceX Expands and Amazon Plans Rival Network

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0 October 8, 2026

Has the Kiwi Dollar Fallen Too Far?

Has the Kiwi Dollar Fallen Too Far? NZD/USD Near 0.56 as NZD/AUD Tests 0.80

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0 October 8, 2026

Revolut Is Now Worth $115 Billion

Revolut Is Now Worth $115 Billion It Wants to Become Your Main Bank

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0 October 5, 2026

Anthropic’s $518 Billion AI Gamble

Anthropic’s $518 Billion AI Gamble As Claude Maker Prepares for a Possible $2 Trillion IPO

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0 September 30, 2026

Australia Raises Rates to 4.60%

Australia Raises Rates to 4.60% The Rate Gap With New Zealand Just Got Wider

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0 September 29, 2026

Should Savers Give Up on the Kiwi Dollar?

Should Savers Give Up on the Kiwi Dollar? Australia Heads to 4.60% - New Zealand Sits at 2.75%

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0 September 28, 2026

5 Million Robots Now Work in Factories Worldwide

5 Million Robots Now Work in Factories Worldwide Only 7,000 Humanoids Were Sold Last Year

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0 September 27, 2026

AI Is Now Hunting Weaknesses in Corporate Networks

AI Is Now Hunting Weaknesses in Corporate Networks Palo Alto Deploys GPT-5.6-Cyber and Claude Mythos 5

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0 September 27, 2026

U.S. 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits a 22-Year High

U.S. 30-Year Treasury Yield Hits a 22-Year High Global Bond Sell-Off Hits Borrowing Costs and the Kiwi

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0 September 25, 2026

Silver at US$65

Silver at US$65 Down 46% From Its Record. Still a Buy?

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0 September 18, 2026

America’s Rate-Cut Era Goes Into Reverse

America’s Rate-Cut Era Goes Into Reverse Fed Lifts Rates to 3.75% – 4.00%

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0 September 17, 2026

Kiwi Dollar in Trouble

Kiwi Dollar in Trouble New Zealand Dollar Hits a 13-Year Low Against the Australian Dollar

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2 September 16, 2026

Toothpaste Giant Colgate Weighs a Billion-Dollar Brand Clean-Out Softsoap, Irish Spring And Speed Stick Could Fetch Over US$1 Billion

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0 September 13, 2026

The Bond Market Is Making Washington Pay

The Bond Market Is Making Washington Pay The 10-Year Treasury Is Knocking on 5%

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1 September 11, 2026

Christchurch Rents Keep Rising

Christchurch Rents Keep Rising It’s Not a Boom for Renters

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7 September 10, 2026

The Kiwi Exodus Isn’t Over

The Kiwi Exodus Isn’t Over 37,700 More Citizens Left Than Arrived in the Year to June

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0 September 8, 2026

Nike’s Wall Street Demotion

Nike’s Wall Street Demotion Falling Market Value Pushes Sports Giant Out of the S&P 100

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2 September 6, 2026

Three US Defence Stocks With Firepower for Growth

Three US Defence Stocks With Firepower for Growth Kratos, AeroVironment and L3Harris Are Positioned Where America Is Spending Next

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0 September 3, 2026

New Zealand Raises Rates Again as Inflation Bites

New Zealand Raises Rates Again as Inflation Bites RBNZ Lifts Cash Rate to 2.75% Despite a Weak Economy

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0 September 3, 2026

Cheap Money, Dear Housing: New Zealand’s OCR Problem

Cheap Money, Dear Housing: New Zealand’s OCR Problem Cash Rate Cut to 2.25%

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0 November 26, 2025

Bitcoin Wins Either Way

Bitcoin Wins Either Way What the Strategy vs. JPMorgan Clash Really Shows

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0 November 26, 2025

RBNZ Expected to Cut as NZD Lags Behind

RBNZ Expected to Cut as NZD Lags Behind Weak Kiwi Underscores Cost of Aggressive Easing Cycle

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1 November 25, 2025

Global Microsoft Azure Outage

Global Microsoft Azure Outage New Zealand's Dependence on the Cloud

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0 October 30, 2025

U.S. Defense Stocks Up

U.S. Defense Stocks Up Year‑to‑Date Leaders and What’s Fueling Their Rally

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0 July 21, 2025

Schlepping In and Out: NZ Migration Unfiltered

Schlepping In and Out: NZ Migration Unfiltered Who’s In, Who’s Out, and Who’s Off to Oz

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0 July 10, 2025