Reserve Bank of New Zealand
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- Home loan rates and OCR pass-throughQuiet since 18 Dec 2025
- Reserve Bank leadership turmoil 2025Quiet since 21 Oct 2025
- Reserve Bank OCR cut August 2025Quiet since 25 Aug 2025
- Reserve Bank cash rate cut February 2025Quiet since 26 Feb 2025
- New Zealand property values 2025Quiet since 17 Mar 2025
- Onehunga fatal cyclist crashQuiet since 26 Aug 2025
- Stuart Nash NZ First conference remarksQuiet since 18 Sep 2025
- GDP contraction and Nicola Willis pressureQuiet since 23 Sep 2025
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October 2026
- Reserve Bank expected to raise official cash rate to 3%
- Annual inflation falls to 3.7 per cent in September quarter
- Regulators warn financial firms of AI-driven cyber threats
September 2026
- Regulatory issues threaten Heartland Group's proposed takeover of TSB
- Review finds Reserve Bank was too slow to tighten monetary policy
August 2026
- Labour outlines fiscal strategy and surplus targets ahead of election
- One-year home loan fixes may be preferable to two-year rates
December 2025
- New Zealand economy grows 1.1% in September quarter
- Major banks increase some fixed home loan interest rates
- Reserve Bank eases capital requirements to boost competition
- ANZ increases multiple fixed-term home loan rates
- Reserve Bank Governor says market tightening exceeded intended levels
- New Reserve Bank governor appears before parliamentary committee
November 2025
- Banks do not pass on official cash rate cut to customers
- Willis urges banks to pass on official cash rate cuts
- Waikaraka Park speedway reopens following $11m upgrade
- Rodger Finlay appointed as new Reserve Bank board chair
- Reserve Bank cuts official cash rate to 2.25%
- Savers seek alternative returns as interest rates decline
- Bank claims it is the only one passing on full OCR cuts
October 2025
- TSB reduces one-year fixed mortgage rate to 4.39 per cent
- Finance Minister rejected advice to remove Reserve Bank governor from board
- ASB reduces several fixed-term mortgage rates
- Annual inflation rises to 3.0% in September quarter
- Reserve Bank proposes easing lending restrictions for first home buyers
- Banks lower variable mortgage rates following OCR cut
- Banks reduce mortgage rates following official cash rate cut
- Reserve Bank expected to cut official cash rate today
- Reserve Bank cuts official cash rate by 50 basis points
- Adrian Orr received $410,000 restraint of trade payment
- BNZ reduces several fixed mortgage rates ahead of OCR decision
- Adrian Orr to receive $400,000 restraint of trade payment
- Kiwibank reduces one-year special home loan interest rate
- ANZ reduces fixed mortgage rates following BNZ move
September 2025
- Kārearea New Zealand falcon wins 2025 Bird of the Year+4
- Former Reserve Bank governor reacts to Anna Breman appointment
- Dr Anna Breman named new Reserve Bank governor+2
- Government expected to announce new Reserve Bank governor on Wednesday
- Luxon backs Nicola Willis following GDP decline+1
- Reserve Bank faces test of trust and confidence, says governor
- Texts show Treasury warned Nicola Willis about Adrian Orr's departure
- Shane Jones criticises government managerialism at NZ First convention
- Nicola Willis denies involvement in Reserve Bank cover-up
- Prime Minister re-announces Amazon Web Services investment in New Zealand+2
- Prime Minister criticises Reserve Bank following chairman's resignation
August 2025
- Canterbury flower farm and lamb sale boost Cancer Society funds
- Reserve Bank board chair Neil Quigley resigns with immediate effect+1
- Prime Minister Luxon to address media in Christchurch
- New Plymouth school apologises after banning student's speech
- Man charged after assault and robbery of elderly tourists in Hobsonville
- Cyclist killed in Onehunga crash identified as local man
- Luxon wants modest and consistent house price increases
- Luxon criticises Reserve Bank over gradual official cash rate cuts
- Inquiry finds no single solution to improve banking competition
- Official cash rate cut to 3 per cent
+1 - Reserve Bank cuts official cash rate to 3 percent
- Reserve Bank expected to announce OCR cut this week
- ASB becomes fifth major bank to reduce home loan rates
- Reserve Bank launches survey on how New Zealanders use cash
July 2025
- Annual inflation rises to 2.7 percent in June quarter
- Reserve Bank holds official cash rate at 3.25%+1
June 2025
- Pak’nSave Henderson apologises to customer wrongly accused of shoplifting
- BNZ reduces some short-term mortgage rates
- Westpac NZ reduces fixed home loan interest rates
- Nicola Willis criticises Reserve Bank over Adrian Orr resignation handling+1
- Adrian Orr resigned as Reserve Bank governor over funding dispute+1
- Kiwibank reduces home loan and term deposit interest rates
- ASB and ANZ reduce some fixed mortgage and investment rates
May 2025
March 2025
- Reserve Bank to review bank capital requirements
- Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr resigns unexpectedly
- Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr resigns+2
February 2025
- Housing confidence returns to 2020 levels according to ASB survey
- Wellington sees largest median property value drop in main centres
- Reserve Bank cuts official cash rate amid economic optimism
- Reserve Bank cuts official cash rate by 50 basis points
- Westpac introduces three-year fixed mortgage rate of 4.99 per cent