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- Home loan rates and OCR pass-throughQuiet since 18 Dec 2025
- New Zealand house prices late 2025Quiet since 12 Nov 2025
- Rising fuel prices September–October 2026Ongoing
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October 2026
- Annual inflation falls to 3.7 per cent in September quarter
- A$AP Rocky to perform one-off show in Auckland this December
- Labour proposes reforms to increase competition in banking sector
September 2026
- Average petrol prices approach post-war highs
- Daily essentials rising faster than general inflation over ten years
- Health Minister releases results of health targets
August 2026
- Staple food prices have risen faster than wages over ten years
+1 - Judge liquidates two companies amid Nakhle family legal dispute
- ANZ increases fixed home loan rates due to rising funding costs
December 2025
- Major banks increase some fixed home loan interest rates
- Reserve Bank Governor says market tightening exceeded intended levels
- Finance Minister urges mortgage holders to shop around after Westpac rate hike
November 2025
- Westpac NZ fined $3.64 million for breaching lending laws
- Banks do not pass on official cash rate cut to customers
- Bank claims it is the only one passing on full OCR cuts
- First-home buyers account for 27% of property purchases
- Home loan fixed rates drop below 5 per cent
October 2025
- Banks lower variable mortgage rates following OCR cut
- Kiwibank reduces one-year special home loan interest rate
- Westpac to reduce home loan interest rates from Friday
August 2025
- Commerce Commission files High Court proceedings against Westpac NZ
- Inquiry finds no single solution to improve banking competition
- ASB becomes fifth major bank to reduce home loan rates
June 2025
- Two arrested and one hospitalised after driver fails to stop for police
- BNZ reduces some short-term mortgage rates
- Westpac NZ reduces fixed home loan interest rates
- Woman pleads not guilty to theft after mistaken bank transfer