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Firms to be responsible for compulsory covid record keeping
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Firms to be responsible for compulsory covid record keeping

The new regime will come into effect seven days after any change in alert level. 

Staff reporters 22 Aug 2021
Banks borrow more cheap RBNZ money while hiking loan rates
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Banks borrow more cheap RBNZ money while hiking loan rates

The Reserve Bank is keeping the tap on to provide banks with cheap funding even as those same banks raise their lending rates and fatten their margins.

Jenny Ruth 20 Aug 2021
Adrian Orr says house prices should be falling
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Adrian Orr says house prices should be falling

Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr compared house prices to the bitcoin market and the 17th century tulip fiasco but said calling it a bubble isn't helpful.

Jenny Ruth 19 Aug 2021
Earlier saliva testing could have prevented lockdown: Yale expert
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Earlier saliva testing could have prevented lockdown: Yale expert

NZ's adoption of saliva testing has been marred by misinformation and 'frustratingly slow', saliva testing expert Anne Wyllie says.

Pattrick Smellie 19 Aug 2021