Policy
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Finance
Reserve Bank's rate cut decision on a knife edge
By Rebecca Howard May 3 (BusinessDesk) - Will New Zealand's new monetary policy committee opt to cut or will it hold? Markets are split, as are economists with Westpac Bank saying the decision is "on a knife edge" and ASB Bank calling it "finely balanced." Market pricing p...
Primary Sector
Govt blocks land sale for Waihi tailings expansion
By Gavin Evans May 3 (BusinessDesk) - Miner OceanaGold has had its bid to buy land for a new tailings dam near its Waihi mine turned down by the government. The ASX-listed firm, New Zealand’s biggest gold miner, is mostly owned by US and UK investors and needed Overseas Inv...
Finance
UPDATE: ANZ warns farmers RBNZ intervention may mean higher borrowing costs
(Updates with comment from Mark Hiddleston from 12th par) By Jenny Ruth May 3 (BusinessDesk) - ANZ Bank has warned its farming customers they face higher borrowing costs almost immediately due to Reserve Bank intervention, even though wholesale interest rates have been fall...
Infrastructure
UPDATE: KiwiRail chair takes reins as CEO
(Adds union comment from 14th paragraph.) By Gavin Evans May 3 (BusinessDesk) - KiwiRail chair Greg Miller has been named chief executive of the state-owned rail operator after the company said an international search failed to find a candidate with sufficient breadth of ex...
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