This Month
New Zealand nearly triples fees for foreign tourists
Like many popular travel destinations, the shaky isles have struggled with the impact of visitors on the natural environment and local infrastructure.
- Lucy Craymer
August
New Zealand to push through law to reverse ban on oil and gas exploration
The law would end the ban, in place since 2018, on exploration as the right-of-centre government plans to lure investment to the country’s oil and gas sector.
- Renju Jose
New Zealand cuts rates in a rapid change of tune
The RBNZ’s pivot to easing is a dramatic shift after it said in May it considered raising rates and wouldn’t cut them until the second half of 2025.
- Updated
- Tracy Withers
July
New Zealand inflation slows to three-year low
Three of the country’s main banks brought forward forecasts for RBNZ rate cuts after the inflation report.
- Matthew Brockett