Focus on infrastructure came just days after Government canned planned Dunedin Hospital build.
RBNZ governor says bank took a ‘least regrets’ approach to monetary policy.
Damien O’Connor: Japan and Singapore are two of NZs most trusted trading partners.
Monetary Policy Committee believes bigger increase now will give it more flexibility.
Chris Hipkins warns the country might face new outbreaks of Covid-19, plus the flu, in the winter.
Most businesses polled cite government leadership as a reason for economic pessimism.
Higher interest rates expected to have impact on household spending this year.
Treasury was worried KiwiRail was not doing enough to engage with iwi.
Economists are divided about how aggressive the bank should be.
Stuart Nash says improvements are already being made to help frontier firms.