Lucy Craymer

A dramatic boom-bust cycle in New Zealand's housing market has left many Kiwis and investors scarred and an economy struggling to fire, turning what was once a trusted strategy for creating wealth into a period of unease and potentially smaller future returns.

New Zealand’s highest court sided on Monday with a lower court’s ruling that drivers of Uber who brought a case against the rideshare company should be treated as employees, a decision that could pave the way for collective bargaining.

New Zealand late on Sunday welcomed the United States' announcement that it would remove additional tariffs on a range of New Zealand agricultural products, including beef, offal and kiwi fruit, but said it would like to see all the additional U.S. tariffs on New Zealand goods removed.

A bank solvency stress test conducted by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand found the country's five largest banks are well placed to withstand the impact of heightened geopolitical risks, the central bank said on Monday.

New Zealand on Thursday announced expanded sanctions on Russia's oil industry and shadow fleet while meeting with the Nordic 5 foreign ministers in Stockholm.

New Zealand dairy producer Fonterra Co-operative Group said on Thursday its farmer shareholders have agreed to the NZ$4.22 billion ($2.42 billion) divestment of its global consumer and associated businesses to French dairy major Lactalis.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon had his first in-person meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump late on Wednesday in South Korea, ahead of a dinner hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

New Zealand's central bank said in documents released on Wednesday that it had cut nearly 20% of its staff since March.

New Zealand will ease climate-reporting rules and lift thresholds for how big a company needs to be before it has to report how climate change impacts their business, in a bid to revive capital markets, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Scott Simpson said.

New Zealand's annual inflation accelerated in the third quarter, coming in at 3.0%, in line with analysts' forecasts and at the top end of the central bank's target range, official data showed on Monday.