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📢 As digital tokenisation takes effect, Murat Ungor & Olena Onishchenko warn New Zealand risks losing billions to overseas markets offering greater regulatory certainty

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Digital ‘tokenisation’ is reshaping the global financial industry. Is NZ ready?
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January 22, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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📢 Annual inflation rises to 3.1% in the December quarter - with electricity, rent, local government rates continuing to drive the increase
Annual inflation breaches Reserve Bank target range
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January 22, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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📢 First Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll of 2026 shows more people think NZ's heading in the wrong direction than the right direction
NZ First and Labour rise in Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/136897/first-taxpayers’-union-curia-poll-2026-shows-more-people-think-nzs-heading
January 22, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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📢 Global equity markets extend gains after Trump's Greenland TACO even though details of the "deal" remain sketchy. UST 2-year rate up to top of its range; 10-year rate remains range-bound
USD broadly weaker, sending NZD and AUD higher
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January 22, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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📢 US data mixed; Japan's exports strong; EU sentiment rises; Australian labour market good; container freight rates fall; eyes on NZ CPI; UST 10yr at 4.25%; gold still rising; oil falls; NZ$1 = 59 USc; TWI-5 = 62.9
Breakfast briefing: Investors rush US alternatives
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January 22, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; faulty rush to floating rates, REINZ December data, retail sector soft, net migration levels low, Crown accounts weak, Govt bonds popular, swaps & NZD stable, and much...
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What happened today - fat edition
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January 22, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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📢 Inland Revenue data for December shows there were over 6000 KiwiSaver withdrawals due to hardship made in that month
Numbers of early KiwiSaver withdrawals caused by financial hardship hit record high
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January 22, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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📢 Allan Barber runs through the issues selling beef in international markets up against tariffs, retribution, great power struggles, and quotas. NZ sourced beef seems to have some good options still
China beef quota management presents challenges, especially for Australia
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January 22, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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📢 High numbers of NZ citizens are continuing to leave the country, reducing net migration gain to a trickle
Net population growth from migration remains below 1000 a month
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January 21, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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📢 Retail NZ says the Black Friday-led surge in sales in November did not continue into December and believes retailers will 'be bracing for a possible rocky few months ahead of them'
'A disappointing month for retailers' as electronic card transactions data shows a seasonally-adjusted fall in sales
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January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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📢 Housing sales were up 8.1% in December compared to a year earlier
REINZ sales firmer but prices slightly softer overall in December
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January 21, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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📢 Latest Reserve Bank figures show just under half of mortgage money uplifted in November - nearly $4 billion - was on floating rates. If the intention was to take advantage of future fixed mortgage rate falls, this plan appears to have been frustrated

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Floating or sinking? Some New Year headaches for home owners
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January 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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📢 US and European equities recover after Trump dials down aggression at Davos, ruling out military force to acquire Greenland. US Treasury yields range-bound; some order restored to Japan’s bond market after the recent meltdown
NZ swap rates edge up towards December highs
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January 21, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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📢 Trump in full insult mode at Europe; US housing data mixed; Canada PPI soft; EU suspends approval of US trade deal; equities can't hold rebound; UST 10yr at 4.28%; gold still rising; oil flat; NZ$1 = 58.5 USc; TWI-5 = 62.5, bitcoin falls

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Breakfast briefing: The debasement trade gathers momentum
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January 21, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; asking prices fall, dairy prices rise, consumers spending picks up, election date set, gold leaps again, swaps rates firm, NZD firm, & more

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What happened today
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January 21, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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📢 Investors are facing some lacklustre returns from residential property in the absence of capital gains

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Three bedroom houses the worst performing type of residential property investment in Q2
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January 21, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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📢 In a six part podcast series, The Conversation looks into the making of an American autocrat
The making of an autocrat
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January 21, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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📢 Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces New Zealand’s 2026 general election will be held on November 7
Election Day 2026: PM sets general election date
https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/136867/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-announces-new-zealand’s-2026-general-election
January 21, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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📢 Average asking price of residential properties listed on Trade Me Property sank $82,500 in November and December - Auckland down $126,400, Gisborne takes a huge hit
Big slide in asking prices on Trade Me Property over the last two months of 2025
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January 20, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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📢 Peter Drennan probes Bernard Whimp's Chance Voight, and looks at whether it may end up in statutory management
Is Chance Voight heading for statutory management?
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January 20, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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📢 Weaker risk sentiment on US-EU political tensions; global equities extend losses; US equities down sharply. No safe-haven bid for bonds; Meltdown in Japan's JGB market spills over into other markets. UST yields push higher
USD broadly weaker. NZD performing unusually well
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January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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📢 Ross Stitt finds that the 2032 Olympics will put Brisbane on the world stage and further boost south-east Queensland’s allure as an international tourist destination - and likely fuel a sharp rise in its cost structure
The rise and rise of Brisbane
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January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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📢 Dairy prices hold firm; US labour market signals weakish; Chinese households defensive; Taiwan and Malaysia star; German investors upbeat; worries about AI; UST 10yr at 4.28%; gold at new ATH; oil firm; NZ$1 = 58.5 USc; TWI-5 = 62.5
Breakfast briefing: The rise and rise of risk
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January 20, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; some smaller mortgage rate changes, more renters lower rents, service sector rises, NZX lower, gold stays high, swaps firmish, NZD rises, & more
What happened today
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January 20, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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📢 Shake-up to Commerce Commission governance proposes the axing of specific grocery and telecommunications commissioner roles
Grocery and telco commissioner roles look set to go as govt reforms Commerce Commission
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January 20, 2026 at 2:43 AM