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Economics · October 2026

  1. Heartland executives get six of 10 top jobs at proposed TSB Heartland Bank, with no place for TSB's CEO or CFO

  2. Fuel bill nearly doubles, pushing September trade deficit to $2b

  3. Qantas points stop working on Air NZ domestic flights from 7 April 2027 as Air NZ moves to Virgin

  4. Westpac switches to an October hike as banks back a 3% cash rate

  5. .com price rises at 5pm on 1 November: renew the names you'll keep, leave the rest

  6. South Island house prices rise as North Island falls and national sales drop 11.6%

  7. NZME proposes newsroom and digital job cuts as all three big news employers shrink before the election

  8. India trade deal takes effect, but dairy gets three tariff lines and a promise of review

  9. KiwiRail puts up to $37.5m into Picton ferry works, but summer Cook Strait crossings stay tight

  10. Food prices flat in September, but supermarket groceries cost 3% more than a year ago

  11. Westpac expects Thursday's inflation dip to be brief, with a 4.2% peak by December

  12. Ransomware is rising fast, but New Zealand's cyber insurance is still easy to buy

  13. Card spending falls for a second month, contradicting bank data before OCR call

  14. Overseas visitors back to 99% of 2019 levels, with China and Queenstown driving growth

  15. SpaceX's US spectrum deal knocks Spark and tests NZ's airwaves policy

  16. House sales fall 11.6% as the spring lift fails to arrive

  17. National rules out tax cuts for four years: how its plan and Labour's compare on household costs

  18. Stuff consultation closes as union names the 18 regional newsroom roles at risk

  19. Crown accounts show $8.7b deficit as net debt rises to $186.8b

  20. National would cut Jobseeker rates for long-term recipients and drug-test beneficiaries; Peters says it borders on fascist

  21. What ACT's tax-free KiwiSaver would be worth at 65, and why NZ First's figures rest on a disputed rate

  22. Skim milk powder hits its highest price since 2022 as butter falls at dairy auction

  23. Heartland's TSB deal passes shareholder vote, but the Reserve Bank and a Deloitte review still stand in the way

  24. Refixing this spring? Where mortgage rates sit before the 28 October OCR decision

  25. Shoppers cut back for a second month as petrol and mortgage costs bite

  26. Power bills change on 30 October. Here's what's pushing them up

  27. ACT would scrap tax on KiwiSaver earnings and drop the Government top-up. Here's how the three main KiwiSaver plans compare

  28. Petrol back near $3.50 a litre, and the AA says relief may not come until Christmas

  29. Labour costs $4-an-hour care pay rise but not its plan to restore pay equity

  30. Fewer firms plan price rises even as oil costs bite, ANZ survey shows

  31. New home consents stay above 40,000 for a third month as headwinds build

  32. .au wholesale price rises 86 cents today, and a new rebate goes to registrars

  33. 2degrees returns to profit as it seeks approval to merge its mobile network with One NZ's

  34. Stuff proposes regional newsroom cuts, blaming the cost of putting out a paper

  35. Cruise season opens with fewer passengers as Princess promises to double New Zealand calls from 2028