Wellington, Sept 23 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar pushed to an eight-month high against a broadly falling greenback, as markets braced for more monetary easing from the United States Federal Reserve.

Wellington, Sept 21 NZPA - Moody's Investors Service says the outlook for the New Zealand banking system is stable, reflecting the country's steady recovery from a mild recession and improved GDP growth.

Wellington, Sept 21 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar fell to a five-month low against its Australian counterpart after hawkish comments from the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Wellington, Sept 17 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar made its way slowly but surely higher today after it was knocked down this week by a gloomier than expected Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) statement. But it lost ground against an unrelentingly strong Australian dollar.

Wellington, Sept 17 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar dipped to a one-week low around US72.10c against the greenback, but then struggled higher to end the overnight session little changed.

Wellington, Sept 16 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar fell sharply and kept on falling after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) this morning held the official cash rate (OCR) at 3 percent but signalled a longer pause in rate increases than expected.

Wellington, Sept 16 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar fell sharply against the US and Australian dollars after the Reserve Bank this morning held the official cash rate (OCR) at 3 percent but signalled a longer pause in rate increases than expected.

Wellington, Sept 15 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar surged against the greenback overnight amid broad-based weakness in the US currency, more than reversing losses after yesterday's weak July retail sales data.

Wellington, Sept 14 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar has pushed to its highest level against the faltering greenback in nearly six weeks as investors continued to show an appetite for risk.

Wellington, Sept 3 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar continued to climb overnight, ending the week on a stronger note than the start. By 8am today the NZ dollar was buying 71.44c from US71.28c at 5pm yesterday, after reaching a high of nearly US71.80c overnight.