Wellington, May 31 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar rose today on month-end position squaring and also because the euro and Australian dollars were firm. As expected, trading was restrained ahead of holidays in both the United Kingdom and United States tonight NZ time.

By Sharon Lundy of NZPA Wellington, May 17 NZPA - Local authorities appear to support a Government package announced today to fix some of the nation's leaky homes.

Wellington, May 14 NZPA - New Zealand has a very different legislative framework to Australia for bank fees, the New Zealand Bankers Association says in response to a report that banks here face a massive lawsuit against so-called exception fees.

Wellington, May 11 NZPA - The Commerce Commission warned Kiwibank and HSBC about the formulas the two banks used to work out mortgage break fees until the middle of last year.

Wellington, April 1 NZPA - Insurer Tower says it will stand behind policies issued through ANZ or National Bank, after claims that around 110,000 people could be left without cover if Tower is prevented by the bank from renewing the policies.

Wellington, Oct 1 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar edged ahead against a weakening greenback overnight, and was little changed against the European and Australian currencies. By 8am the NZ dollar was buying US72.33c from US72.12c at 5pm, having ranged between about US71.80c and US72.50c.

Wellington, July 16 NZPA - A business expo coming to Wellington and Christchurch will focus on showing New Zealand businesses how to market smarter, its organisers say.

Wellington, April 30 NZPA - The Commerce Commission has found that loan break fees charged by four banks are "likely to be reasonable" and is continuing to investigate the fees charged by three other banks.

Wellington, March 23 NZPA - Telecommunications was rated the worst industry for customer service in a new survey, while banking was best. More than 600 people were surveyed on their perceptions of customer service in the KiwiHost/JRA Customer Service Pulse.

Wellington, March 12 NZPA - Bankers were on a hiding to nothing today when some of them passed on the Reserve Bank cuts in the official cash rate (OCR) to some customers - and not to others. ANZ said all of its borrowers would benefit.