Wellington, Nov 24 NZPA - Australia's Resimac Ltd has been named as the new investor in Allied Farmers Ltd. Allied Farmers is holding its annual meeting today in Hawera after last week unveiling a plan to acquire the assets of Hanover Finance and United Finance.

New Zealand banks are being flexible with home owners and may not need government pressure to offer people a holiday on their mortgage repayments, Prime Minister John Key said.

(Adds comment from post-cabinet press conference) Wellington, April 6 NZPA - New Zealand banks are being flexible with home owners and may not need government pressure to offer people a holiday on their mortgage repayments, Prime Minister John Key said today.

By Dave Williams of NZPA Wellington, Dec 17 NZPA - The closure of Wizard Home Loans will see 25 branches close and more than 80 people looking for new jobs, as life gets tough for non-bank mortgage lenders.

Wellington, Nov 1 NZPA - The Government has announced the details of a bank guarantee scheme it hopes will stop the financial system running out of cash at the same time as it announced a deal with banks to take it easy on mortgage customers hit by the recession.

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