Wellington, Oct 8 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar rose to its highest level against the greenback in nearly a year, just below US76c, before being smashed down more than a cent. By 8am today the kiwi was buying US74.99c, below its level of US75.39c at 5pm yesterday.

Wellington, Oct 1 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar rose on a day in which China reported strong economic data and the local equity market bounced back well from a decline yesterday.

Wellington, Oct 1 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar fell to a four-month low against a euro buoyed by data showing banks in the euro zone are relying less on funds from the European Central Bank.

Wellington, July 9 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar peeked above US71c for the first time since late June as economic data from the United States and Australia restored faith in the global economic recovery and boosted appetite for higher-yielding currencies.

Wellington, July 2 NZPA - After dipping below US68c for the first time in three weeks yesterday evening, the New Zealand dollar made up some lost ground overnight against a greenback weakened by data that heightened worries the United States economic recovery is stalling.

Wellington, July 1 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar fell to its lowest level in three weeks today but the Australian dollar got a lift late in the session from reports of a deal on the controversial mining tax.

Wellington, July 1 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar headed decisively below US69c early today as investors remained wary, despite some hopeful news from European banks.

Wellington, June 30 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar traded sideways today in a market braced for further negative developments in international markets.

Wellington, June 29 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar bounced around in a narrow range for much of the night, affected by a lower euro and easing business confidence in this country.

Wellington, June 24 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar dipped briefly after gross domestic product data and was volatile after Australia's ruling Labour Party dumped Kevin Rudd in favour of Julia Gillard.