Patrick O'meara

RNZ Economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara Audio

Most economists are tipping the Reserve Bank will leave the cost of borrowing unchanged at a record low 2 point 25 percent this morning. Audio

A consumers lobby group says a code to promote responsible lending is useful, but it's not enough to stop dodgy lenders targeting vulnerable households. Audio

The United States is sending officials to New Zealand to look at how the country will put its obligations under the Trans Pacific Partnership into practice. Audio

New Zealanders are being warned they are back on a debt-fuelled splurge that could end in tears. Audio

Household debts are at a record level and Westpac says Aucklanders in particular could suffer if the economy takes a turn for the worst. Audio

The Government is being warned that quick fixes to the foreign trust regime in the wake of the Panama papers won't be enough, if the country is serious about restoring its battered reputation. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The latest developments in the increasingly murky case involving allegations of corruption around the prime minister of Papua New Guinea. Audio

The Building Minister Nick Smith tells officials to look at compulsory third party testing of all critical building materials. Paeroa schools refuse to accept an extremely violent nine-year-old boy… Audio

The tax expert reviewing the trust laws says protecting New Zealand reputation is paramount - we'll talk to John Shewan shortly. A convicted baby killer is about to be freed on parole -- her victim's… Audio

New Zealand is being accused of dragging its heels in response to the Panama papers as the rest of the world starts to crack down on tax-dodging and money launderers. Foreign trusts are in the… Audio

A tax expert says New Zealand is already moving toward automatically swapping information with other countries but that shouldn't stop the government from protecting the country's reputation. Audio

Inland Revenue says if New Zealand followed the international norm and taxed the overseas income of foreign trusts, that might result in the end of the industry here. Audio

The backers of a second undersea cable link to the United States insist the project will be commercially viable after securing the money to go ahead with the project. Audio

The country is to get a second undesea cable link to the UNited States with the backers of the Hawaiki internet cable saying they have secured the money to go ahead with the project. Audio

The Treasury head, Gabriel Makhlouf, says the world is better prepared to handle a major financial meltdown. Audio

Fonterra has more than doubled its half-year profit, and held its milk price forecast steady at 3-dollars-90 a kilo of milk solids. Our economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara joins us. Audio

Firms are still crying out for skilled workers despite the surge in foreigners coming to New Zealand to live and work. Patrick O'Meara reports. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio