The New Zealand dollar finished at 40.63USc last night, down slightly from Friday's close of 40.68USc.
One currency dealer said there had been a small amount of interest in the kiwi from exporters, but the market's liquidity had been greatly reduced because of holidays in Australia.
The New Zealand dollar was trading in a tight range during the day of 40.70USc and 40.90USc.
"There was no direction, nothing new. Don Brash is putting an on-the-record speech and he's going to mention the dollar on Thursday, and that could have something interesting, but in the short term there's nothing," he said.
"We saw some exporters buying but nothing terribly big or interesting. It goes down as one of the duller days."
The Australian dollar pulled the kiwi down slightly over the weekend on stop-loss selling in gold and a decline in certain commodity prices.
However the euro provided support as fear of central bank intervention in that currency outweighed a Danish vote eschewing Europe's ailing common currency.
The New Zealand dollar shed more than a US cent on Friday after the Danes voted, as the euro is currently the primary driver for the kiwi.
The main focus for the kiwi in coming days will be the Reserve Bank's official cash rate review on Wednesday, and Governor Don Brash's comments before Parliament's finance and expenditure committee.
- NZPA
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