The New Zealand dollar remained steady against the greenback today.
The NZ dollar was buying US55.05c at 5pm today, down slightly from US55.88c at 8am and US55.35c at 5pm yesterday.
The kiwi remained steady between US54.70c and US56c over the last two days.
The BNZ said the NZdollar had "tagged along" with interest in the Australian dollar on the London market but "interest in trading the kiwi remains sporadic at best".
"Looking ahead, the outlook for global growth remains the key driver of currencies. Positive economic and credit news is still lacking."
The kiwi also traded in a narrow range against the Japanese yen, at 53.21 at 5pm today from 53.95 at 5pm yesterday and 54.23 at 8am this morning.
Following the announcement that Japan's economy joined the 15-country euro zone in recession in the third quarter which added to investor concerns.
Against Australian dollar, the kiwi was at A85.45c at 5pm after slipping to A85.05c by 8am from A85.45c at 5pm yesterday.
Against the euro the kiwi was little changed at 0.43564, from 0.4391 at 8am.
The trade weighted index was at 56.31 from 56.88 at 8am.
