Turnbull has given Australia's banks a bollocking for unethical behaviour, suggesting they have not repaid the support they received during the crisis.

COMMENT: Michael Cullen's always been good at shifting money around without necessarily having to spend it, so what better way to finance KiwiBank than through his fund, writes Barry Soper.

COMMENT: Mike Hosking asks, what the $100m that the Greens want to give to Kiwibank will get NZ. Does it give the Government the right to dictate how the bank operates?

The Westpac-McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index rose 3.3 points to 104.8 in the March quarter, gaining for a second period from a three-year low in September.

COMMENT: Are the fortress walls of offshore secrecy now finally cracking?

New Zealand has been named in a massive Panamanian document leak as one of the havens used by companies around the world to avoid tax.

New Zealand shares fell, dragged down by dual-listed Australia & New Zealand Banking Group and Westpac Banking Group.

COMMENT: Lenders' rise to dominance one of key developments of past decades, writes Brian Gaynor.

Research from Canstar shows there is a marked difference between the highest and lowest rates on offer at the banks.

Treasury secretary says he's seen no evidence that the policy framework between Reserve Bank and Finance Minister needs to be "radically different."

SPONSORED CONTENT: Chief executive Karen Housays hiring local talent is part of ambitious plans to help develop a bilateral trade relationship.

When it comes to what influences housing markets in New Zealand and Australia, we're all in it together.

COMMENT: Dairy farmers make milk. Banks provide loans. Dairy farmers are part of the private sector. The banks are the same.

Liam Dann finds out how Shayne Elliott went from growing up in Te Atatu to leading ANZ Bank.

COMMENT: The irony is banks have helped Reserve Bank avoid the feared side effect of the rate cut of adding more fuel on Auckland property price fires.

COMMENT: Little gifted National a new weapon to use against his party, the enemy of orthodoxy, writes Audrey Young.

If Labour was in government it would start with "pretty serious talking" with the banks, says leader.

Three banks say they will pass on only part of the surprise official cash rate cut made by the Reserve Bank.

Wheeler's surprise move at odds with the way he was talking a few weeks ago, write Liam Dann.

As digital disruption reshapes banking, the local ANZ operation is making space around the top table for tech-savvy talent.

WATCH: Fran O'Sullivan, Brian Gaynor and Liam Dann dissect the surprising rate cut and what it means for house prices.

Retail spending on electronic cards rose for a 10th straight month in February, led by an increase in consumables.

Just imagine that one day the Reserve Bank deposited $1000 in your account, and that of every other citizen in New Zealand, writes Bernard Hickey.