Kiwibank accounted for 40 per cent of new residential mortgages written by the major banks in the June quarter.

APN News & Media, publisher of nzherald.co.nz, is today launching a nation-wide appeal for Christchurch earthquake victims.

Kiwibank has undercharged for too long and is reaping the fruits of not being profitable enough, Ralph Norris says.

Mediaworks wants to put TV and radio news operations under one roof.

Kiwibank had slowing growth and shrinking margins in the March quarter, says KPMG.

Kiwibank, which led its rivals in cutting two-year fixed home loan rates last week, has now followed them by reducing its three, four and five year rates.

The boss of state-owned Kiwibank wants people to be compelled to join KiwiSaver, with individual contributions rising gradually over the next decade or two to reach 10 per cent of income.

Kiwibank has launched its own KiwiSaver scheme, promising better disclosure of fees and more direct control by investors.

All the major trading banks have now lifted their mortgage rates, with BNZ becoming the last to move following the recent OCR hike.

For the past three years Kiwibank has been voted New Zealand's Most Trusted Bank in the annual Reader's Digest poll.

The Super Fund may take part in a big rural land buy up, says its boss Adrian Orr.

Columnist Matt McCarten been thinking about John Key's comments around the Budget asking us not to be jealous of the rich.