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        <title><![CDATA[Matthew Brockett - Wellington Bureau Chief]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Tests High End of Trading Range Amid Iran Optimism]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Zealand Premier Luxon Rules Out Resignation After Poll Shock]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:35:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Steadies in Asia After Standard Chartered Warning]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 02:08:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bitcoin Settles In Near $70,000 After Wild Roller-Coaster Ride]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Breman ‘Gifted’ Ideal Economy as She Takes Charge at the RBNZ]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Albanese Becomes First Australian Leader to Marry in Office]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 20:32:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A320 Software Issue Grounds Planes in Australia, New Zealand]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 22:52:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Cautions Taiwan ‘Trouble’ After NZ Ship Sails Strait]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:11:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[RBNZ’s Hawkesby Says Hurdle Is High for Any Further Rate Cuts]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 01:59:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Christian Hawkesby, governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ), speaks during a news conference in Wellington, New Zealand, on Thursday, May 28, 2025. New Zealands central bank cut interest rates for a sixth straight meeting and signaled it has scope for further reductions to bolster an economic recovery thats been clouded by US tariffs.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Orr Was Likely First RBNZ Governor to Get Non-Compete Payment]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:10:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Willis Open to Revamping RBNZ Charter to Boost Transparency]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Brockett]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 23:09:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Willis Supports RBNZ Transparency Reforms Under New Governor]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:49:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[RBNZ Says Former Governor Orr to Get Non-Compete Payment]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:35:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Australian MP Hastie Quits Shadow Cabinet Over Immigration Clash]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 03:56:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 22: Member for Canning, Andrew Hastie, looks on during morning prayers in the House of Representatives at Parliament House on June 22, 2021 in Canberra, Australia. Barnaby Joyce has been sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister by Governor-General Hurley today after Joyce deposed former Nationals leader Michael McCormack during a spill called yesterday by Senator Matt Canavan. Joyce is re-elected as leader of the Nationals in a leadership contest with at least 12 votes in the 21-member partyroom. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Australia, New Zealand to Boost Efforts to Integrate Economies]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 01:47:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NZ Government Pledges Capital For New Electricity Generation]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Brockett]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A sheep grazes near wind turbines at the Te Uku wind farm, operated by Meridian Energy Ltd., in Raglan, New Zealand.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[RBNZ Says Pandemic Inflation Taught It Lessons for Future Shocks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 23:43:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Zealand Poised to Appoint First Female RBNZ Governor]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 22:24:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[NZ Government’s Economic Stewardship Challenged by Big GDP Slump]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:22:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Nicola Willis, left, and Christopher Luxon during Budget Day 2025 at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand in May.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Zealand Fugitive Father Killed by Police as Children Remain Missing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 05:36:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Police cars arrive at a roadblock where a police shootout occurred near the town of Piopio, located in New Zealand&apos;s Waikato region on September 8, 2025. A New Zealand father who spent nearly four years on the run with his children was killed in a police shootout on September 8, authorities said. Tom Phillips, who absconded with his three children in December 2021 after a row with his former partner, died in the rolling hill country of the North Island&apos;s Waikato region. (Photo by DJ MILLS / AFP) (Photo by DJ MILLS/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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