Patrick O'meara

Cabinet ministers are expected to receive the Shewan report on potential changes to foreign trust disclosure rules sometime today. Audio

A New Zealand-registered company implicated in two international corruption scandals has caught out a well known campaigner for corporate transparency, Bruce Sheppard. Audio

Free trade advocates are betting the United States will approve the Trans Pacific Partnership late this year, despite trenchant political opposition to the pact. Audio

An attempt to consult with the public over the Asian version of the TPP has been given the thumbs down by free-trade skeptics. Audio

The government is rejecting claims from critics that a proposed Asian-focused trade pact, the RCEP, would have minimal economic benefits. Audio

The Trade Minister, Todd McClay is backing controversial rules for an Asian focused trade deal that allow foreign corporations to sue governments. Audio

The Reserve Bank is targetting resident property investors and considering clamping down further on their access to credit to buy houses. Audio

Westpac and ANZ have slapped major restrictions on lending to foreign buyers effective from today. Audio

The Reserve Bank is expected to leave the cost of borrowing on hold at a record low 2 point 25 percent at 9 o'clock. Audio

Two people are confirmed dead at the University of California. The campus is in lockdown as police hunt the gunman. The Transport Agency says it doesn't need to know which Chinese company supplied… Audio

RNZ will have extensive Budget coverage today - and our team will be led by our political editor Jane Patterson and our economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara - they're both with us. Audio

A business lobby group says an active state house building programme may need to be kickstarted in Auckland. Audio

Radio New Zealand's Economics Correspondent Patrick O'Meara gives his analysis of the RBNZ's latest moves. Audio

The Panama Papers have thrown up how far the world's rich will go to shield their involvement with the opaque trusts created for them in New Zealand. Audio

New Zealand's place at the heart of a tangled web of secretive companies and trusts used by rich South Americans to manage their wealth has been revealed in a selection of documents from the so called… Audio

Unemployment has risen to 5 point 7 percent in the March quarter - its fastest pace in more than 11 years. Audio

It's claimed the Government bowed to pressure from the foreign trust industry to leave its rules unchanged, despite warnings that the country's reputation could be harmed. Audio

The Green Party is accusing the foreign trust industry of using its influence with the Government to stop Inland Revenue from clamping down on the sector. Audio

RNZ Economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara Audio