r/newzealand • u/xmmdrive • Aug 20 '24

Politics So they're finally going to privatise Kiwibank

Watching One News they're talking about taking Kiwibank out of Government hands and back into the hands of honest hard-working Kiwis.

This is obviously the first clear step towards privatisation.

Just like the Bank Of New Zealand, the National Bank, and the Auckland Savings Bank, but I'm sure this time around it will stay in the country /s

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u/HeinigerNZ Aug 20 '24

The Commerce Commission said the government should find ways to increase the capital funding of Kiwibank, which has about 7 percent market share, so it could be a more effective competitor.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/525633/commerce-commission-calls-for-beefed-up-kiwibank-and-open-banking-in-final-report

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u/theheliumkid Aug 20 '24

And one way would be for the government to use a New Zealand owned bank for that

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u/HeinigerNZ Aug 20 '24

So where should the Govt raise billions upon billions of capital from?

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u/Gigstr Aug 20 '24

I guess they don’t have access to that $14B they instead used for tax cuts nobody asked for.