NZ Business
Antonia Watson: feeling like a fish out of water
Antonia travels to Tora on the remote Wairarapa coast to meet the co-founder and co-owner of the Tora Collective, Claire Edwards.
ANZ in the Community
NZ Community
Mum's Te Reo Māori journey inspired by tamariki
Larissa Ngapeka's husband and son’s whakapapa are at the heart of her decision to begin learning te reo Māori.
NZ Community
Aniwaka Haumaha rises to challenge for World Cup
Seven years after being dropped from the Black Sticks Women while suffering from a dangerous exercise-related allergy, Wellington hockey player Aniwaka Haumaha is back - and more than ready for her first-ever Women’s Hockey World Cup.
NZ Community
Meet the artist behind ANZ’s Te Tohu o Matariki
Geoff Popham’s first memory of art goes all the way back to kohanga reo – now he’s bringing his modern vision of Matariki to ATM screens around Aotearoa.
NZ Community
Alex – My gender affirmation story
Alex decided he wanted to transition to his true male gender identity - and found he had the support of his employer, ANZ.
NZ Media Releases
ANZ introduces six weeks’ paid gender affirmation leave
ANZ Bank has introduced six weeks of paid gender affirmation leave, and up to 12 months’ unpaid leave, to its employees in New Zealand and Australia.
NZ Business
Nigel Latta: Anxiety about return to work is normal - but it will fade
Psychologist and author Nigel Latta says being anxious about returning to the office is “a rational response” – but “we can’t let those feelings drive the bus”.
NZ Community
In the Saddle - Improving health and wellbeing through horse riding
Richmond Riding for the Disabled provides interaction with horses to improve heath and wellbeing outcomes for people experiencing disability. The charity is the recipient of a grant from the ANZ Staff Foundation.
NZ Community
NZ youth need voyages ‘more than ever’ after COVID
Spirit of Adventure youth development voyages needed now, more than ever, says Trust CEO.
NZ Community
'Thank you, ANZ' - Fully-paid parental leave policy gives growing family the best start
A new father to twins would love to see more New Zealand employers review their parental benefits – if they want to retain committed employees and help create a well-adjusted next generation.
NZ Community
Wild Whiskers - the charity giving wild kittens and stray cats a second chance
Wild Whiskers rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes wild kittens. It received a grant from the ANZ NZ Staff Foundation.
NZ Community
No place to hide: Expert sees growing threat to godwits
As tens of thousands of bar-tailed godwits leave New Zealand for their annual long-distance migration, one expert is warning their habitats – and those of other species – continue to be under threat from human practices.
NZ Community
Arts for health and friendship
Arts For Health which runs creative workshops and wellness sessions has received a grant from the ANZ Staff Foundation.
NZ Community
A gold medal for confidence
ANZ CEO Antonia Watson visits Cambridge to talk to Olympic gold medalist Emma Twigg about what is driving, and also holding back, women from success.
The Watch Women Win report found that confidence, fear of failure and being judged are the main factors holding many women back.
The results really resonated with me because I have experienced some of those things.
I know first-hand the importance of encouragement and support, and how important it is to have visible role models.
This year we’ve decided to explore the findings of our Watch Women Win report with a fresh generation of leaders and influencers - to learn from their successes and hear what they think has held them back or helped them.
We want to shine a light on their achievements and share their stories. I also want to take what we learn and apply it in my own sphere of influence, using their insights to help change our business for the better.
NZ Community
Woven Earth - the charity helping survivors of domestic abuse
The charity Woven Earth helps people who've escaped domestic violence. It's received an ANZ Staff Foundation grant to help transport the furnishings it donates to families setting up new homes.
NZ Community
Health Expert Answers Common Questions About The Omicron Variant
As part of a Q+A session with ANZ New Zealand staff, Australian public health physician Dr Natalie Gray provided an update on the Omicron variant, and answered questions on issues like vaccinations and the use of masks.
NZ Community
What does Waitangi Day mean in 2022?
We hear from four people with close connections to Waitangi about what the Treaty means to them.
NZ Community
“Like an apocalyptic movie” - living through Tonga’s eruption
“It was deafening and very scary,” says ANZ’s country head in Tonga David Dudley, who was in the capital Nuku'alofa at the time
NZ Business
What we learned from 2021
Many will remember 2021 as a year of tremendous uncertainty and personal sacrifice, lived in the looming and ever-present shadow of Covid-19 - but it was also a year of opportunity, generosity, wisdom, and hope.
NZ Community
Taking time out with bats and balls
Support from the ANZ Cricket Grant has seen the Mercy Cares cricket team receive much-needed gear to use in games and for practice.
NZ Insights
ANZ's Watch Women Win Report
There’s a huge amount of work to be done to find ways
that enable, empower and encourage women to fulfil their
professional or personal aspirations and dreams, which
uplifts us all, socially and economically.
NZ Community
ANZ New Zealand's ESG progress at a glance
We're proud of the progress we’ve made when it comes to our social and environmental impact.
NZ Business
Northland geothermal plant powering a sustainable future
The expansion of Top Energy's geothermal power generation at Ngāwhā now makes the Far North district self-sufficient in terms of electricity, and all of it now comes from a renewable source.
NZ Community
Health expert answers common Covid-19 vaccine questions
As part of a Q+A session with ANZ staff, Australian public health physician Dr Natalie Gray answered some of the most common questions about the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, and cleared up some misconceptions.
NZ Community
‘Cinderella Experience’ giving women confidence to succeed
For some women, a barrier to employment can be as simple as not having the right clothes to wear – but life-changing charity Dress For Success (DFS) is helping them succeed one “Cinderella experience” at a time.
NZ Community
Talking openly and honestly about menopause
Younger generations are leading the charge when it comes to being body positive and what it means to be a woman – what can we learn from them?
NZ Business
Much more than just a ‘farmer’s wife’
With the critical role women play in food systems around the world being recognised by this year’s International Day of Rural Women on October 15th, Hawkes Bay farmer Maddy McLean reflects on how the traditional role of women in agriculture has evolved, and how she gained the skills, knowledge and confidence to contribute to both the day-to-day, and business sides of her farm.
NZ Community
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week
It's Te Wiki o te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week and a great opportunity to recognise and celebrate one of New Zealand’s official languages.
NZ Community
‘Where your talents and what the world needs cross; there lies your vocation’
How do you define success? Is it having money? Seniority? Happiness? Helping others?
NZ Community
The delicious Daffodil Day fundraiser helping families through cancer
ANZ NZ Branch Manager Sarah Heywood and her team have sold thousands of pies over the past six years, raising around $15,000 for the Cancer Society.
NZ Community
ANZ Graduate being the change she wants to see
Poppy Brinsley is putting her dreams into action in her role as an Analyst with ANZ’s Sustainable Finance unit.
NZ Community
ANZ data grad tells the stories behind the numbers
With a degree in computer science, statistics, economics and business analytics, Anusha Rai is clearly good with numbers – but she’s finding that her real passion is using numbers to tell a story.
NZ Community
'These boys carry dreams' - Olympic gold fills Fiji rugby manager with pride
The LAR Barbarians contributed four members of Fiji's Olympic gold medal-winning squad - and the woman managing the team says they put a lot of sweat and tears into getting there.
NZ Community
ANZ staff get behind our athletes in ‘Olym-Pic’ photo booth
Over the last week, hundreds of ANZ staff and their families have taken up the opportunity to have a selfie taken with New Zealand’s Olympians – despite being thousands of kilometres from Tokyo.
NZ Business
Māori employment resilient after COVID lockdowns
Māori unemployment is already essentially back down to its pre-COVID levels – albeit still high at 8.4%
NZ Community
ANZ's Jake Jarman wins FMG Young Farmer of the Year 2021
Jake Jarman, an ANZ Relationship Manager, has won the top spot in the DMG Young Farmer of the Year competition.
NZ Community
Taking everyone on the digital journey
Navigating the digital world isn’t something that comes naturally to everyone, especially older customers. That's why ANZ is offering tech workshops in branches and retirement villages.
NZ Community
Support means life-changing injury won't keep Jane from her job
Jane Yuile jumped off the wharf in Wellington and felt a terrible pain - hours later, she was a paraplegic.
NZ Community
Paralympian Holly Robinson on turning ‘failures’ into gold
Paralympian and javelin specialist Holly Robinson is the picture of confidence, strength and determination - but she’s also open about her long journey developing that mental toughness.
NZ Business
Green apartment delivers first-class option for renters
Inner-city Auckland apartment 26Aroha aims to make rental apartments as nice - if not nicer - than owning your own home.
NZ Community
‘There were tears’ – ANZ staffer faces her fears during adventure race
ANZ NZ Payroll Officer Genevieve Simpson knew entering this year’s Spirited Women Marlborough adventure race would be a challenge – but she couldn’t say no when a friend asked her.
NZ Community
‘Sister in Arms’ - NZDF veteran calls for support ahead of Poppy Day
NZDF Warrant Officer Second Class Kirsty Maynell wants to challenge perceptions around women who serve in the military.
NZ Consumer
'Stronger together' - ANZ to extend Pacific remittance fee waiver
ANZ will extend its online remittance fee waiver campaign in the Pacific until September 2021, allowing even more people to send much-needed money home to the islands without paying a transfer fee.
NZ Community
ANZ marks Earth Hour while making strides on uniform sustainability
It’s Earth Hour this Saturday, and as well as dimming the lights at ANZ sites across the country, the bank has also been exploring more sustainable ways of dressing its employees.
NZ Community
Moving On From Cheques, Younger Generation Can Help
With cheques soon to be retired, the younger generations have a role in helping their seniors set up digital banking options.
NZ Community
Cyclone rebuild an ongoing challenge in the Pacific
Following a $500,000 donation by ANZ to a number of Pacific charities, including the Red Cross, ANZ sent a cameraman to the small Fijian island of Vatulele to see rebuilding efforts after recent cyclone damage.
NZ Community
Embracing Technology - Helping Seniors Become Tech Savvy
Auckland’s return to lockdown is a reminder of the essential role technology plays in our lives and the importance of being tech savvy.
NZ Community
Towards Healthy Waterways – Playing our Part
Volunteers have planted more than 25,000 trees along New Zealand waterways this year as part of Sustainable Coastlines and ANZ’s Love Your Water Tour.
NZ Community
How Covid-19 Made Women’s Refuge Stronger
ANZ's $500k donation to Women's Refuge has funded long-term, capacity-building projects - part of ANZ’s commitment to help people and communities thrive.
NZ Consumer
“She’ll be Right” Isn’t Always Right – Thousands Access Free Financial Help
Partnered with ANZ, MoneyTalks sees demand for financial mentoring almost double since last year.
NZ Community
Funding Boost Benefits West Coast School Penguin Programme
ANZ Staff Foundation funding means the West Coast Penguin Trust has expanded its primary school education programme to include more than 1100 children at 16 schools.
NZ Community
Top Chefs and Business Leaders Cook for City Mission Fundraiser
Seventeen of New Zealand’s top business and government leaders and chefs have come together to raise over $225,000 for the Auckland City Mission.
NZ Community
Working From Home - Antonia Watson
Antonia Watson: The more we can share our working from home experiences, the better they will become for us all. So how does a CEO work from home?
NZ Community
Need for Urgent Technology Education Amid Covid-19
Age Concern is using ANZ NZ's $500,000 donation to help hundreds of thousands of Kiwis aged 65+ access online services.
NZ Community
'Kia Kaha te Reo Māori’
Antonia Watson: Māori language is becoming more integrated, we’ve gained a greater understanding of tikanga and, for younger generations, te reo has become part of everyday conversation.
NZ Community
Staying Positive to Enjoy the 'Small Beauties of Life'
The day before Christmas 24-year-old Hannah Rush, a Personal Banker at ANZ, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
NZ Community
Putting food first – Fiji Staff respond to Covid and cyclone twin hit
Aiming to support those most in need, ANZ Fiji Staff Foundation is helping the Farm Food Bank project, a not for profit organisation that works with women and children in remote communities.
NZ Community
ANZ to match $500k in donations after Daffodil Day hit by COVID-19
To help make up for a forecasted loss in Cancer Society’s donations due to Covid-19, ANZ has pledged to match public donations through its Digital Daffodil up to the value of $500,000.
NZ Community
"Helping people is in my blood" - Civic Award for Top ANZ Fundraiser
ANZ consultant Sukhdeep Singh is to be awarded a Hastings District Council Civic Honours Award for his charity efforts, the first Punjabi Indian to do so.
NZ Community
Q&A: How Covid-19 affected The Salvation Army in New Zealand
The Salvation Army’s Tim Hamilton tells us how the charity’s activities changed during the pandemic and how ANZ NZ’s $500,000 donation helped it meet an unprecedented demand for food.
NZ Community
Changing lives - Changing generations
Te Whakaora Tangata has worked with high-risk families for the past 17 years, relying on donations from individuals and organisations including the ANZ Staff Foundation to fund their programmes, which help families become more resilient.
NZ Media Releases
Pacific women receive training boost through new partnership
ANZ and the UNDP today announced a new partnership to deliver ANZ’s adult financial education programmes, MoneyMinded and Business Basics, to empower women in rural areas in five Pacific island countries: Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.
NZ Community
Demand triples for Wellington charity during lockdown
Wellington based charity, Kiwi Community Assistance saw three times increased demand for their services during lockdown. The ANZ New Zealand Staff Foundation donated $25,000 to the charity which helped them keep up with demand.
NZ Community
ANZ NZ receives Rainbow Tick for another year
ANZ NZ is proud to have received Rainbow Tick certification for another year.
NZ Media Releases
ANZ NZ gives $1m to grassroots cricket and netball
ANZ NZ today announced the ANZ Good Sports Grants programme, pledging $1 million to support the return of grassroots cricket and netball following the Covid-19-imposed hiatus.
NZ Media Releases
ANZ NZ increases support for Community Law
Community Law Centres O Aotearoa has welcomed ANZ’s decision to lift the proportion of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Special Fund it will donate to support Community Law services for the next 12 months.
NZ Media Releases
ANZ NZ donates $2m to local & Pacific charities
ANZ NZ has donated a total of $2 million to Women’s Refuge, Age Concern New Zealand and the Salvation Army in New Zealand as well as the Red Cross and a series of local charities in the Pacific to support vulnerable people through the Covid-19 crisis.
NZ Community
ANZ NZ's Financial Wellbeing Indicator
ANZ NZ has released the 2019 ANZ Financial Wellbeing Indicator, revealing a time series measure of New Zealand’s financial wellbeing.
NZ Community
Christchurch shootings - reflections a year on
Many of those injured and killed in the mosque shootings of March 15th 2019 in Christchurch were ANZ customers, and well known to the team at the Upper Riccarton’s branch. A year on, Business Banking manager Shainaz Ali reflects on the tragedy.
NZ Community
International Women's Day
Facilitated by award-winning broadcaster and journalist Miriama Kamo, our panel of interesting women will discuss #EachforEqual - why gender balance is not a women's issue, it's an economic one.
NZ Media Releases
ANZ announces drought assistance package for Northland farmers
ANZ Bank provides an assistance package for Northland farmers affected by this summer’s extreme dry weather.
NZ Media Releases
ANZ waives Money Transfer fee to Australia to help with fire crisis
ANZ NZ removes International Money Transfer (IMT) fees to Australia to help New Zealanders wanting to donate to the Australian bushfires relief effort.
NZ Community
The Wellington charity tackling inequality
Kiwi Community Assistance feeds and clothes thousands each month – and is looking for all the help it can get.
NZ Media Releases
ANZ donation to help fight measles in Samoa
ANZ today announced it would donate WST$100,000 (NZD56,000) to the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) to help the fight against measles in Samoa.
NZ Community
Helping seasonal workers unpack their finances
ANZ is trialling a pilot scheme to help Recognised Seasonal Employees (RSEs) send wages home to their families and communities safely, and understand how to best use their money when it gets there.
NZ Community
Money course halves reliance on payday lenders
The number of students who used payday lenders halved after completing a financial education course, according to ANZ’s latest MoneyMinded impact report.
NZ Business
All New Zealand stands to gain from addressing the waterways challenge
ANZ sees improving sustainability standards to internationally recognised levels as crucial to meeting the demands of global consumers and securing the long term future of many of New Zealand’s export categories and tourism.
NZ Community
Volunteers plant thousands of trees along NZ waterways
More than 50,000 native plants and trees have been planted along waterways across nine New Zealand regions since June as part of Sustainable Coastlines and ANZ’s Love Your Water Tour.
NZ Community
ANZ leads Housing NZ Wellbeing Bond
ANZ was a joint lead manager on a $600 million Housing New Zealand Wellbeing Bond this week, which will help fund investment in new or upgraded sustainable social housing.
NZ Community
Business embraces kaupapa Māori
Since becoming CEO Antonia has taken the opportunity to evaluate what’s important to the bank, its employees and customers. And culture has been top of mind.
NZ Community
More staff taking parental leave for longer
More ANZ employees are staying at home for longer as their family’s primary caregiver since the bank announced it was extending parental leave last year.
NZ Business
Focus of iwi investment shifting
Iwi continue to grow their returns and are targeting new investment areas, according to ANZ Bank’s latest Iwi Investment Insights report, Te Tirohanga Whānui.
NZ Community
Volunteers vital for Daffodil Day
As Daffodil Day approaches thousands of Kiwis will be out fundraising and collecting for the Cancer Society’s annual appeal on Friday, August 30.
Communities
Matariki - in my own words
Māori voyagers would use the stars to guide them to their futures and keep them on track towards their destinations – Matariki does the same for me.
New Zealand
ANZ staff give back - ten years work volunteered in three months
Almost 10 working years* - that is the collective time ANZ staff have spent volunteering with New Zealand charities over the last three months.
New Zealand
Perfume keeps war veteran’s memories alive
“As long as I’ve got the perfume on … he knows it’s me,” says Laurel Harper, wife of World War II soldier Neil Harper.
Media
ANZ Staff Foundation reaches milestone
The ANZ Staff Foundation, started in 2000, has now donated more than $4.5 million to community projects across New Zealand.
A journey back into Te Ao Māori
Eddie Mei wasn’t allowed to speak te reo at school. From a Māori family, he grew up with people around him speaking te reo but he found it difficult to understand and respond.
Media
Tauranga local shines for Matariki
“Matariki is a time for celebration. A time to re-evaluate how you’re going and reflect and see how far you've come and also a time to look forward and to celebrate,” said Tauranga local Lesleigh Ricardi as she describes what Matariki means to her and her family.
Media
ANZ helps women confronting domestic violence establish financial independence
ANZ is working with Women’s Refuge to help women achieve financial independence and escape domestic violence.
Media
NZ’s largest ATM network now features Te Reo Māori
Users of New Zealand’s largest ATM network will from today be able to do their banking in Te Reo Māori.
NZ Community
Clucky new residents settle in at Linwood Resource Centre
A long-overdue upgrade at a Christchurch community centre will mean the end of garden watering rosters – and the welcoming of seven clucky new residents.
NZ Community
The importance of diversity, inclusion & respect at work
For most of us a change in corporate wardrobe policy might simply mean we take a more considered approach next time we shop. But for one ANZ employee it inspired a radical life-changing decision.
Media
Mentors hear messages from the heart
Mentors for the Christchurch branch of charity Big Brothers Big Sisters have seen first-hand the difference they are making to the lives of young people.
NZ Community
ANZ launches interest-free home insulation loans
ANZ Bank New Zealand has announced $100 million in interest-free loans to help Kiwis insulate their homes.