ANZ Bank New Zealand has opened a newly refurbished branch in Tūrangānui-a-Kiwa (Gisborne). The newly refurbished Tūrangānui-a-Kiwa l Gisborne branch. While ANZ has been operating in Gisborne for the last 150 years, the branch has been relocated .
South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen has delivered a petition to Parliament on behalf of 33 mayors urging banks to reinstate rural branches across New Zealand.
South Wairarapa Mayor Alex Beijen delivered the petition on behalf of 33 mayors
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Beijen presented the petition to high-ranking government officials on Tuesday after his own concerted campaign to bring major bank branches back to his rural district.
Masterton Mayor Lyn Patterson also signed the accord.
Since then, a part-time BNZ branch in neighbouring Carterton and Kiwibank facilities at shops in Featherston, Martinborough, and Greytown have supplemented online financial services.
A trial bank hub was opened in Martinborough late last year by Finance Minister Grant Robertson, one of six in rural areas across New Zealand.