KIWI BOND INTEREST RATES
The New Zealand Debt Management Office announced today that the one-year, the two-year and the four-year Kiwi Bond
interest rates are to be reduced by 0.25%, effective from 13 February 2003. The interest rate on the six-month Kiwi Bond
maturity remains unchanged.
Kiwi Bond interest rates are set periodically from the moving averages of domestic wholesale rates. These changes have
been made in response to recent changes in wholesale market interest rates.
The new rates are as follows:
For subscriptions of $5,000 - $250,000
Maturity Rate
6 months 5.25 percent per annum 1 year 5.00 percent per annum 2 years 5.00 percent per annum 4 years 5.25
percent per annum
For subscriptions of $1,000 - $4,900
Maturity Rate
6 months 4.75 percent per annum 1 year 4.50 percent per annum 2 years 4.50 percent per annum 4 years 4.75
percent per annum