New Zealand REINZ House Price Index (MoM) increased to 0.8% in February from previous -1%

Australia's employment figures came almost in line with expectations, providing little surprises. While full time employment rose by 10.3k, part time did so by 5.3k, adding to a total employment change for February of +15.6k, with the jobless rate at 6.3 (as expected), with the only disappointing bit of data being participation rate, down at 64.6% vs 64.8%.