Howard Davies' address available on Bank's website

To mark the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's 75th anniversary, Howard Davies, Director of the London School of Economics, and formerly Chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, delivered a public lecture last night.

The webcast of his address, "The Financial Crisis - who's to blame? Problems and remedies", is available on the Bank's website (www.rbnz.govt.nz).

A temporary exhibition marking 75 years of Reserve Bank operations will be open to the public in the Reserve Bank Museum from 3 August 2009.